SpringHouse icon “Mr. Jim” considering retirement (again)

Since day one, SpringHouse has been blessed by the skills and presence of James Black. As “Mr. Jim” approaches his 80th birthday next spring, he knows it’s time to say goodbye to the job he has loved the most. AL.com recently published a heart-warming article about our iconic Mr. Jim.

An excerpt from AL.com

Mr. Jim was past retirement age when he heard about the fancy new restaurant that was opening near Lake Martin.

“I was already over the age limit,” he remembers. “The application said, ‘from 18 to 68,’ and I was already 70 years old.”

He applied anyway.

James Black, after all, had been cooking since he was 12, and he had worked in restaurants almost all his adult life, including in swanky hotels like the Ritz-Carlton.

So he thought maybe that new restaurant and its young chef could use someone with his experience. And he was right.

Read the full article here:

“Mr. Jim’s last vegetable plate”
AL.com – August 9, 2017

Photos courtesy of AL.com/Tamika Moore