1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: It's Nights with Dan Ray. 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 2: I'm telling you Boston's News Radio. 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:08,959 Speaker 3: Rob, We're gonna change it up here. I'll hold off 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 3: on those sound bites. We are talking about your your 5 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:20,240 Speaker 3: restaurant habits and have you changed the way in which 6 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 3: you go out and dine and so feel free to 7 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 3: let us know. The James Rojas of the WVZ News 8 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 3: department has filed a couple of stories in the last 9 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 3: day or so. Apparently there are folks now who are 10 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 3: looking They want to continue to go out, but they 11 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 3: feel that maybe restaurant prices have drifted upwards as a 12 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 3: consequence of COVID and inflation and all everything. And you 13 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 3: can throw Donald Trump's tariffs in there is what whoever 14 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 3: you want to blame. Rices have gone up. So this 15 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 3: was a second report that James Rojas filed, just to 16 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 3: give you a sense of what we're doing. This is 17 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 3: cut b Rob, Munch play cut down. 18 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 4: The cost of eating out is getting more expensive, which 19 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 4: looks to be the reason why more people are passing 20 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:10,839 Speaker 4: on full entrees for appetizers and bundles. 21 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 3: I think appetizers you can get more bang for your buck. 22 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 4: A recent study you showed appetizer sales went up twenty 23 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:20,559 Speaker 4: percent nationwide this year. Ian and Michael at South Street 24 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 4: Diners say, there's a bit more strategy when going out now, 25 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 4: and then we. 26 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 3: Get in the whole discussion of like, hey, are we 27 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 3: going out for drinks only versus like some food or not? 28 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 3: And then I mean you might. 29 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 4: You might only get appetizers before going out, you know, 30 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 4: So where do you go to the nice restaurant and 31 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,839 Speaker 4: you you get something small and finish off with McDonald's 32 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 4: you know? 33 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 3: Oh so yeah? 34 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 4: At South Street Diner James Rojas w b Z, Boston's 35 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:46,759 Speaker 4: News Radio. 36 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 3: That's some flexibility right there. Thank you, James Rojas. Let's 37 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 3: get back to the calls. Have you changed your your 38 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 3: dining practice again? Some people love restaurants and find themselves 39 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 3: at restaurants three four days a week. Some people say, 40 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 3: I'm rather cook at home, save some money. But there's 41 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 3: different There's there's interim strategies that you can employ. Let 42 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 3: me go next to Joel and Native Kay. Joel, welcome back. 43 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 3: How are you? 44 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 5: I'm fine? 45 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 6: Dan? 46 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 5: How are you doing good? 47 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 3: What's what's your I know you like restaurants, go right ahead. 48 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 5: The problem is then it's so cold to go out 49 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 5: to us. You don't know what they have to heat on. 50 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 3: And he gets that, well that's another problem. But that's yeah. 51 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 3: And I think it's going to be really cold this weekend, 52 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 3: so maybe a lot of people will be eating in. 53 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 3: You're that's a factor. Who wants to go out and 54 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:38,799 Speaker 3: battle the cold when you can sit it home? But 55 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 3: guess what, you still got to battle the cold to 56 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 3: go to the grocery store. So I don't know which 57 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 3: one's worse. 58 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 5: The bof the same. And so's so easy to do 59 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 5: is we offer takeout and it's cheap of that way 60 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 5: because taking out you don't have to leave a tip 61 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 5: because they're not servicing you at a table. 62 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 3: Yep, No, that's a although I sometimes will always saw 63 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 3: a couple of bucks to the person who has retrieved 64 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 3: my food, just to be a decent person, you know. 65 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 3: But I understand what you say. But also you don't 66 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 3: have to get your wine or beer or whatever you're drinking. 