A satellite Martin's Bar-B-Que???????

Yep.........for several weeks I've been talking to the "End Zone" in Green Hills about taking over the food there. Last night Joe (the owner) and I verbally finalized everything. The Zone used to be an old stomping ground of mine back in college. Now I might go there every couple of months or so when I'm in the area just to stop in to see if any old buds are there. Its gone down hill a lot recently. I had heard that one of the biggest reasons for this was the lack of food. They had quit serving food almost a year ago. Joe needs food like the crops need rain and it gives me a chance to increase overall cash flow to offset expenses at the joint in Nolensville. We're going to start off slow. Wed. - Sat. nights from 5-10. It will be a limited menu. BBQ sandwiches, BBQ plates, 1/2lb burgers, catfish po-boys, crawfish etouffee, brisket tacos, wings and ribs. I'll bring shoulders and brisket down about 4:30 in the afternoon and when we run out we run out. Same thing goes there as it goes out in Nolensville.....cook it fresh everyday and when its gone then its gone till tomorrow. I've talked to "Pooh".....the old line cook at the Box Seat about coming in down there and he is all for it. Between Pooh and I, there should be good food and a lot of Bull-s*%@ flowing down there again. Its not really costing me a dime to do this so if after a few months it doesnt work out then no harm done. This is a "trial" period for both Joe & I. Oh, for those of you that know Joe that are wondering what I know you are wondering, I'll have my own seperate register in there so my butt will be covered.
Things are flowing pretty good in Nolensville. Things slowed down a bit during the holidays, picked last week while it was warm and has dropped off a good bit this week because of the cold weather. Everyone has told me that this is the way it is from thanksgiving till March 1st. I'm not really making any money right now, but I'm not losing any during this down time either.....which is the important thing. Jonathan Nebble (owns Jonathan's bar & grill) came in to see me yesterday and told me the fact that we're at least breaking even during this time is something to be happy about. My banker told me the same thing. So relativly speaking cash flows are good, have some unreal people working for me and words getting around about the food. The "groove" that the Joint in Nolensville has found is what gives me the confidence to be away a little bit to do this in Green Hills. Having the guys that work with me out there are the backbone to that "groove".......cant say enough about them. Thanks to a change in schedule, Jackie is now going to start manning the kitchen during the weeknights to let Bo off. Bo will now work lunch tues-thurs and then pull the all day friday & saturday. Its great for both those guys, Jackie gets more hours to work and Bo gets more hours to himself......which is well deserved! There will be no dropoff in production....The smoker has MORE than enough room in there to handle the cook and Jackie has been at this for almost 20yrs and has owned his own restaurant himself, so the kitchen will be fine. And then there is Ball (Bryan Chandler). Ball works part time on weekends to pay for his scotch habit....just kidding. He's working to make some side cash. He's like a dang brother to me (literally) and as usual is the most reliable sum-bitch on the planet. After things are up and running I'll put someone down there with Pooh and I'll come on back out to Nolensville full time. Got to hit it......come out to the Joint and buy some food from me.......we got kids to feed!