Arcturus

I just read this article. Scot Harlan is a very talented pastry chef (formerly of Inox).

His talent resides in more than just pastry, the dude can cook, too. He's been in NYC honing butchery skills off and on for the last little bit, in fact.

This place is right down the street from where I take jiu jitsu, I'm definitely excited for it.

Well, in light of all the fund-siphoning occurring, every penny counts, right? ;-)

I have to say, this is not as bad as Chicago, where one can no longer park overnight downtown for free anymore. The average overnight garage costs $20+, and I can't remember the meter rates, but are probably the same as here (0.25 for 7.5 minutes). Yeesh.

Well, to be fair, Chicago has a functioning 24-hour public transportation system coming out of downtown. You don't really need a car there in the first place. Here we'll be lucky if the metro is still operating at all in 10 years.

Better be careful! Lando might come in and beat us up simultaneously!

Actually happened to me at least once only it involved Vader and the rest of the Empire.

What did you "like" on facebook? Honesty?

Those tofurky beer brats have confused the Fukk out of me. I think mother nature sheds a tear.

I think mother nature's tears are actually part of the recipe, along with msg and sadness.

Can't tell ya anything more.

Arcturus, are you intentionally "triple spacing"?

I'm glad someone caught it.

I dare you to watch it and not smile. Go ahead, I'll wait.

Tell me it's an all-you-can-shoot Daywalker venue!

If that were the case, I doubt I could have phrased that without a plethora of profanity.

Don't you know that Osama Bin Laden was Murdered? How can you be so insensitive, and children with cigarettes!! YOU Monster!

There may or may not be a very exciting concept taking over in the revamped American Flatbread space.

You know what I hate?

DAYWALKERS

Discuss. Somehow related to food. Which they don't eat because, hey, DAYWALKING.

I love daywalkers! Either spit-roasted whole or braised, they're just so tender and flavorful!

JimRice, your smelly face is inappropriate and divisive!

Don wants us to support him by giving him stuff to do on the board, so I figure we can all post random things in this thread (after he moves it to the right forum ). I'll start.

Pop culture

=/= culture. In fact I'd say it's a culture vaccuum.

Unlike this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aMIC4yT_Ns

Tragic, but not surprising.

Restaurant owners and management have been able to get away with pilfering money out of their employees' pockets for too long. Fortunately now it's much rarer than it used to be, but those dishonest people and companies are being brought more and more to light in the internet age. If a company is screwing over their workers monetarily, it's just a matter of time before someone blows the whistle.

Considering that Arcturus is now looking for a new job on the forum, is this further evidence that Orso is seeing major changes? Wasn't he the guy who people were saying that there's consistency pre-and post-MacQuaid with him in front of the oven?

Yup.

Now I'm the guy saying not to trust the 2941 corporation.

(The chefs are good guys, but upper management is straight slimy)

If anyone is looking for a sous with a broad range of restaurant experience, including assisting in opening two critically-acclaimed restaurants (Pizzeria Orso and Trummer's on Main), feel free to PM me or e-mail me at sunderohnezugel@yahoo.com. I'm hardworking, honest, and fair, so I need those things from my employer in return.

I'm just as concerned about the potential for cost cutting, e.g., using lesser ingredients, but perhaps that's a needless worry.

It is.

Maybe his name is Adam...

Say hi next time. :-)

Thanks for the feedback. We're still getting our feet under us for the time being, but if you stick around you might be pleasantly surprised. The pizze are not changing, but we'll be doing some killer new stuff before and after them (in terms of meal progression).