SHALOM ( About Us )
Well according to the manual that came with my ACME Blogging starter kit this section is to be used for info,a mission statement if you will.Well our mission is simple-eat;drink and talk about it.I’m sure some of the joints we’ve visited are well-known and well visited but we will still provide our own unique and folksy insight;yeah right.But hopefully you might learn of a place totally new;so far out of your normal experience;where the food is so good it’ll make you want to slap yourself.Or a little watering hole so cool it makes Cheers seem like a dentist office.One thing needs to be made perfectly clear when we drink our beer after lunch we do it in moderation AND we have a designated driver.As to our identities we’re still going to be a little cagy.Tjcuzns is(surprise) an alias for me,Benson.I retired a few years back from the restaurant and hospitality industry.Most of my experience is in the back of the house;because I learned quite early I had only so much nice in me;and my particular skills fit back of the house management better than front of the house nice nice.I worked through the southwest including Las Vegas; that’s where I went to culinary school,UNLV.I owned 3 restaurants in New Mexico;which I sold to guys dumber than me and came back home.My buddy is Pat,he’s the brains in the group.He’s a chemist by trade and he retired long before I did.I don’t know if you could call him a captain of industry, but he’s at least a Lieutenant.We went to high school and IU together and we’ve been friend ever since. So any comments feel free and any suggestions come ahead on;we welcome new ideas.
Binsin, I think you’ve found your calling! Try Roscoe’s Taco’s the next time you are on Brookville Rd, The Chicken Taco Salad is amazing! Jimmy says go to Steer-In for the Stuffed Pizza or the Tenderloin sandwich platter on the 50+ menu, they both give him Happy Danish Face!
August 18, 2011 at 11:35 pm
Very nice blog … I love visiting new places and writing about them. BTW … I was curious about your domain name…. Kosher ham?
June 21, 2012 at 10:40 am
Thanks for the visit.I do so love comments;it is so rare when i get them.As for the name I wanted something that would make people go “HUH”.Initially I used the wordpress.com domain;and all my first choices (none of which I remember) were taken.So I, with Pat’s approval,opted for this one.Since this was my first attempt at blogging,hell this is my first computer I waited to buy the domain until recently.And by jove it worked someone actually asked about it.Obviously the name is a contradiction within a contradiction:Kosher pig,meat with dairy etc.So thanks again for stopping by;and as my late Grandpa would say;don’t be a stranger;you are always welcome at “this ain’t no bistro”.
June 22, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Even the back of the house should give you endless fodder for restaurant stories, should you ever go in that direction. I bet you’ve seen some things I can’t imagine.
March 21, 2013 at 1:09 pm
Well I do have quite a few stories. Some are even PG; as opposed to R or even X as I’m sure some might seem. If I do write about anything they will most assuredly be anonymous. Keep in mind that restaurant work is flat footed hard; rather it’s fine dinning or border town. So when you mix the natural catharsis of finishing a rough dinner service and a tough close with members of the opposite sex and alcohol – well you can imagine. Besides I don’t think anyone suggested that kitchen folks are stable to begin with. Thanks for the visit.
March 21, 2013 at 1:29 pm