1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:01,480 Speaker 1: Hey, it's Neil Savidra. 2 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 2: You're listening to kfi EM six forty the fore Purport 3 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:07,119 Speaker 2: on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 4 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: Let me Teach you got it, Let me teach you 5 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: had it? 6 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 2: Can't buy AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 7 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:34,919 Speaker 2: Good afternoon, So they're in California and Neil Savadri here 8 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:38,160 Speaker 2: with the fore Report, you know where. We talk about 9 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 2: food and beverages and more every Saturday three hours just 10 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 2: to kind of celebrate food on these things and not 11 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 2: get wrapped up in the heaviness of the news during 12 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 2: the week. It's kind of a sanctuary celebrating these things 13 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 2: because who don't love going out and enjoying yourself having 14 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 2: a good meal, a good beverage and Warren Moore. 15 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: When I go out, I want an experience. 16 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 2: I want to be surrounded by something that's playful, interesting, 17 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 2: with architecture and textures and all of these things. And 18 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 2: so we want to tell you about a place. 19 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: Right now. 20 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 2: Carter Hodges, the general manager of the Cauldron Bar in 21 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 2: Buena Park, is with us. 22 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:23,400 Speaker 1: Hey Carter, Hey, Neil, how are you doing. 23 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 2: I'm well, sir, So I appreciate it for those listening. 24 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 2: Carter was going to try and make it out here 25 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 2: from Buena Park, but it's much easier to do a 26 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 2: phone from there a phoner right now, Because of course 27 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 2: it is peak season, we don't do a whole lot 28 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 2: of phone interviews, but man, I get it making that 29 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 2: drive and having to get back, So we appreciate you 30 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:46,919 Speaker 2: taking the time. 31 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 3: Absolutely. I'm sorry. I'm out there with you guys. 32 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 2: No another time, for sure. Tell us a little bit 33 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 2: about the vibe. I've heard a bunch of great things. 34 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 2: I've seen pictures I've not been in as of yet. 35 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 4: All Right, we gotta get you down here. Yeah, Cauldron 36 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 4: is it's an immersive dining experience. It's kind of modeled 37 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 4: after like a witch's house meets an old English French tavern. 38 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 4: We're known for yeah, great atmosphere, great cocktails, great bites, 39 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 4: and we're right in the heart of Orange County, directly 40 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 4: across from not Sperry Farm. So it's a great spot 41 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 4: to stop at if you're in the area for tourism 42 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 4: or if you're local and obviously anything Halloween related, we're 43 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 4: gonna get you covered. 44 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 1: So what's the best way to experience it? 45 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 2: I gotta imagine as we spoke about it's going to 46 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 2: be slammed. How can people plan out? Do they make reservations? 47 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 2: Does it first come, first serve? How do they go 48 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 2: about experience the cauldron? 49 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, so during this season September October, obviously not Scary 50 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 4: Farm is happening across the street from us, so there 51 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 4: is an influx of people. We do take reservations, but 52 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 4: we only take reservations up to about fifty percent capacity 53 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 4: just to allow for plenty of walk ins. So if 54 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 4: you are planning ahead, you can check out our website 55 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 4: or social media or Google or Yelp make those reservations. 56 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 4: If not, you're more than welcome to just stop in 57 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,639 Speaker 4: grab a quick drink. Yeah, full bar service, full, We 58 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 4: got two dining rooms, they have a whole patio, and 59 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 4: during the season we also put a second bar outside 60 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 4: of our patio, so there's plenty of space for people. 61 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 2: It's really cool checking out the website as we're chatting 62 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 2: Carter looking at the adjoining the coven that people can 63 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 2: by being a part of your rewards offers, get cash 64 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 2: back on visits and things like that. Tell us a 65 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 2: little bit about that. 66 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, so anybody inducted into our Coven reward system. Basically, 67 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 4: you sign up, you get points every single visit you 68 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 4: make and they go immediately back to cashback rewards. You 69 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 4: can put in your birthday stuff, any like personal information. 70 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 4: That way, we know if you're celebrating a birthday, if 71 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 4: you're celebrating an anniversary. 72 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 3: We make sure to take care of those people. 73 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 4: We'll get you, you know, a free birthday shot, a dessert, 74 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 4: something on the house, just to celebrate. 75 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,839 Speaker 2: Oh that's great. And how long has the Cauldron been 76 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 2: in Buena Park there? 77 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 4: So we opened in twenty eighteen, late twenty eighteen. We're 78 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 4: in our eighth season right now. 79 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, wow, that's a rough time. 80 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, oh yeah, about about a year until the fit 81 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 2: hit the shan so exactly. 82 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 3: Yeah. 83 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, we're very fortunate that we not only stayed open 84 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 4: during the pandemic, but you know, we actually kind of 85 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 4: grew a bit thanks to social media. 