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Karla Gutierrez

Karla: Today's a special day because I'm here in Austin, Texas, visiting the deaf family-owned restaurant called Crepe Crazy. Crepe Crazy provides two different types of crepes. Sweet, and savory. They started their business with a food truck, and they opened their first location in Dripping Springs in Texas. The second location opened here in South Lamar. Their employees are all deaf, but if you're a
hearing customer coming in, there's no need to be overwhelmed. They have a large menu for you to look at, and all you do is point. Simple, right? Let's check it out.
Karla: You can use this large menu to point and order.

Karla: This is really awesome. This place is built to be ASL-friendly. It's easy to visually communicate through the kitchen.

Inna: So the name of my business is Crepe Crazy. My husband and I named it that because, well, people go crazy over crepes! When my husband and I first started, we travelled all over America doing festivals. We travelled to many different states in our food truck. The recipe for these crepes came from my mother-in-law. It's a secret family recipe. As for the stuffing that goes inside of the crepe, I mean, it can really be anything. During our travels, we learned a lot.

Karla: Right.

Inna: I've learned a lot from my mistakes and I've had to make many revisions. It's helped me to feel more confident to grow the business. Our store is very small in Dripping Springs. It's about one-thirds the size of this place--about 900 square feet.

Karla: That's small!

Inna: Yes, it's very small. This location is roughly 1,800 square feet. So it's quite a bit bigger.

Karla: How many employees do you have?

Inna: I have about 30 employees right now.

Karla: Wow!

Inna: My goal is to expand this business but I'm not quite sure when that will happen.

Karla: I guess we'll find out later! Are you willing to hire hearing people? Or do you rather to have all deaf employees?

Inna: Um, I don't mind having hearing people work here, um, in the past, when I've had job openings, there were many deaf applicants and the positions filled quickly. I definitely want to support deaf people because it can be frustrating and difficult for them to find jobs. I thought, what better way to support and give opportunities to them.

Karla: Maksim is a manager here in South Lamar and Dripping Springs. He's gonna show me how to make a crepe.

Karla: So why do you put the butter all over it?

Maksim: If there's no butter, it'll be too dry.

Karla: He makes it look so easy.

Maksim: Yeah. You gotta make a big for the adults, but the kids are smaller. When the customer orders, I'll have the crepes ready, bring it over here, add the stuffings, cheese, ham all the different stuff. And bring it back here, and let it cook.

Karla: That's it? Wow!

Maksim: This is your first time?

Karla: Yeah! I'm learning.

Maksim: Wonderful!

Karla: Wait for few seconds. No, this is my first time, I promise! I did great, didn't I? Woo woo!

Maksim: Awww yeah!

Inna: Yay! She did a good job. This was her first time. Can you believe that? She did a great job.

Karla: Well that was fun! It was pretty easy too!

Maksim: I am making a nutella and strawberry crepe for a friend.

Karla: Wow! That was a rich experience! I truly enjoyed myself here. I'd better go ahead and eat this. Until next time! Bye.

Crepe Crazy Team: Bye! Come back again soon!