Monthly Archives: October 2008

TweetWith apologies to Dinah Washington, as miserable as I felt leaving work yesterday, today was different. Not only did we have enough meat to get us through a very busy lunch but the new smoker finally arrived around 5 pm and … Continue reading →

TweetWe finally got health inspected today and everything went just fine.  This looming inspection was hanging over me like a dark cloud and it was nothing to worry about.  The dishwasher needed adjustment and a cutting board needs replacement but … Continue reading →

TweetDavid Bowie may not have come in the other day by Geddy Lee did and so did Steven Page and Don Henley did too.  I didn’t recognise the latter but Craig and Corey insist its true.  Today M&S book publisher … Continue reading →

TweetSo David Bowie was in for lunch today.  Not really.  But if he had he still wouldn’t have made the list of weird and wonderful things to happen at my little dive bar deli.  First, one of my guys lost … Continue reading →

TweetIts been a funny week.  First Toronto Life calls me a “Smoked Meat Messiah” and then hordes of hungry Torontonians flock to the Monarch to see what the fuss is all about.  We’ve been run off our feet and pushed … Continue reading →

TweetDid I even spell that right?  Who cares – read on.  This was a week I will never forget kicked off by BB eating two fressers in one sitting, not once, not twice but three times in five days!  I … Continue reading →

TweetTonight, instead of telling you what I think of me I’ll let you read two messages I received the last couple of days.  The first is from a customer named Kurt and the second from the CBC’s Evan Solomon.  Evan and my … Continue reading →