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By LISA G. CURRIE
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Sperryville has a newcomer in town.
Setting up shop in the restaurant once called the Woodsmoke, Gregg Gillies is ready to repair any and every appetite.
His eating establishment, appropriately called The Appetite Repair Shop, offers hungry visitors everything from pizza to burgers to deli sandwiches or seafood, even fine-cut steaks.
“I’m the appetite repair person,” said Mr. Gillies, a large man with a bright smile and full laugh.
The motif is odd for a restaurant—hub caps and road signs decorate the walls; a car-outline welcomes visitors from the street; soon, an antique gas pump will stand guard at the door.
Menu item are named the monkey wrench, the lube job and burgers are measured in cylinders, not ounces. Those needing a car repair check in with a mechanic; those needing appetite repair check in with Gregg Gillies.
The 30-seat dining room with a kitchen opened the end of January and Mr. Gillies has yet to have a slow week.
Busy from early morning when he arrives at 5 a.m. to prepare Mt. Man John’s cookie dough, his tables remain full until closing—afternoons except Friday and Saturday, when dinner is offered.
Prices range from $2.95 to $5.50 at lunch and from $5 to $10.50 at dinner.
In March, the establishment has expanded to offer Sunday meals.
Dinners vary from seafood platters to steak, tacos and rock lobster.
Mr. Gillies said he even likes to prepare old traditionals like liver and onions once in a while.
“I’ve no sense of being greedy,” he said, adding his goal is to cook and make others happy with his product.
Working with his partner, Kevin LeVans, Mr. Gillies does the cooking while both wait tables and do the clean-up.
“I’m a clean freak when it comes to cooking,” he said, adding that “it’s just a professional thing with me.”
Mr. Gillies and Mr. LeVan started their business without additional help but demand soon proved they needed another hand.
“I don’t know where they come from,” he said, adding business is so good, he uses 30 dozen eggs a week.
For Mr, Gillies, the more the merrier.
Rep. Frank Wolf
names chairman
U.S. Rep. Frank R. Wolf, R-Va. has named Linda K. Douglas as chairman of his 1992 re-election campaign.
Ms. Douglas is currently the 10th Congressional District Republican Committee chairman.
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