“Paul, you have nearly broken your back constructing this tent,” came the text from BBQ team president Moody to “Mr. Load-in” at 10:24 yesterday morning. “I demand that you take the morning off. That is an order.”
Left with nothing to do, I decided to go visit one of my favorite chefs, Michael Patrick, at his new place Rizzo’s Diner at Main and Butler. I grabbed a seat at the bar and started off with the cheeseburger soup.
Before I even sat in my chair, the manager looked at me and said, “The special.” That was all that needed to be said. It was a shrimp cake with a choice of three sides.
That’s the “before” picture. Here is the “after” picture:
Check Rizzo’s out if you haven’t already. I hear they have an incredible brunch on the weekends. “Like” them on Facebook here.
Coming back to the Downtown core, I saw this on Second across the street from the Saucer:
That must have been an uneven walk home.
Some of you have asked, “Paul, I know your title on the BBQ team is ‘Mr. Load-in’ but what does that mean? What exactly do you do for the team?” Here’s a look.
All right. Time to hit Publish and get down to the park. I know the blog has kinda sucked this week but it will turn around tomorrow.