This morning’s super-high king tide sent a surge of seawater into King Salmon’s Mediterranean eatery Falafelove, leaving nearly a foot of standing water inside the building. However, instead of getting bogged down by the bad weather, Falafelove owner Avishai Leibson put a positive spin on the situation, recording a video of a customer kayaking into the restaurant jokingly asking, “You guys open today?”

“Yeah, we’ll open around noon,” Leibson replies in the video. “You know, just another day at Falafelove.”

Once the tide started receding around 11 a.m., Leibson and his team began pumping water out of the building and cranking the dehumidifiers. They opened for business, as predicted, right around noon.

“You can’t fight the tide,” he told the Outpost during a brief phone interview. “My life philosophy is equal parts ‘Life is what you make it’ and ‘Life is how you take it.’ You gotta have a positive attitude, regardless of the stuff that gets in your way. I mean, I got my health and I got my business up and running. At least we’re gonna get a little bit of social media attention from this, you know? It’s all about maintaining a positive outlook.”

Asked whether the business suffered any water damage, Leibson noted that the building had endured years of minor flooding without any significant issues.

“I do want to thank [our employees] and our patrons who’ve supported us and extended their concerns and well wishes,” he added. “This is just a funny, viral moment we can share with Humboldt.”

King tides will continue through Sunday, with coastal flooding possible between 8 and 11 a.m. Stay dry out there, folks!

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