67 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 3: If you're drinking just dyet pepsi, it's going to be 68 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 3: five bucks. 69 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 5: Yeah you say that by having a pepsi at home 70 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 5: already and the wine waiting for you. 71 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely, it tastes better at home because you know 72 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 3: that you bought it yourself, and per glass, it's going 73 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 3: to be three or four dollars at home or out 74 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 3: at the restaurant. The same bottle, the same wine is 75 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 3: going to be sixteen or eighteen dollars a glass. 76 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 5: So let me get to the restaurants. Yeah, so the 77 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 5: deal deal is you go, well, the restaurant has a 78 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 5: deal for lunch. For instance, shut In High Tokyo and 79 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 5: Nadick they have lunch and specials till three o'clock. So 80 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 5: you buy it before three o'clock. You take it home 81 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 5: and you heat it up for supping, and with the 82 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 5: meal they have there, it cost you twenty bucks. And 83 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 5: the food, the amount of foods you have it, it's 84 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:07,119 Speaker 5: good for two days. You get two meals. 85 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 7: Out of it. 86 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 5: Number one, Now you're talking number two. Number two, it's 87 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 5: to pattle. Now, my wife and I we have britle bowls. 88 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 5: You you haven't had a burritle bowl? 89 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 3: No I haven't. I've go to I go to a 90 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 3: place where you get like harvest bowls and stuff. It's 91 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 3: a I forget even the name. It's a salad place. 92 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:27,599 Speaker 3: And you go in and they give you so much 93 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 3: stuff it's expensive. It's sixteen bucks. But I take half 94 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 3: of it one night and I saved the half the 95 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 3: other half the next night. So it cost me eight 96 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 3: dollars a night. 97 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 5: Okay, So the berritle bowls, we get two burritle bowls 98 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 5: that twenty dollars total and filled with so much food 99 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 5: that takes the two days to face the whole burritle bowl. 100 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 3: Same thing that. Yep, they had. They had a tough 101 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 3: run there. Chipotle, right, is the one you're talking about? 102 00:04:57,200 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, exactly. 103 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 3: They had a tough run. They had some problems and 104 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 3: then they bounce back. Uh, and I'm told they're pretty 105 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 3: good restaurant. I don't think I've ever been to a Chipotle. 106 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 3: If if I'm pronouncing it correctly. The McDonald's is easy 107 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 3: to pronounce, but or Papa Gino's. But Chipotle, you gotta, 108 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 3: you know, you gotta kind of work on that a 109 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 3: little bit at least. 110 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 5: I know. I think the close one with being Natick, 111 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 5: I think that's the closest one to you. 112 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, probably, but I'm not going to drive that far. Yeah. 113 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:32,679 Speaker 3: The the the the the salad place is called Sweet Greens, 114 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 3: and they do a very nice job on the salad 115 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 3: uh you know, again not cheap, but it's a good 116 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 3: salad for the amount of money you pay for it. 117 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 3: And that's not bad, not bad. 118 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 5: If you go to if you go to Mexico, there's 119 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 5: one of the firmahem called Aztec and with an encelada 120 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 5: dish uh leburna, and I can finish off in two 121 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,840 Speaker 5: days because there's so much. It's such a big platum. 122 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 5: You get three enchiladas and you get rice, you get beans, 123 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 5: and you get a salad now and it's so big, 124 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 5: it's a two days. It's a two day deal. And 125 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 5: I talk about twenty bucks on So I still I. 126 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 3: Still, as you know, impartial to Olive Garden. We were 127 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 3: there a couple of weeks ago with our grandson and 128 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 3: you can't beat their salad. You want more salad, here 129 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 3: you go and it's good quality and the and the 130 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 3: roles are great as well. 131 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 5: And you want more soup, you can get more soup. 132 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 3: Oh, I didn't realize that. I'll have to think about 133 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 3: that next time. Okay, Hey Joe, great, great to talk 134 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 3: with you. Have a happy Honukah, great holidays, great new year. 135 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:43,039 Speaker 3: Always great to talk to you, my friend. Thank you 136 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 3: so much. 137 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 5: Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. 