86 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 3: So it's been nice. We've expanded since then. 87 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 4: So twice, the twice the capacity for dining inside and 88 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 4: we just read it our patio, so trying to make 89 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 4: sure we got enough space to satisfy everybody. 90 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 2: And what are one of the things that stands out 91 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 2: when people visit the Cauldron. What do they talk about 92 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 2: the most to you? 93 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 4: I mean, I think the first thing is probably the atmosphere, 94 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 4: just because it's the first thing you see when you 95 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 4: walked in, before you even get a drink, before you 96 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 4: get food. It's really dark and intimate. The lighting is 97 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 4: all kind of moody candlelight atmosphere. There's big wooden beams, 98 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 4: there's a fireplace with a bubbling cauldron in it, lots 99 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 4: of little like interactive show moments, lots of little you know, 100 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 4: haunts and magical things happening kind. 101 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:15,920 Speaker 3: Of all around the bar. And you get the chance to. 102 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 4: See the witch that haunts the Cauldron and her little 103 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:21,559 Speaker 4: black cat. They make appearances kind of all over the place. 104 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 1: Oh wow, that's super cool. 105 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 2: And you guys are set up for events and private 106 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,679 Speaker 2: parties and things as well, right, yeah, yeah. 107 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 4: So we do a handful of like corporate parties and 108 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 4: stuff like that, but our most popular thing for a 109 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 4: private event is going to be we have a kind 110 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 4: of a speakeasy style party room hidden behind a bookshelf, 111 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 4: so you kind of go in through the library, the 112 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 4: bookshelf swings open and you go into this big banquet table. 113 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 4: So people will host birthdays and special events back there. 114 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 4: But you know, even if you're not in the room, 115 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 4: every seat in the house is great. 116 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: And so you are. 117 00:05:55,680 --> 00:06:00,840 Speaker 2: Let's see Tuesdays through Tuesday and Wednesdays four pm to 118 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 2: twelve am, and then Thursdays through Sunday, it looks like 119 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 2: you're four pm to two am. 120 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 3: That is correct. 121 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, for this season, just to match you know, not 122 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 4: scary farms hours and make sure that we're getting everybody 123 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 4: in for Halloween season, we extend our Thursdays and Sundays. 124 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 4: After Halloween, we cut back and we go back to 125 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 4: four to twelve on Thursdays and Sundays. So Friday Saturday 126 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:27,720 Speaker 4: are are kind of our late night bar hours. Yeah, 127 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 4: we're we're always closed on Mondays though. That's the one 128 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 4: that's the one. 129 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:36,120 Speaker 2: Ticker and the only thing that you ask is people 130 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 2: stick around for about ninety minutes during their dining so 131 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 2: that you can move people through there and everybody gets 132 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 2: a chance. 133 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's specific to just the table seating. 134 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 4: We want to make sure that everybody has a chance 135 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 4: to do full dinner service, but we encourage people to 136 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:51,919 Speaker 4: stay and have a drink at the bar. 137 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 3: Hang out on the patio. 138 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:54,919 Speaker 4: It's you know, if they're trying to you know, have 139 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 4: an extended day, we're not going to kick them out. 140 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: No, I like that. 141 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 2: I mean sometimes it's good to remind people that in 142 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 2: these special places for everybody to have a shot at it. 143 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 2: But it doesn't mean like you're gonna like a big 144 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 2: alarm is gonna go off and everybody's got to leave. 145 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 2: Is the is the weight staff and your team there 146 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 2: are they kind of play along with the vibe or 147 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 2: how does that work? 148 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 3: Absolutely? Yeah. 149 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 4: During this season specifically, we do seemed like costume weeks, 150 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 4: and so the staff will really get in the spirit 151 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 4: and come dressed up. I think the majority of them 152 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 4: are dressed up today. And we also give a that 153 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 4: Coven discount. It's a ten percent on the whole tab 154 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 4: if your party shows up in costume. 155 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 3: So that's a fun thing. A lot of people, you know, 156 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 3: join in. 157 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 2: Oh wouldn't that be awkward if some group comes in 158 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 2: and they're just ugly and you're like, oh my god, 159 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 2: you get temper sent off and they're like why, oh 160 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 2: my god. I'd just say luckily. 161 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: That you know of somebody's like just take it, Yeah, 162 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: just take it. 163 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 4: We we have people that they'll find out about the 164 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 4: discount once they're already here and they're in you know, 165 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 4: normal street clothes and they go, oh, no, I'm dressed 166 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 4: like a skater today. 167 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 3: Do I get the disk home? 168 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm dressed like a homeless person. 