Casey O'Conors in Mansfield Working with Customers on Recipes
Owner Rob Burns shares his story on how the restaurant came about.
Five years ago, Casey O’Conors owner Rob Burns decided to step out on his own and take charge. “I wanted to make it on my own and do my own thing and not answer to anyone but myself,” he said. Since then, while he said it hasn’t always been easy, he loves working and serving in Mansfield. Burns said he had a number of different occupations before purchasing the restaurant, including 15 years as a disc jockey, bartender and company management and stabilization. He said starting out was rather rocky in figuring out the menu. “It was a little bit of trial and error,” he said. “You have to remember what you necessarily like and think is great isn’t always what the mass population likes. You could tell though everyone like the shepherds pie.” …