When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Mako’s on the Creek was a relatively new posh, elegant restaurant in Cibolo that, along with places like Kindling Texas Kitchen, brought a unique savory sit-down offering otherwise not available for a growing Cibolo populous.
Mako’s was named a “Top 10 Best New Restaurants in San Antonio” in 2019, in the months following its opening June 12, 2019. The restaurant, five years in the making, was just beginning to establish its clientele. Word-of-mouth rave reviews produced nights of booked engagements for owners David and Jacquie Peterson.
Then … COVID-19.
“We didn’t really know what to think when COVID first hit,” David Peterson admitted. “We had some employees who were afraid to come to work, some absolutely refused to come to work. And there was really no guidance from the government or CDC at that time.”
But soon, business started to slow before directions came down — close dining rooms.
“We met as a family to decide what we wanted to do,” Peterson said, referring to his wife, co-owner Jacquie; general manager and son, Mitch; son Andrew; and daughter Kari. “The restaurant next door flat-out closed, they just shut their doors. A drive-thru option wasn’t really going to work for us, so conversation started about take-out and delivery.”
Mitch Peterson picked up on an idea he had seen elsewhere, pre-pandemic: a “Pay It Forward” concept where patrons can buy meals for any veteran or first responder.
“(Mitch) said, ‘Why don’t we do that with meals? Why don’t we do a ‘Pay It Forward’ meal?’” David Peterson said. “Our city’s first responders, our medical folks, were just getting slammed in those early COVID days. And nursing homes, their staffs were just getting crushed.
…When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Mako’s on the Creek was a relatively new posh, elegant restaurant in Cibolo that, along with places like Kindling Texas Kitchen, brought a unique savory sit-down offering otherwise not available for a growing Cibolo populous.
Mako’s was named a “Top 10 Best New Restaurants in San Antonio” in 2019, in the months following its opening June 12, 2019. The restaurant, five years in the making, was just beginning to establish its clientele. Word-of-mouth rave reviews produced nights of booked engagements for owners David and Jacquie Peterson.
Then … COVID-19.
“We didn’t really know what to think when COVID first hit,” David Peterson admitted. “We had some employees who were afraid to come to work, some absolutely refused to come to work. And there was really no guidance from the government or CDC at that time.”
But soon, business started to slow before directions came down — close dining rooms.
“We met as a family to decide what we wanted to do,” Peterson said, referring to his wife, co-owner Jacquie; general manager and son, Mitch; son Andrew; and daughter Kari. “The restaurant next door flat-out closed, they just shut their doors. A drive-thru option wasn’t really going to work for us, so conversation started about take-out and delivery.”
Mitch Peterson picked up on an idea he had seen elsewhere, pre-pandemic: a “Pay It Forward” concept where patrons can buy meals for any veteran or first responder.
“(Mitch) said, ‘Why don’t we do that with meals? Why don’t we do a ‘Pay It Forward’ meal?’” David Peterson said. “Our city’s first responders, our medical folks, were just getting slammed in those early COVID days. And nursing homes, their staffs were just getting crushed.
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