169 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: No, I saw you wear that yesterday. 170 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 2: All right, hey, ty, we come back and want to 171 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 2: talk to you about the drink program and some things 172 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 2: on the menu. My guest right now is Carter Hodges 173 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 2: from the Cauldron Bar in Buena Park there right across 174 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 2: the street from Knotsberry Farm. Easy to find of course, 175 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 2: as we bring you some really cool, fun vibed places 176 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 2: obviously for the spooky holiday coming up. So go no 177 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 2: where and we'll talk some more. 178 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 5: You're listening to The Fork Report with Nilsavedra on demand 179 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 5: from KFI AM six forty. 180 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 2: It's the FOURK Report all things food, beverage and beyond. 181 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 2: Every Saturday, we come together and we celebrate food, the 182 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 2: people that make it, the culture behind it. Right now, 183 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 2: we're you know, in October, and I love the season 184 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 2: as we roll through all of the major hull holidays 185 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 2: for the most part, and the spooky time for fall 186 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 2: and Halloween is one of my favorites, and I love 187 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 2: getting into the food and the vibe it. To help 188 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 2: us with that today, Carter Hodges the GM there at 189 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 2: the Cauldron Bar in went A Park. It's right across 190 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 2: from Nott's Berry Farm, so easy to find is he's 191 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 2: with us. 192 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: We're talking about the private room. 193 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 2: They have themed events, all of the different things, how 194 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 2: you can join the Coven of course that is their 195 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 2: rewards club and all of that. But now we want 196 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 2: to get into the menu. So Carter, when it comes 197 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:41,239 Speaker 2: to the drink program, I know you guys have mocktails 198 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 2: and the like. Why don't you walk us through some 199 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 2: of the drink options. 200 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, So our core cocktail menu is a kind of 201 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 4: inspired by potions and you know, witches, brews and stuff 202 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 4: like that. Lots of twists on classic cocktails. One of 203 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 4: my favorites is it's kind of based loosely on like 204 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 4: a Sangreia margarita hybrid the Devil's Margarita. That is, yeah, 205 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 4: pretty standard like margarita on the bottom and then a 206 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 4: float of red wine on the top. You get a 207 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 4: really cool color separation. It's oh that's also and a 208 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 4: great cocktail. Yeah, our I mean Our most famous probably 209 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:15,959 Speaker 4: is the Naughty Kid. 210 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 3: We had to play. 211 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 4: Into like the local history here with boys and Berry. 212 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 4: So it's a boys and Berry cotton candy in the 213 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 4: martini glass and then like a lemon drop bass and 214 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 4: you pour that over the cotton candy and it all 215 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 4: kind of dissolves and mixes in and gives you a 216 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 4: boys and Berry lemon drop martini. 217 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, that sounds gorgeous. What a fun kind 218 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 2: of visual. I mean, even you know when you're going 219 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 2: to go to the nth degree, like floating wine on 220 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:44,079 Speaker 2: top of a drink, or in this case, watching the 221 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 2: two different textures, colors and flavors come together. There's a 222 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:52,239 Speaker 2: little feeder involved with these beverages. 223 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 4: Absolutely, Yeah, a lot of us actually come from feeder. 224 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:00,080 Speaker 4: The owner Laura Hannaman, She is a former creative director 225 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 4: from Knotsberry Farm. She was there for about twenty years. 226 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 4: But her background is theater and scenic design and all 227 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 4: that stuff. So that's why it's so heavily themed. 228 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 1: Oh I love it. 229 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, why a lot of our stuff leans theatrical. 230 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 2: Now during it obviously during this time of the year, 231 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:21,199 Speaker 2: a place called the Cauldron and again the Cauldron is 232 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,839 Speaker 2: right across the street from you know, there went a 233 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,559 Speaker 2: park rightcas street from from Knotsbury Farm, which is really 234 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 2: cool now that you share with the designer and maker 235 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 2: and creator. 236 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 3: Of all this. 237 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 2: But what about different parts of the season. Are people 238 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 2: still coming in and enjoying the vibe? And you know, 239 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:46,440 Speaker 2: do you do like special events throughout the year. 240 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, so we're we're themed like the Cauldron year round, 241 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:54,439 Speaker 4: but we do lots of seasonal overlays. Coming up this winter, 242 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 4: we're going to do kind of a pagan Christmas Crampis 243 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 4: themed overlay with a big seasonal men you an extra 244 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 4: decor and stuff which will be fun. We do, Yeah, 245 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 4: a bunch of limited menus. We do a Tipsy tea time. 246 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 4: They're all tea based inspired cocktails like high tea, little 247 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 4: finger sandwiches and bites that go along with those. 248 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 3: We do a. 249 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 4: Program called Wicked Elixers. They're like DIY cocktails. It's kind 250 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 4: of like a potion making kit you get to do 251 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 4: at the table. 