As Kevin Hart and Tim Judge, the owners of The Hart of Catering & Café, celebrate the first anniversary of their business, the couple is thankful for so much, writes Ryan Genova for Glenside Local.

Hart and Judge, Oreland natives, and Springfield High School graduates, have faced a long road to where they are today.

Both are recovering addicts who spent years in and out of recovery before they were able to stay clean. Judge has been sober for 12 years, Hart 7 years.

While they knew each other in their school days, they started dating while working at Jonathan’s American Grille in Jenkintown.

Besides running The Hart of Catering & Café, they also manage two recovery homes.

“It’s been rewarding. We had always wanted to run recovery homes a little differently since those places tend to be profit-oriented. That was a dream of ours during those tough periods,” Hart said.

“Our homes are a safe place. People have their own bedrooms with plenty of space. We try to provide them with jobs. Roughly one-third to one-half of those in the home actually work for us at The Hart of Catering.”

Read more about The Hart of Catering & Café at Glenside Local.

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