The Meat is Back – temporarily

The smoker won’t arrive until Monday at the earliest which means we’ll limp through the weekend. We won’t accept take-out orders for more than 4 sandwiches at a time (the Giulia Mandel Rule- I love it) and no catering either until we’re flush with meat.

Turns out the shipper didn’t crate the smoker as agreed and I’m worried about my baby. 48 briskets at a time. Whole logs. No more apologising to roomfulls of friends and customers. This is going to be great.

On another note, I was called away on a family matter this morning and was thrilled to hear from David Mirvish and Avie Bennett that the place was busy and that customers were happy. Without me?!? Hmmmm… Makes me proud and a little insecure at the same time.

I’m thrilled with my team, its coming together beautifully and once we get on top of our meat supply issues, life will be good.

That being said, if you’re craving smoked meat, call ahead:

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About Zane Caplansky

40 yr. old Toronto boy trying too eek out a living owning a deli. Been open 18 months and still loving it - mostly.
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  • http://redcatsboards.yuku.com/ j

    Good stuff. Already feeling the need to feed! Don’t ever lose your enthusiasm.

  • Phil Jackson

    Good luck with the smoker…gotta say, hats off to ya ! If i had to choose between a rave review in Gourmet and a slagging in the National Post…congrats. Well…you know where I am going with this…the Post is the lowest circulation rag in the city, even when they give it away ! I’m from britain and there is a horrible rag there…(quite National Post ish) the Daily Mail, and i remember a great tee shirt that said “Would you let your dog wipe its arse on the daily mail ?” with a churchill type figure sternly warning against said actions.

    Hang in there.

    OK …gotta go, got brisket slowly cooking in the oven.
    Best
    Phil

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