138 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 3: Appreciate very much, my friend. Talk to you soon. Good night. 139 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 3: All right, let me go to Ali in Connecticut. Ali, Hi, Ali, Hi, Allie. 140 00:06:57,760 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: Thank you. 141 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 8: I have discovered that Longhorn Steakhouse has great luncheons. 142 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, I've been to Long Han. There was a long 143 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 3: there still was one, I think down on Brookline Avenue 144 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 3: in Boston. 145 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 8: Well, I'm in Connecticut, yep, and they're well, they're everywhere. Now. 146 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 8: What happened was a couple of years ago, my husband 147 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 8: and I we went to McDonald's. He wanted some big 148 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 8: Mac special. I haven't eaten McDonald's in years. And we 149 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 8: got two big Macs and a French fry to share. 150 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 8: And it was twenty two dollars. That was without a drink. 151 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 8: And I said to him, what I said, we could do, 152 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 8: you know better. And that's when we discovered the Long 153 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 8: Harn And we got giant cheeseburgers. I got a salad 154 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 8: side salad. He gets French fries and it was and 155 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 8: he gets a drink. It was twenty six dollars. Not 156 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 8: much of a difference, not no, And we got waited 157 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 8: on and right and the lower dad quality. 158 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 3: Where a Connecticut are you? Are you down in the 159 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 3: southwest corner? Where are you? 160 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 8: I'm in Cheshire, Connecticut, in between new Haven and Haffen. 161 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 8: But I'm a Chelsea girl. I'm a Chelsea massed girl. 162 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 8: I'm a Chelsea girl. To Cheshia, Connecticut. Yep, well the. 163 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 3: Name is close, but I think Cheshire's probably maybe a 164 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 3: step up. 165 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 8: It's a few steps up. 166 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, but I do. I miss I missed Chelsea. 167 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 8: And you know what I really miss is the Hilltop Steakhouse. 168 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 3: Yea for four for Kansas City. That was it. 169 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 9: Oh my god. 170 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 8: They had the best lunch and specials. 171 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 3: They did, and they had great salad there. 172 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 5: They had great everything. 173 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 3: We're going to talk next to a friend of mine 174 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 3: that that manages a restaurant in Malden, which is a 175 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 3: great restaurant. Well, if you want to have a great restaurant, 176 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 3: if you ever up in this neck of the woods. 177 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 8: Okay, Oh I come up, Yes, I come up a lot. 178 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 1: Yep, I come home. 179 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:55,719 Speaker 8: I call it. 180 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: I call it. 181 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 3: Right after the break, we're going to talk to my 182 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 3: friend Paul, who uh uh, Well, I'll explain exactly where 183 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 3: it is and what it's like. But it's a great restaurant. 184 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,679 Speaker 1: So thank you for. 185 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 3: Listening down there in Connecticut. I need you to call 186 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 3: more off And how come. 187 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: I know I get I listen every night. 188 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 3: I know you do, and and I'm it's like, Alie, 189 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 3: come on, it's easy, give me a call. 190 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 8: And you know it's always will, I will, and I 191 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 8: know my aunt and Wilmington is lying in a bed 192 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 8: listening to you right now. 193 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,199 Speaker 3: What's your add's first name. Let's we'll do a shout 194 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 3: out to it. 195 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 5: Joyce. 196 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 3: Joyce. Joyce. 197 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 8: You're the one that he's the one that told me 198 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,120 Speaker 8: to call you twenty five years ago. 199 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:39,679 Speaker 3: She's a wise woman. 200 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you, and you are too. 201 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 3: Thank you so much. What do you celebrate? You celebrate Christmas? Honica? 202 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 8: What you celebrate Christmas? I'm having a happy Christmas. Yeah, 203 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 8: and Merry Christmas. 