The Flying Banzini

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 National Sledge Hockey team. In the fall he was telling me […]

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 as it fits the vibe.   A.J. Croce Ain’t Nobody’s Business […]

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 an area of growth for The Flying Banzini and Rae is […]

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 ways to run a more and more efficient restaurant, it doesn’t […]

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 an age difference and you don’t share the same common ground. […]

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 the orders done. It does result is slightly longer waits for […]

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, clear your table, refill water, etc. We try very hard to […]

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 also dropping sausage from the list of add-ons. The reason that […]