A long time ago, the mayor of Doran Bottom, Marv Mcguire, the Original Cuz, gave some advice to local boy Mike Thompson. He told Mike to open up a honky tonk in the family's old dairy barn. Mike, with a degree in art history, and his wife Yvonne, a journalist born in Hong Kong, both had a passion for great food. The restaurant started out with five tables in the bottling building. Back then, there
were only four employees. A little beer garden was added, and then the barn was renovated, and the restaurant went big time. Over time, the restaurant has grown bigger and bigger. We renovated the hay loft upstairs,and hired bluegrass bands to keep the hungry crowd happy on weekends. Mike and his
artist friends have covered the restaurant with bright paintings and objects collected from around the world. Cuz's philosophy is still the same as it was in the beginning- good food served quick and hot, steaks big enough to do all the advertising we would ever need, and fish so fresh and varied that it seemed the beach had come to southwest Virginia.