204 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:56,079 Speaker 3: Merry Christmas to you and yours Alley as well. Okay, 205 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 3: we'll talk. 206 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: To me too. 207 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 8: Thanks you have a great night your voice. 208 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 3: Thanks you to you, Thank you very much. All Right, 209 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 3: I've got to take a break and we come back 210 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 3: on a talk with a good friend. Uh, and we 211 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 3: got a couple of hoping lines. Let's let's talk food. 212 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 3: Come on six, one, seven, two, five, four, ten thirty 213 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 3: six one seven, nine, three, one ten thirty back on 214 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 3: night Side. Right after this, It's Night Side with Dan 215 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 3: Ray on. 216 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 4: Boston's news Radio. 217 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:29,200 Speaker 3: My next guest is Paul from Malden. 218 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 2: Paul Solona, how are you, Dan, Hawaiian Tonight? 219 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 3: I'm doing great. You guys want to talk about a 220 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 3: great restaurant in Maldon. Check out Pearl Street Station. I 221 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 3: haven't been there in a while, Paul, I hope that 222 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 3: the the Turkey Tips are still as good as ever. 223 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 2: They They certainly are, and we miss you. 224 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 1: Dan. 225 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 2: You have to come on out for a visit real 226 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 2: soon when you have a meeting, out a message. 227 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 3: I will. I've owed you a phone call for about 228 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 3: uh since I since I saw you at the the 229 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 3: Joey Fund Joey Fun fundraiser. 230 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 2: Know absolutely world wool chat soon. It was a great time, 231 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 2: wasn't it? Wasn't that a great great event? 232 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 3: We had a great We had a quick conversation with 233 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 3: Jackie or what you your beautiful wife and next thing 234 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 3: I saw you, next thing you were gone. So, uh 235 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 3: you run a restaurant? Have you noticed people are ordering differently? Paul? 236 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 3: Or no? 237 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 2: Kind of sort of it sort of depends on the 238 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:29,080 Speaker 2: day of the week. And even with the with the 239 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 2: special we have we have a special during the football games, 240 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 2: during the NFL football games where we have seventy five 241 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:38,199 Speaker 2: cent wings and we have a dollar fifty slices of 242 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:41,960 Speaker 2: cheese pizza. And then then people may may get the 243 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 2: barbecue or whatever, but they're they're there for really the 244 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 2: the NFL action, but really across the board because our 245 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,439 Speaker 2: menu is so varied from the barbecue to the seafoods 246 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 2: of the pizza calzone, people are in fact down going 247 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 2: across the board. We are kind of sort of seeing 248 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 2: maybe people aren't having that appetizer, but they are saving 249 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 2: room for the fried ice cream dessert. 250 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 3: Well, I'll tell you it's a great restaurant, a great location, 251 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 3: and the variety of food is amazing. Sometimes I sit 252 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:14,440 Speaker 3: there and I look at the menu and say, oh, 253 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 3: that's what I want. No, but I think I'll try that. 254 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 3: What about that? Yeah, Now that's that's one of my 255 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 3: favorite restaurants. When we were when I was working out 256 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,840 Speaker 3: of the Midford office, Uh, it was easy to get there. 257 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 3: But now I work all day and I and I 258 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 3: work at home trying to set the show up. Paul. 259 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 3: That's uh, it's not as easy. I've been up to 260 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 3: Midford very rarely, and I got to make got to 261 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 3: make a trip up there in the next month or so. 262 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 3: I promise I'll call you in advance. 263 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 2: Okay, that's fabulous, Dan, thank you, and also too, I 264 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 2: just want to comment on James's report on the South 265 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 2: Street down on the pardy pans and all we are 266 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 2: a fact, and I know Saul and I was general 267 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 2: manager there quite a few years ago, and I'm friends 268 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 2: with Saul, and I had sexted Saul right out. I 269 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 2: heard James's report yesterday. I believe it was and it 270 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,560 Speaker 2: really is is true. A lot of people are in 271 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 2: fact doing the party pans for those for those luncheon gatherings, 272 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 2: for those staff gatherings, instead of the individual lent trades. 