Last Friday, I sure tried to post a 5 Things™ blog. I came in a half-hour early for my deli shift, sat down to post it, and saw nothing but this:
What can you do?
So I kept my laptop open and in-sight all day, on our in-haus WiFi, and my own personal mobile hotspot, and even Lake Avenue Café's WiFi (thanks, Lake Ave!).
To no avail.
So I headed home, and gave it a shot on my own WiFi.
I gave up on periodically pressing 'Publish' at 6pm, and resigned myself to enjoying my weekend, blog be damned.
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This week we had many meetings!
Sunday night, we had a long overdue ALL STAFF MEETING in which we discussed the impending Summer rush, our future in offering beer & wine, plans for our patio, and much more. Afterward, pizza and carbonated beverages were consumed.
Then on Monday night, those of us who will be in a position to sell the aforementioned beer & wine attended a scintillating alcohol service training.
After the alcohol service training, the D&D group entered the Pit of Blood and Fortune in a battle royale that thrust us into direct combat against each other, and ended up imprisoned by an Illithid in the service of a Beholder. That seemed like an adequately depressing place to end after learning the harsh potential consequences of alcohol over-service, so we'll see what happens next week.
How about some exciting news?
Smoked ribs are back in stock!
Just in time for Memorial Day weekend and the commencement of grilling season! Ribs sell for $10.99/lb in whole (~2 lb) and half racks.
Perfectly seasoned and smoky.
Today we have have racks coming fresh out of the smoker, which really is the best way to have any smoked meats. Place your pickup order over the phone on ChowNow for $9 half racks and $16 whole racks. All the convenience of skipping the deli line, with a little bit of savings on the sale as well. This fresh-smoked rib special will be happening through Monday (Memorial Day) or until we run out.
Order online here
We don't talk about our ribs that much, outside of pop-ups, so consider this our way-too-late Smoked Ribs Product Launch™. Starting on Memorial Day, smoked ribs will be our Monday special.
Ribs and kimchi is a haus favorite!
Kenspeckle Letterpress shirts are returning soon!
Our classic shirts, long only in-stock in the sizes nobody was looking for, are returning soon, in all sizes! Designed by master printmaker Rick Allen at Kenspeckle Letterpress, these shirts are one of our oldest pieces of inedible brand merchandise, and we're looking forward to restocking them. Now in softer, more breathable cotton!
Spicy Tales of Charcuterie!
We took our last trip out to Hemlock Preserve!
Not our last trip ever, of course. Just the final installation of our extended/postponed/multiply rescheduled catering photo shoot series.
This particular trip featured two charming friends of NWS in a mock breakfast-picnic-slash-Jay-Cooke-hike scenario.
When we present the final product of these photo shoots, you're getting the cream of the crop—maybe 15-25 photographs—but a ton of work goes into finding those perfect couple dozen images. Here's a tribute to all the surprisingly hard work that goes into making dozens of artful plates of food, transporting them between multiple buildings (rain or shine), finding the best light, positioning the plates, capturing their best angles, and so on, and so forth:
Northern Waters Catering news!
Our Northern Waters Catering menu has been in development for the past several months, and I've finally begun to put the first draft that hit my desk last week into a solid second draft. It's only a (brief) matter of time until the menu will be in your hands. While the menu is full of our favorite and most requested dishes, it is not exhaustive of our capabilities.
And now, the crowning segment of this blog.
I am pleased to announce:
So pleased!
Hannah/Northern Waters Catering got a new cooler! It is not only quite stylish and large, but also has wheels and evidently a ruler etched into it! You'll likely spot it any time we are out around the town, and on our patio this Summer.T
We're at the halfway point of Sandwich Lab specials!
The Breakfast Club, The Wagner, The Spinderella, The Bloody Mary, and now The Wallaby comprise the first wave of our Sandwich Lab specials.
Sandwich Lab is an annual meeting where we brush up on our sandwich making skills and have the opportunity to share our favorite personal sandwich creations for review by the staff and potential inclusion on the menu. And it is typically a lot of fun. Last year, there were too many good entries to pick just one or two, so we decided to run ten of them as monthlong specials, and add one (the Adisalad) to our permanent menu.
The Adisalad
We've begun keeping a running tally of our Sandwich Lab specials and how they've sold against total sandwiches sold during their tenure.
Hannah is 66.5% certain that these statistics will factor into future Sandwich Lab discussions.
How many Sandwich Lab creations have you tried? Which was your favorite? Do you have any advice for escaping the clutches of a mind flayer? Let us know in the comments.