USC Coach Pete Carroll Loves Watts Coffee
House Grits!
Desiree
Edwards, owner, Watts Coffee House explains:
Earlier this year, Watts
Coffee House sponsored a Continental
Breakfast for a scouting meeting USC
Football Coach Pete Carroll held at
L..A. Jordan High School. He requested a
visit with us, because he liked our
presentation. Of course, I offered breakfast
and learned he is just a traditional eater:
Grits (he loves our grits) bacon and eggs.
From there, I would send him BLT's and grits
to the team practice. Then we catered a few
team Thursday night meals: Red Beans,
Candied Yams, Jambalaya, Grits (yes, grits
for dinner), Smothered Chicken, Beef
Brisket, and I added the Peach Cobbler (hot
of course) with Ice Cream. The team loves us
dearly. The last time we fed them, Coach
Carroll told of all the caterers they have
had, Watts Coffee House is the only
one he ever requested for repeat service.
Near Christmas,
his Secretary called and asked if I like to
help pass out toys. Of course, what I didn't
know or realize was that they wanted to do
it at the Watts Coffee House.
It was
really a great Christmas Eve. The turnout
was outstanding, the toys were plentiful.
Coach Carroll is the nicest coach I have
ever met. We just thank him for the
opportunity.-- Desiree Edwards,
Owner, Watts Coffee House.
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USC Coach Pete Carroll brings Christmas
to youth at the
Watts Coffee House
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Man. If you know any
Trojans, you know it was a tough Trojan
loss to the National Champions, University of Texas.
But if you really know us, you know that we're smiling,
because you have to thank USC for the ride...34 winning games in a
row, 2 national championships and some of the most
spectacular football in recent times, including a spanking
of cross town rival UCLA. This hype brought back winning to
the Southland, an area that has come to expect championships
and excellence. But, if we had to be beaten by
someone, let it have been Vince Young and his UT Team. What
a clutch performance! Congratulations to the victors.
And congratulations to USC Coach Pete Carroll, Reggie Bush,
LenDale White (what a game!) and the entire team.
From a business point of view:
with all that commercial opportunity from the Rose Parade to
the Rose Bowl, you have to wonder, are black businesses
getting any of the flow? Or are we settling for taking
the high honors of Rose Parade Queen, Rose Bowl stars
and even announcers? It wasn't that long ago that any
of the above was a reality.
Well, during the regular season,
Derrick Angus of Derrick's Jamaican Cuisine sells his
famous Jerk turkey dogs in 6 stands ringing the
Coliseum. USC Coach Pete Carroll (pictured above) loves the
grits at Watts Coffee House and hired its crew led by
Desiree Edwards to feed his team. This Christmas, he
came to the Watts Coffee House and pitched in to help
raise and personally distribute toys to the children of
Watts, a collaboration with the generosity of Tai Collins.
Click here to see the photo slide show and read Desiree's
comments about the relationship.
Let us know who the business
players are in this bouquet of roses at
info@blackbusinessexpo.com
.
Photos by Sharron Thompson.
Thanks,
Isida Person-Lynn, USC
Editor
Stan Thomas, USC
Associate Editor