252 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 3: Yeah. Tons of limited menu. 253 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:23,959 Speaker 4: Stuff like that, So you got to keep up with 254 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:25,959 Speaker 4: us on social media to know when those are happening. 255 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 2: And as far as the food menu is it entrees 256 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 2: or is it small plates more towards a bar vibe. 257 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, So the original concept was just bar service with 258 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 4: great bar food, but obviously through the growth of the 259 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 4: company and through expanding, it's become a lot more sit 260 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 4: down dining. So our core menu, there are a handful 261 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 4: of entrees, but kind of in general, we encourage sharing 262 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 4: and almost pop a style, you know, order a bunch 263 00:12:54,240 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 4: of stuff for the. 264 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:55,960 Speaker 3: Table and sample all of it. 265 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 4: Sure, our core menu is all inspired by like French 266 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 4: and Creole cuisine, lots of familiar stuff with a little 267 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 4: bit of a twist. And then we do a seasonal 268 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 4: menu for every month, so there's specials that happen every months. 269 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 4: Right now, we're leading into obviously Fall and Halloween and 270 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 4: pumpkin stuff like that. 271 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,479 Speaker 2: You know, I'm looking as I go through the entire menu. 272 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 2: I mean, let's be honest, what person does not do 273 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 2: their eyes don't zoom in when you see the word sliders. 274 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 2: So looking at the combination with your French dip sliders 275 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 2: and your Croke Monsieur sliders and this type of thing 276 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:36,560 Speaker 2: that looks fabulous. All of these housemade bacon jam, all 277 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 2: the cheeseboards, these are really they're you know, you're not 278 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 2: just reheating crap in the back and throwing it on 279 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 2: a plate. This looks like really fun, well thought out eats. 280 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:50,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, exactly. 281 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:54,319 Speaker 4: We definitely pride ourselves on the food. We're ninety nine 282 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:57,200 Speaker 4: percent is you know, from scratch every single morning. So 283 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 4: we tell people if you see a specialty ear interest 284 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 4: in exture, you men, get it right away because you 285 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 4: never know when it's going to sell out. And it's 286 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,199 Speaker 4: not like we can throw something in a microwave and 287 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 4: you know, get it out to you right away when 288 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:08,959 Speaker 4: we're sold out. It takes you know, hours and hours 289 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:10,199 Speaker 4: to prep that stuff every morning. 290 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 2: So I also, you know, going over the cocktail list here, 291 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 2: I'm a sucker for the browns. 292 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 1: I love a good bourbon. 293 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 2: And the fact that you have a paper plane on 294 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 2: your cocktail menu and have it so forward like this 295 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 2: is pretty rare. I had to tell the specs give 296 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 2: the specs to a bartender the other day who didn't 297 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 2: know what one what it was and this was and 298 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 2: they were serving good drinks. But that's a fun combination there, 299 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 2: the bourbon and brimstone. While four roses great bourbon, thyme honey, 300 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 2: lemon and mint. That sounds sexy too. I mean really 301 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 2: this is like, this is just a really fun menu 302 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 2: that seems you know, smart. So walk us through. We 303 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 2: only have about a minute or so. You enter the 304 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 2: front door. What is the first thing you see at 305 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 2: the Cauldron there in Buena Park. 306 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 4: First thing you see is the main dining room, our 307 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 4: large bar, all these wooden beams that kind of frame 308 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 4: the bar out and the fireplace. But we call it 309 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 4: the lounge where that's the overstuffed couches of the cauldron 310 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 4: and the fire underneath it. There's a big mirror and 311 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 4: there's some spirits that appear in that mirror, and that's 312 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 4: I think people's first go. 313 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 3: To photo right there. 314 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 1: Oh that's awesome. 315 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 2: Carter Hodges the GM there at the Cauldron Bar there 316 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 2: in Buena Park. If you want to find out more, 317 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 2: you go the Cauldronbar dot com. The Cauldronbar dot com 318 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 2: is where you can find more information. What a treat, 319 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 2: Thanks brother. I appreciate you Carter for coming on and 320 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 2: I know it's busy time for you out there. We 321 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 2: hope to get you guys maybe on the off season 322 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 2: to come in and maybe we can try some sample 323 00:15:57,960 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 2: some of the food and talk about it more at length. 324 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 2: But I really appreciate you taking the time. It sounds 325 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 2: like a really special place. And if you're looking for 326 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 2: something special, the Cauldron Bar there in Buena Park. So 327 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 2: thanks Carter, I appreciate your time. 328 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 3: Thank you so much, Neil. 329 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 1: All right, my friend, have a great day. 330 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 3: All right. 331 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 2: Well, just sounds like a fun place and it is 332 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 2: going on the list of places I want to check 333 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 2: out very very soon. 334 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 3: All right. 