Been a bump in biz since the article came out. Since Saturday we've done almost double the daily biz that we normally do. We've run out of food by about 7:00 at night the past 3 nights we've been open. From what I've been told this generally happens after a positive review by a food critic. Biz is crazy for a few days/weeks then settles back down. I've been told that its a big deal that they even reviewed me this early in the game.......some places have been open for years and still havent been reviewed and we were covered in 3 1/2 months.......just cant relax and need to stay focused on putting out great "Q" and let the chips fall where they may. I know the guy (Jim Meyers, food critic) was just doing his job and could have written an article that was bad or good......but dad-gum I almost feel like I owe him a cut here for this increase in business! I'm just thankful he enjoyed the food and wrote a positive review. Hopefully this will keep on going and when it does settle down, average daily sales will be higher than before.
We've been tinkering in the kitchen trying to get ready for spring/summer. I'll have a spring/summer menu with all kinds of good stuff on it.....a lot of which will break the mold of a typical bbq joint but will still be based in the process of barbecue.......stay tuned. Getting more beers in next week. Ordered some specialty beers from a local distributor that will be a little lighter and reflect the upcoming changing season in a month or two. Still have the old stand in's but these will give some variety.
I ate at your place for the second time tonight. It was fantastic again. My girlfriend said your sauce is the best she's had so not everyone agrees with the critic. Which I guess is clear from the line being 5-10 people deep for the entire hour we were there. When will your stuff be adailable at The End Zone?
ReplyDeleteI also tried to give you some free pub on roadfood.com. Here's a link.
http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17573
Keep up the good work.
Patrick,
ReplyDeleteI have been trying to get a hold of you since the food critic article came out. I thought I might give this way a shot to maybe get a response. I work for ESPN Radio and I was interested in talking to you about doing some advertising with us. We have different packages for all diiferent businesses, ranging from being a Titans sponsor to being a Vols sponsor; customizing your own schedule to having Dan Patrick recording your commercial. Being a new business, I would assume your budget might not include much for advertising, if any. Even if thats the case, I would still like to talk to you about doing radio advertising with us in the future. I promise not to waste your time. Give me a call at 312-3505 or send me an email at josh.webb@cumulus.com. I hope to hear from you soon. Thanks.
Josh Webb
thanks for the comments.....i really do appreciate them! compliments never get old and when you are doing something as shaky as this is they serve well! the zone maybe on hold right now, we've hit a bump in the road on a couple of things. hopefully we'll work them out. also, thanks for the pub on roadfood.com! next time you are out let me know! thanks again!
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Dude, the health inspector would walk in the door and skateboard a cockroach around to the kitchen peek his head in there and laugh his fucking ass off. Dont do it. That bump is a mountain. Please dont edit and post this Martha.Im happy for you guys. Is the next one another little redneck or an underhanded phenom?
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