273 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 2: We are seeing that. I know Saul has also seen 274 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 2: that and shut out for those those chicken fingers at 275 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 2: selstrie Dinads. They are just absolutely spectacular the way that 276 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 2: they prepare them. 277 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:29,599 Speaker 3: So what what are companies doing when most of the companies, 278 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 3: a lot of companies have cut out the holiday parties. 279 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,440 Speaker 3: What did you say they were doing now they there 280 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 3: was a word you used that that went right by 281 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:40,559 Speaker 3: I mean, what was the word? 282 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:45,959 Speaker 2: Oh, the party pans. The plot is instead of ordering 283 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 2: the individual entrees off the menu, they're they're they're sharing 284 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 2: and they're being more more communal where they're all hanging 285 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 2: around the buffet, in the in the office and and 286 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 2: just just hanging out. And it's it's a little bit 287 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 2: more and more affordable for some some budget. 288 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 3: No particular smaller companies that want to do the right thing. 289 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:09,559 Speaker 3: Have you noticed that that there's a lot of companies 290 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 3: that maybe used to do something like that during the 291 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 3: holiday season, but they're back and off that. I've I 292 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 3: seem to have noticed that, and I don't we have. 293 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 2: Maybe if it's in the budget the companies, especially out 294 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 2: in the Malden method area, Like we have a huge 295 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 2: party pan order for for local CPA firm tomorrow and 296 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 2: we have quite a few next week and all. So 297 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 2: we really haven't seen much of a tailoff. Yeah, which 298 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 2: is good. We'll take that. 299 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 3: Oh absolutely, Paul, Merry Christmas. Do you please Merry Christmas 300 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 3: my friend for me and we will we'll see each other. 301 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 3: Hopefully that'll be a new Year's resolution. 302 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 2: Okay, look forward to my friend Besta Genie and the family, 303 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 2: and be well. Merry Christmas, my friend, catch you. Thanks boy, 304 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 2: thanks for the time. Now be well you all right? 305 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 3: Let me go next. Let me go to Lee in Mendon, Massachusetts. Hey, Lee, 306 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 3: how are you tonight? 307 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 5: Hi? 308 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: Dann Hawaii. Nice talking to you. I don't call much, 309 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 1: but I listened a lot. 310 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 3: Well. It's always important because I try to do here's 311 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 3: the here's the thing which and I'm going to tell 312 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 3: you what what I'm doing here. I cannot do politics 313 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 3: five nights a week, four hours a night. I love politics. 314 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 3: I love current events and political issues. And I'm not 315 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 3: just talking about you know, Democrat Republican. Last night we 316 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 3: did the arrival of uh Cafe, marijuana Cafes whatever you 317 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 3: want to call them, cannabis cafe, and people were off 318 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 3: the wall. We had people in favor and oppose, which 319 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 3: was wonderful because Mike's my job easier when people are 320 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 3: calling about a subject they're interested in. But like that night, 321 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 3: I wanted to do this tonight and and I'm so 322 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 3: glad that some people are too into it, because look, 323 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 3: if I do the same show every night, why listen? 324 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 5: Right, God, bless you. 325 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 3: Thank you. Are you changing your restaurant habits or no. 326 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: A little bit, a little bit, But to go out 327 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: and on a high scale restaurant, I like to go 328 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 1: to New England Steak and Seafood and Mendon. It's a 329 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: family run restaurant and we go there and we go there, 330 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: my friend and myself. We go there, and what I 331 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: do is I usually get an entree, which is in 332 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:45,760 Speaker 1: the twenties, and then she and I will share a 333 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: dessert and I usually I don't usually get an alcoholic beverage, 334 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: and most of the time I get ice water and 335 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 1: lemon and it kind of holds my price down. That's 336 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: that's I go to special restaurrestaurant. And then I like 337 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 1: to get takeout from a place called Nanas and Cape 338 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: Road and Men. Then they have great food there. 