LUNCHEONETTE
A film by Aczel Santana · 2026 · 1 minute 59 seconds
Dialogue transcript from the film's on-screen captions.

00:00
So you know. Four weeks became six weeks, became four months, became six months, and here we are nine months later.

00:16
Um, if we get through the whole entire service, right, without screaming or yelling or anybody being mean to each other, that would be successful. Because like, it's going to be tense. It's going to be, you know, it's going to feel like there's a lot going on. If we could get through it and everybody be calm, I'm going to say it was successful.

00:50
Wasn't really ready to open another restaurant. But at the same time, the opportunity was here. And we always wanted to do this kind of like New York City, Italian deli, Jewish delicacies, making bagels, baked items. And here we are one year later with the renovation and the branding to be opening day.

01:18
Sense relief. Even though it's not done yet. But we're on our path. This is putting a stake in the ground right now.

01:34
This is, I want to, it's more of a highbrow, lowbrow. I want a construction worker on the way to work, or in between for lunch, coming in and grabbing a fat sub or hero. And then I want the neighborhood people that come in, sit down and have a casual brunch. Yeah, so that's kind of where that is.

[Closing image: Luncheonette — breakfast & lunch.]