In my 20 year radio career, in preparing my show I often asked myself, what are we going to do on tomorrow’s show that will compel our listeners to tell their friends about the show? What are we going to do on tomorrow’s show…

Mark Dorion (pictured above with me and Sweet Banzini Raelene) was in for lunch yesterday. This was pretty cool. I met Mark in the fall when he was in for lunch. He trains nearby The Flying Banzini. Mark is a member of the Canadian…

Finally finished a major revision. Dropped at least 50 songs and replaced them. We are back to 500. As always, happy to get your suggestions. I would like to add more contemporary music — as long as it fits the vibe, man, as long…

The Sweet Banzini Raelene dreams of catering large events – weddings in particular – with thousands of petite cheesecakes. Rae has been making her tiny cheesecakes of joy for twenty years and has often helped out friends events/weddings over the years. This is definitely…

Three changes take effect today.   We no longer have meatloaf or meatballs as a regular menu item. Strangest phenomenon. When meatball sandwiches are the special they sell like crazy. But, they rarely sell off the regular menu. As we are still figuring out…

You see, I don’t actually feel old. I feel about the same as I felt when I was 18. And, I actually find it fun to run into events that highlight cultural and life experience differences based on age. When there is too big…

Yesterday was an interesting day. Ho hum. Monday. Slowest day of the week. Minimum staff. Ho hum. Well… until 11:30. Out of the blue we got three large online orders – thirty sandwiches in total. Blammo. Nico and Dafina hop into overdrive and get…

Strange and unfortunate event on Saturday night. We do not offer full table service at The Flying Banzini. As the sign at the front door says, “Order, sit, eat.” Once you have ordered at the cashier we bring everything to your table after that,…

We are slightly tweaking the menu. So subtly that most people will not even notice. We are adjusting the sauce choice ever so slightly, reducing the price of vegetables on the soft bun sandwiches, and switching country ham in place of prosciutto. We are…

Something new every day in this business. Yesterday at lunch a customer arrives and I get her set up with a table for six as there will either be three or four friends joining her, she is not sure. About twenty minutes later I…