Sturgis Family Diner prepares for usual rush for Kentucky Bike Rally

Sturgis, Ky. (WFIE) – The Kentucky Bike Rally attracts massive crowds to Sturgis. Patrons come from each in-state and out-of-state.

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“Any person advised me they got here from Michigan they usually drove their bike,” stated diner waitress Jessica Richardson. “They stated they don’t deliver the camper, they stated they solely introduced their bike and a bookbag of issues. They rode all the best way from there to right here over 1,000 miles.”

Richardson is an actual property agent by commerce, however with regards to rally week, all palms are on deck on the household diner.

“Most of us are literally household,” stated Richardson. “I truly don’t work right here I’m an actual property agent so, for simply this week I got here again to work right here.”

The big crowds deliver enterprise to the native diner. It makes their normal busiest days seem to be a breeze.

“There’s in all probability 3 times the enterprise that we’d usually get,” stated Richardson. “Often Sunday is de facto busy however in the course of the rally it’s like day by day is a Sunday.”

She works from daybreak until nightfall, serving the crowds hungry for meals. By the tip of her shift, sitting down places her on cloud 9.

“Often my ankles are like, I can really feel the blood in my toes as quickly as I sit down and like truly choose my toes up I really feel that immediately,” stated Richardson.

All the diner’s employees should be on alert. Issues can change at any given second.

“If you see everybody type of simply hanging out, that’s as a result of unexpectedly it will likely be fully calm after which 30 bikers are available as a gaggle, so we’ve to have sufficient employees,” stated Richardson.

Whereas these 4 days can really feel hectic, it’s the very best out-of-town enterprise the diner sees all 12 months.

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