335 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: Fork Report Neil Savedra. 336 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 5: You're listening to The Fork Report with Nil Savedra on 337 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 5: demand from KFI AM six forty. 338 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 2: Hey, everybody, it's the Fork Report, all things food, beverage 339 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 2: and beyond. I am your well fed host, Neil Savadra. 340 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: How do you do? 341 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 2: My buddy Derek Young who owns Van Oaks Props, which 342 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 2: has I mean, there are so many great free resources 343 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 2: to begin with to be able to watch the videos 344 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 2: on YouTube Van Oaks Props that if you want to 345 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 2: know anything about tombstones, this man is the master in 346 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 2: my eye. 347 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: It's nice to see you again, my friend. Always good 348 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 1: to be here. 349 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:09,280 Speaker 2: So is you know with Derek, he your theme is 350 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:10,159 Speaker 2: a cemetery. 351 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 1: That's what you do. The Van Ouks Cemetery. 352 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 2: Correct, And when you started fourteen years ago on this 353 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:22,479 Speaker 2: particular project where you're inspired by someone else's decorations at 354 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 2: their home for the holidays, for Halloween, and you said, 355 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:30,160 Speaker 2: you know what, I'm an artist, I'm a designer. 356 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:31,400 Speaker 1: I want to do this for us. 357 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 3: Yeah. 358 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:36,159 Speaker 6: Weirdly enough, when I was in high school, there was 359 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 6: a haunt in Studio City called the Hallowed Haunting Grounds, 360 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 6: And many people who decorate for Halloween in and around 361 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,679 Speaker 6: southern California will tell you that they kind of kicked 362 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 6: off the craze of people really going kind of overboard 363 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 6: with their Halloween direct decorations. And for me, I visited 364 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:57,239 Speaker 6: one year and was kind of forever changed after that 365 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 6: because I hadn't ever considered the thought that I could 366 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 6: decorate in a way that wasn't just something I bought 367 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:06,199 Speaker 6: from the store. 368 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 2: Sure, which is fine in its own right, but if 369 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 2: you're a creative type, you want to Yeah, well. 370 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:15,199 Speaker 6: And there's something about being an individual and sort of 371 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:17,919 Speaker 6: scratching a creative itch, and those are the types of 372 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 6: things that I'm constantly looking for. And when I finally 373 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 6: had a yard of my own to decorate, they were 374 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 6: the direct reference point for me because they did everything 375 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 6: that Disneyland did, but they did it out of their 376 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 6: garage essentially, and I just thought that was the coolest thing, 377 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 6: you know. But prior to that had never crossed my 378 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 6: mind that it was even possible. 379 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:50,959 Speaker 2: And so you start the first thing you said was, Okay, 380 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 2: the direction I'm going is a cemetery. Yes, so you 381 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 2: knew that much that that was what you're going to 382 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 2: start with in the front yard. 383 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 6: Yeah, it always seemed to me like doing something like 384 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 6: a cemetery was something that could be added to year 385 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:11,399 Speaker 6: after year, but was also something that would be good 386 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 6: for people of all ages. I know a lot of 387 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 6: people are into gore and extreme haunts and jump scares 388 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,639 Speaker 6: and things like that, and there's room for that, but 389 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:27,400 Speaker 6: it's not it's not something that's good for everybody. And yeah, 390 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 6: that's not my scene either. I want people to be, 391 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:33,360 Speaker 6: you know, to be spooky, sure, but I don't have 392 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:36,680 Speaker 6: like body parts laying around my house or Yeah, and 393 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 6: it's not a slight to anyone who decorates in that way. 394 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 6: It's not my personal because there's an audience for it. Yeah, 395 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 6: but I think about it in the way that, like, 396 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 6: you know, I decorate the house so that people in 397 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 6: the neighborhood can come and enjoy it. And we live 398 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 6: in a neighborhood with young children, or at least we did. 399 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,360 Speaker 6: You know, they're they're all in high school or college now, 400 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 6: But I was decorating in part for them. Sure, because 401 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 6: it should be accessible for everyone. You know, if you're 402 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 6: somebody like me who doesn't like being startled, there's got 403 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,159 Speaker 6: to be a flavor for me too. And this was 404 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 6: more my speed, and so I just really went all 405 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 6: in on creating this. 406 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:23,359 Speaker 1: Very moody, spooky. 407 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:30,479 Speaker 6: Tableau essentially that allowed the visitor's minds to do all 408 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:34,199 Speaker 6: of the heavy lifting. I will create the atmosphere and 409 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 6: then I will let you run wild with it. Is 410 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 6: that statue a real person? What is that sound I'm 411 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 6: hearing over there? Is the thunder and lightning? Real or manufactured? 412 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 6: Are any of these tombstones actually real tombstone? I mean, 413 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 6: you can kind of go down the list of things 414 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 6: that it could be in anyone's mind. But the beauty 415 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,480 Speaker 6: of it is that my interpretation of it will be 416 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 6: different from yours, and yours from someone else's. 417 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: You know, I Love Again. 