Rock Yard Tavern owner Landon Wilcox joins Paul on the podcast today.

Landon has been a fellow Exeter-ite his whole life, but he became a local business stakeholder since he opened the Rock Yard Tavern in 2017. He named the business after his father's landscaping business. Landon's father, Nick, would collect large rocks for people to decorate their yards with. But where he would store them became affectionately knowns as the "rock yard." Landon remembers playing in the rock yard with his brothers as kids. 

On this episode though, Landon and Paul talk about the business end of running a small town bar in Exeter. They talk about the hurdles that face small businesses, how Landon made a pivotal suggestion to Paul prior to the pandemic and how much of a grind it is to have a day job plus his business on the side. 

You can learn more about Landon and his wife Janie (co-owner of the tavern) here.

And follow the Rock Yard Tavern on IG here, and on Facebook here.