339 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:18,120 Speaker 3: I'm guess that's an Italian restaurant. Yeah, oh yeah, absolutely. 340 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 1: They have pizza and pastor and salads and stuff. So 341 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:28,119 Speaker 1: I get takeout there. And then sometimes I go to 342 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:35,000 Speaker 1: Wolves Restaurant on Route and the Little's Restaurant. That's that's 343 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 1: that's like midway between Nana's and the steakhouse. But they 344 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 1: have good food there too. 345 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, if you can find a place that's like 346 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 3: the Over and Denim on the West Roxbury Line Midway Cafe. 347 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:50,919 Speaker 3: I know that Morgan talks about that a lot, but 348 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 3: that's a great restaurant. 349 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:54,680 Speaker 1: It is a great that's where he does his that's 350 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: where he does his trivia, right. 351 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 3: But the food is fabulous there. 352 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:00,360 Speaker 1: Okay, okay, yeah, that's what I too. 353 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, they just uh they knock it out of 354 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:06,679 Speaker 3: the park and there's great makings with a variety of 355 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 3: things they and it's it's all home cooked. I don't 356 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 3: get over there as much as I should because it's 357 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 3: a little bit out of out of the way, if 358 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 3: you will, but it is. It is a great and 359 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 3: the owners a great. 360 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,880 Speaker 1: What I like is when I go to a restaurant, 361 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,160 Speaker 1: I ask if they have specials to day and that 362 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: kind of helps out too, and all the different they. 363 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:34,040 Speaker 3: Have absolutely lee great to hear your voice. 364 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 1: Thinks, I hope, I hope you have a nice Christmas 365 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:37,920 Speaker 1: with your family. 366 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 3: Christmas, if you celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas you I do. 367 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 3: I keep saying to people. I like to wish people 368 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 3: a happy honeker or merry Christmas or uh you a 369 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:54,679 Speaker 3: bounty filled Kwanza or whatever whatever. People celebrate happy. 370 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, this is fine. 371 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 3: I know it's a kind of everybody falls into the 372 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 3: happy all the days. 373 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 1: By Yeah, but my idea is, marry, how did. 374 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:07,879 Speaker 3: We celebrate it. Let's talk about celebrating that's yeah, thanks, I. 375 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,120 Speaker 1: Want I want to say one more thing. A couple 376 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 1: of weeks ago, call her go as Dolly called, and 377 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,160 Speaker 1: I hadn't heard her. I hadn't heard her in a while. 378 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:18,239 Speaker 1: It was nice to hear her. 379 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:21,360 Speaker 3: Boy, Dolly's doing great, Dolly and Medford. 380 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, Medford, med Fitz, Yeah, doing great. 381 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 3: She hit a very special birthday last October thirty first. 382 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 3: Uh wow, a big, big, big number. Okay, yeah, she's yeah, 383 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 3: she's very doing very well, doing very well. 384 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: It was nice to hear Dan YouTube. 385 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 3: Don't be a stranger. 386 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 9: Bye bye, I well, bye bye. 387 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 3: Thanks six one seven thirty six one seven nine three 388 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 3: one ten thirty. 389 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 6: Uh. 390 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 3: I've I got some open lines here, so let's fill 391 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,959 Speaker 3: him up. I'd love to hear from you. Join the conversation. 392 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 3: We're talking about restaurants, and we're talking about are you 393 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 3: are you changing your regimen, changing your strategy? We we 394 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 3: have and I think that most of us have, probably, 395 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 3: and I'd love to know what it is. Maybe there's 396 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:16,440 Speaker 3: a couple of favorite places you go to a little 397 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 3: less often, maybe you change your orders. Maybe when you 398 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 3: go you, as they say, one way that you can 399 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,439 Speaker 3: cut down on some of the prices. And I'm not 400 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 3: trying to hurt any restaurants, because the restaurants are great. 