418 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 2: You can find out more at van Oaksprops dot com 419 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:08,440 Speaker 2: vanosprops dot com. That'll, you know, that'll be your portal 420 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 2: to all of it, whether you go to his etsya 421 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 2: stuff you see stuff that you want to purchase, whether 422 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 2: you want to maybe go and find out about the 423 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,920 Speaker 2: silent auction that he's doing now for the things that 424 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 2: he's not going to need come November, uh after this 425 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:28,120 Speaker 2: year here, so he's selling off a lot of these 426 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:30,440 Speaker 2: props as well. But if you want to learn more, 427 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 2: go to van Oaks Props and you can find his 428 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 2: YouTube stuff and all of that. One of the things 429 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 2: that I love on your YouTube is that when you 430 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 2: revisit something, you all, I made this years ago, Yeah, 431 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 2: and I know more now and I have better ideas 432 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 2: of how I want to change it. What was one 433 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 2: prop one part of the scene of your specific cemetery 434 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 2: that you change that you were like, now that fits 435 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 2: my vision more. 436 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 6: I don't know that it was ever necessarily not fitting 437 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,879 Speaker 6: the vision. It just wasn't completed to the degree that 438 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:09,400 Speaker 6: I wanted or that my skills allowed for. Most recently, 439 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 6: just because it's top of mind, we have two very 440 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:17,919 Speaker 6: large fake brick columns with big lanterns on top that 441 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 6: every year someone will assume they are real and lean 442 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:23,200 Speaker 6: against them, only to find that they will move. 443 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:25,880 Speaker 2: I've seen them in person. I would do that myself. 444 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 2: They're beautiful, and you. 445 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 6: Know, we've had them for quite a few years. When 446 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 6: when my wife and I first made them, they looked 447 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 6: the part, but they were a bit too clean, And 448 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 6: I think part of my esthetic is more of a 449 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 6: really lived in older cemetery that's maybe not being tended to. 450 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 6: You want to change the term lived in, I don't. 451 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,120 Speaker 6: I don't know if it should be lived in if 452 00:22:58,119 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 6: it's a. 453 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,879 Speaker 2: Yeah, you want it to be to have that the 454 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 2: grunge factor. Even the one, the latest one in this 455 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 2: video is up today, it's only a fourteen year old technically, 456 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 2: so you had to you had to weather it for 457 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 2: that many years, and not the one that was you know, 458 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 2: in the seventeen eighteen hundreds or something like that exactly. 459 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,679 Speaker 6: Which is funny because so much of the aesthetic that 460 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 6: I've tried to kind of create over the years is 461 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 6: very much that worn down and abandoned look, which is 462 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 6: funny because that is sort of like the intersection between 463 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,679 Speaker 6: my love of Star Wars universe and how dirty and 464 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:46,399 Speaker 6: grungy that all is the used universe, absolutely, and it 465 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 6: carries over into Halloween, which is what I think about 466 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 6: the other half of the year. 467 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 2: So it is funny though that you you know, when 468 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 2: you even see like Halloween, not Halloween, but Star Wars props, right, 469 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:00,880 Speaker 2: the first thing you know, helmet I buy all those 470 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 2: things to the first thing you do is go, this 471 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 2: looks too new. 472 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, exactly. 473 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,360 Speaker 6: And that was kind of what happened with these cemetery columns. 474 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 6: I just thought they would look more than what they 475 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 6: look right now. Plus, you know, they're quite a few 476 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:20,120 Speaker 6: years old, and I've spent a lot of time out 477 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 6: in the sun, and so the colors just aren't as 478 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 6: vibrant as they used to be. And I thought what 479 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 6: better way to kind of breathe some new life into 480 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 6: it than to really go heavy and make them look 481 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:30,360 Speaker 6: even older. 482 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,199 Speaker 2: And I love how this and I really want you 483 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 2: folks to check this out at Van Oaksprops dot com. 484 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 2: Is when you see these props we're talking about, and. 485 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: How people ask me. 486 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 2: All the time, well, can I just convert the front 487 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 2: into some I said, yeah, you'd be surprised how things 488 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 2: like these pillars changed the whole vibe of the front 489 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 2: of a house and and those things, and we'll talk 490 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,359 Speaker 2: more about that and where to put your energies, maybe 491 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:00,199 Speaker 2: some things to start with. If you're thinking, you know, 492 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 2: I want to do a little bit of a haunt 493 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 2: or a theme in the front yard this year. I 494 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 2: highly encourage it. It is worth it. I don't care 495 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 2: if five kids come by. It's still worth it to 496 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 2: see people get excited about it, and you know, just 497 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 2: make their holiday a little bit. So go nowhere talking 498 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 2: with master prop maker Derek Young from van o Props. 