Taste Of Bird Rock

Taste of Birdrock is a local street party where people pay $35 per head to taste some treats, let their kids have a good time , and for most, have a few drinks. This years theme was....well..I do not know. It seemed to have something to do with trying not to allow drinking in the street. As a result Salami Shop started passing out free vodka red bull shots at Noon. Red wine was also available.






Our crew on this special day consited of 1)myself, Court, Owner proprieter, head of the asylum; 2) Timmy (Eveil Kneivel), 3)Patrick, 4)Tara ,and 5) Nayara (pictures to follow). Our mission was to create and serve 1200 samples for the tasters of Birdrock and also operate the deli from 10 am till 10 pm.


Timmy got things off to a good start by pilling the Salami Shop Scooter into a power box 25 ft. from where he took off. Scooter.... wasted. Timmy bleeding from his right knee. Amazingly he gets a huge rush of adreneline, staggers back into Salami Shop and continues making sandos! I guess the delivery will be on foot since the scooter is not technically operational.


Patrick has decided that he cannot spend all this time working (15 hours a week) because he is "getting ready for college". He quits. We only have 1200 samples left to prepare. Timmy is dazed and injured, Patrick has quit. Noon. I slug back a double vodka xscience energy drink just to steady myself. The Deli gets totally slammed all day and we still have not prepared for the festa. I assume all is lost and start to get serious about the vodka energy drinks.


We start to make samples because we do not know what else to do. Just when things look really bad Nayara walks in. I am stunned. She is an 11 on a scale of 10. She is super classy and sweet. She tells us to relax. Everything will be ok. She is from Rio. By the way this is her first day.As Timmy, Nayara and I some how crank out all 1200 samples by the 5PM start of the party. Nayara's skills are amazing. The trays are immaculate works of art. I ask her if she has any catering experience and she just gives me a Euro style shrug and gets back to work. She is going to make someone a fine wife! Unfortunatly she is too young for me.....I guess.



We end up having a great time. We meet and great several thousand people and I would classify the entire thing a success. We really gelled as a staff and I am confident we can handle any sandwich challenge