Goodbye, Mama Shirley

Shirley's Coffee Shop grew a little dim last Saturday, November 28, as the word spread that its pillar and inspiration, Shirley Lai, breathed her last. The death of Lai, fondly called Mama Shirley, came as an unwanted surprise to all.

Susan Macario, GM of the two Shirley's Coffee Shop outlets on Saipan, was deeply saddened by the death of Mama Shirley. Macario shares that she and her crew have always looked up to Mama Shirley for the standards she had set in providing clients with exemplary customer service.

Aside from setting the trend on customer service, she was also an ardent supporter of community service. Mama Shirley often involves herself in community projects or donates funds for those who are in need.

For all the good deeds that she is known for, Mama Shirley will always be remembered. She will always be remembered as a woman who was determined enough to succeed. And indeed, she had.

As we bid goodbye to the beloved woman who gave so much of herself to her family, her clients and the community she belongs to, we also look forward to a contented existence, knowing that she has lived her life well. And that her legacy will live on for years to come.

Celebrating 16 great years!

There are a lot of things to be thankful for, now that we just turned 16!'

You're reading this right. We turned 16 years last month (May) and if we may borrow a line from the song "what a journey it truly has been".

We were granted the franchise to operate a Shirley's Coffee Shop here on Saipan in 1993. Since then, we've kept our hands busy churning dish after dish of home-cooked meals. It's not always smooth-sailing but our priority is clear: we want to give our customers the best dining experience. We continuously think of ways to improve- by offering new products, packages and service innovations. This is our way of saying thank you for your patronage.

One other way of saying a BIG THANK YOU is coming up with a specal newspaper supplement to celebrate this great milestone. We thought long and hard to come up with the theme for this year's supplement. At the end though, it boiled down to one thing- we want it to focus on you, our dear customer. Your loyalty, patronage, support and feedback made us who we are today.

In the pages of the supplement you will find the 16 milestones in our operations that we chose to represent the years that we are on business here on the island. We also feature 16 of our customers and their own reasons why Shirley's rank high on their list of favorite restaurants.

Do visit our main site or click here to read the supplement.