499 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: So we'll come back with more. 500 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:27,160 Speaker 5: You're listening to The Fork Report with Neil Savedra on 501 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:29,680 Speaker 5: demand from KFI AM six forty. 502 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 2: Hey, Happy Saturday to you. It is Halloween time and 503 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,880 Speaker 2: you are here with the Fork Report. I'm Neil Savedra 504 00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 2: and I'm just into the season and Kayla just put 505 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:46,399 Speaker 2: down in front of me. We haven't talked about this yet. 506 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 2: My guest is Derek Young. He is the owner, proprietor, 507 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 2: maker and creative mind behind van Oaks Props. You find 508 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 2: out more van Oaksprops dot com. And we're talking about 509 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:02,879 Speaker 2: deating for Halloween, your house and stuff. If you're interested 510 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 2: in getting started and all of that. But his wife 511 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 2: Aaron is a masterful baker and always sends him with love. 512 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,920 Speaker 2: And you can hear Kayla and the excitement of everybody 513 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 2: going on with that. 514 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,920 Speaker 1: So what is this such a This is an apple cake. 515 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 6: It is an apple cake. It is a Vermont classic 516 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 6: and it's like old school New England. 517 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:27,640 Speaker 3: Wow. 518 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,639 Speaker 1: Yeah that smells great. Oh that's good. 519 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 2: Just a little pinch Yeah, okay, yeah, I'm gonna I'm 520 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:37,919 Speaker 2: gonna murder that in a second, but I just wanted 521 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,880 Speaker 2: that's so great. So we're talking with Derek Young from 522 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:46,400 Speaker 2: Van Oaks Props about decorating. He started fourteen years ago 523 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 2: as a graphic designer and everything like that. Using your 524 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 2: gifts and abilities to decorate. But you're moving, you're moving 525 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 2: out of state, and so this is the last one 526 00:26:56,520 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 2: you're doing at your current location. Yes, and you're gonna 527 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 2: be selling off. There's a silent auction. I put in 528 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 2: one bid, but it was I was in a hurry 529 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 2: that I'm definitely going to be bidding on some other 530 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:12,879 Speaker 2: things as well. But you know, they are just so 531 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 2: many beautiful pieces and to you know, have a momento 532 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 2: like that for my yard would be fun to always 533 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 2: think about that as well, among other things. So somebody 534 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 2: wants to start out, what are the you know, top 535 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 2: five tools for making tombstones? 536 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 6: Well, I guess I have to give a qualifier. When 537 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:43,440 Speaker 6: I make tombstones. My material of choice is pink insulation foam. 538 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 6: They also make it in other colors, but usually four 539 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 6: by We'll find it in pink and it comes in 540 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 6: four by eight sheets. Oh four eight, Yeah, and it's 541 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 6: about fifty ish dollars. The price kind of changes year 542 00:27:55,640 --> 00:28:01,880 Speaker 6: to year, but it's a weird find that other Halloween 543 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 6: enthusiasts who've come before me figured out made for a 544 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 6: great material to make tombstones out of. That said, if 545 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 6: you choose to make your tombstones out of foam, which 546 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 6: I highly recommend, I would also suggest getting a small 547 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:21,760 Speaker 6: pull saw because the blade on it is very small, 548 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:27,080 Speaker 6: it cuts through this foam very easily. They're extremely inexpensive. 549 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,440 Speaker 6: You can go to almost any hardware store and get 550 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:34,919 Speaker 6: one off the shelf for under fifteen dollars. And then 551 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,240 Speaker 6: outside of that, I would say get yourself a rotary tool, 552 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 6: like a dremal, something along those lines. And with the 553 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 6: a rotary tool and some pink foam. You can make 554 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 6: whatever shape of tombstone to whatever scale you want for 555 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 6: your display, and you can carve it with the rotary 556 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 6: tool and then paint it using your standard sort of 557 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 6: run of the mill house paint, like exterior latex paint. 558 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 6: If you want to get fancy like me, I like 559 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 6: using a masonry seiler. The brand I see most often 560 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 6: it's called dry Lock, and it comes in a few 561 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 6: different flavors. I prefer the original style, and the reason 562 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 6: that I like it is because it has a gritty 563 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 6: texture that, once painted kind of lends itself to a 564 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 6: very stone like appearance. 565 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:29,720 Speaker 1: So there's like a sand or something in it. 566 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 6: Yeah, And if you wanted sort of the cheat version 567 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 6: of this, you could take some exterior latex paint. Oftentimes 568 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 6: you will find various shades of gray in the oops 569 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:45,280 Speaker 6: I bought the wrong colored department at your local hardware 570 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:48,160 Speaker 6: store and get it for you know, half price, and 571 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 6: then go to the park or go to the garden 572 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:56,440 Speaker 6: center and buy yourself some fine playground sand. And if 573 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 6: you add a bit of playground sand to this exterior 574 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:03,480 Speaker 6: latex paint will essentially get a good mimic for a 575 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:06,080 Speaker 6: masonry sailor that will have that same sort of gritty 576 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:08,320 Speaker 6: texture at a fraction of the cost. 577 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: I love it. 578 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:15,600 Speaker 2: And so you have done both relief style and then 579 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:19,560 Speaker 2: I don't know what you call it in carving in style, 580 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:24,520 Speaker 2: I mean engraved. Yeah, engraved, that's the word I'm looking for. Curry, 581 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 2: That's what I was earlier in the show. It's like 582 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 2: a glimpse into my own life. Yeah, exactly. But I 583 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 2: highly recommend you go to van oaksprops dot com and 584 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 2: check out the how realistic and these tombstones have weight. 585 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:48,640 Speaker 2: And another buddy of mine who's a prop maker, goes, 586 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:53,080 Speaker 2: I'm digging this segment and I need some tombstone tips. 587 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 2: There is an art to weathering them afterwards, and what 588 00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,680 Speaker 2: is some of the process there to make them look 589 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:01,360 Speaker 2: like they've been there? 590 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 6: Sure, So there's a couple different ways you can go 591 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 6: about it. I've seen it done a few ways. There's 592 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:10,720 Speaker 6: definitely one that is my favorite, which is to basically 593 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:14,440 Speaker 6: mix a bunch of acrylic craft paints like black, brown, 594 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:21,320 Speaker 6: green to create kind of a dirty water sort of look, 595 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,400 Speaker 6: and then put it into a spray bottle and spray 596 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 6: it all over the tombstone and naturally because of how 597 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 6: water moves across surfaces, you will get a pretty good 598 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:36,520 Speaker 6: approximation of what, like organic natural weathering would happen to 599 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 6: a real tombstone in a real cemetery. If you didn't 600 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,680 Speaker 6: have the time for that, or you wanted something that 601 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,719 Speaker 6: was maybe a little less messy, you could just as 602 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 6: easily apply paint with a brush, thin it out with water, 603 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 6: and drag it downwards across the face of your tombstone 604 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 6: and use it to sort of accent parts of it 605 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 6: that you find most interesting. So like, if there's areas 606 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:03,719 Speaker 6: where look like water might collect if you're doing engraved lettering, 607 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,280 Speaker 6: look for those recesses and use that as an opportunity 608 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 6: to add more character to your tombstone. 609 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 2: Any parting thoughts on people are on the fence about 610 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,320 Speaker 2: putting something together in their yard this year that you 611 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:19,680 Speaker 2: can give them, I. 612 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:23,320 Speaker 6: Would say, do it. You are bringing such enjoyment to 613 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 6: people you don't even know. And I think, given the 614 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:30,840 Speaker 6: way things are in the world right now, we need 615 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:36,080 Speaker 6: every possible positive interaction that we can muster, and I 616 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 6: think decorating for Halloween is one of those things that 617 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:41,560 Speaker 6: even if you don't hear from people you know that 618 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:44,480 Speaker 6: you have made an impact in a positive way to 619 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:46,160 Speaker 6: people in your neighborhood. 620 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:49,160 Speaker 2: Just as someone slowing down as they drive by and 621 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,760 Speaker 2: taking a look you're going, you know what, that's a memory. 622 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,280 Speaker 2: And that's one of the reason why I do the show. 623 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:57,000 Speaker 2: It's just something that people agree on. Good food and 624 00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 2: good conversation and those things. 625 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:03,760 Speaker 1: This cake is so great. 626 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,600 Speaker 2: My first thought is I want a cup of coffee 627 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 2: with it on a cool fall morn and I'm like, 628 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 2: holy hell, God bless Aaron. She is a national treasure 629 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:22,239 Speaker 2: and we must protect her and her gifted hands at 630 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:23,160 Speaker 2: all costs. 631 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:24,160 Speaker 1: I agree. 632 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 2: Wow, holy smokes. Always good to see you, my friend. 633 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:33,040 Speaker 2: I know this is your last year doing it here 634 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:37,040 Speaker 2: in the valley. I know it's inspired other people. It 635 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 2: certainly inspired me. I first started doing tombstones back in 636 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:46,840 Speaker 2: the late eighties, eighties, early nineties for haunts that we 637 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:51,960 Speaker 2: did my younger brother and I and I look back 638 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 2: on that and I think, Wow, everything I wanted to 639 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,200 Speaker 2: do and couldn't. Then I can see in what you 640 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:01,479 Speaker 2: do and it's like, now I'm gonna I'm gonna get 641 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:05,680 Speaker 2: up to speed and start doing these things again. But 642 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:09,799 Speaker 2: that motivation and inspiration is a powerful, powerful tool, so 643 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:14,040 Speaker 2: I appreciate all that you do Again van Oaksprops dot com. 644 00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:16,200 Speaker 2: Van Oaks props dot com, check them out. 645 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:16,839 Speaker 1: Stick around. 646 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:20,760 Speaker 2: We'll talk carving pumpkins when we return with our special guests. 647 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:21,920 Speaker 3: So go know. 648 00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:25,360 Speaker 1: Where you've been listening to the Fork Report. 649 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:27,719 Speaker 2: You can always hear us live on kf I Am 650 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:31,319 Speaker 2: six forty two to five pm on Saturday, and anytime 651 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 2: on demand on the iHeartRadio app.