401 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 3: But you can have a beer or glass of wine 402 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 3: before you go to the restaurant and have someone maybe 403 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 3: as a designated driver, if you're just you know, having 404 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:38,720 Speaker 3: one glass of wine and as clothes, You're probably are 405 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 3: going to be okay. And then just have water with 406 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 3: your meal, which is better for you in many respects. 407 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 3: You have water with your meal, the food will taste better. 408 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 3: Here's the number six one seven, two, five four ten 409 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 3: thirty six one seven nine three one ten thirty. Love 410 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 3: to stay on this topic for the balance of the 411 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,159 Speaker 3: night that will be determined by you coming back on 412 00:20:56,240 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 3: Night Side with Dan Ray. 413 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 9: I'm telling you Boston's News Radio. 414 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:10,200 Speaker 3: Okay, some of you are being shy out there tonight. 415 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 3: Please don't be shy. Six one seven four ten thirty 416 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 3: six one seven nine three thirty. I'm trying to do 417 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 3: a little little off speed pitch here tonight, changing it 418 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:28,680 Speaker 3: up a little bit and talking about people's dining strategies, 419 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 3: how to maybe save money at a period of time 420 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 3: when restaurants are getting a little bit more expensive. I 421 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,199 Speaker 3: think the cost of eating out, whether it is a 422 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 3: fast food place like McDonald's, a place like what I like, 423 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:47,640 Speaker 3: Olive Garden, amongst others, or your middle of the road 424 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 3: places like a four Seasons, which is a fine restaurant. 425 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 3: There's a whole bunch of restaurants. What are you doing, 426 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 3: irrespective of what where you choose to eat, what are 427 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 3: you doing to to mitigate the cost? I mean, there 428 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:06,920 Speaker 3: are strategies that we're talking about. As I said, one 429 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 3: of the things is, you know, have a beer of 430 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 3: glass of wine before you go home, and then before 431 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 3: you go to the restaurant, drive carefully or maybe have 432 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 3: a designated driver. You're not gonna be drunk on one 433 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 3: glass of wine or one one beer, honestly, and then 434 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,640 Speaker 3: don't drink at the restaurant. You save some money when 435 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 3: you go home. Have a glass of wine after dinner, 436 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 3: glass of wine at home. That's These are all sorts 437 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 3: of things you can do. Let me go to Frankie 438 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 3: in New Bedford. Frankie in New Bedford. How are you, sir? 439 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 7: How you doing? Say? How you doing that? These are 440 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 7: one of my favorite topics is that I was born 441 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 7: in Boston, but I'm originally from Puerto Rico, so Puerto 442 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 7: Ricans love food and I live in New Bedford. Here 443 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:56,120 Speaker 7: is like I think, I mean maybe because I live 444 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:58,440 Speaker 7: down here? Do think the best restaurants are here in 445 00:22:58,520 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 7: terms of seafood? 446 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 9: Yeah? 447 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 7: Well the water oh yeah, I mean, I mean the 448 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 7: best of the best. But my top, top of the 449 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 7: line restaurant, which I don't go that often. There's a 450 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 7: little price, but maybe once every two months, you know, 451 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:17,880 Speaker 7: the Black Whale. It's like my top notch. 452 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 3: So what are the what are the entrees there? I 453 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:21,920 Speaker 3: assume they're mostly seafood? 454 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:23,640 Speaker 9: But what do we do most people? 455 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 7: They do salmon, they do lobster, they do all types 456 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 7: of fish. They do they they usually change the menu 457 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 7: every week, so it's like something it's all seafood, but 458 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 7: they changed every reserve y every time you go there, 459 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 7: Like if you go every Sunday, it'll be a different 460 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 7: menu altogether. And they own a chain of restaurants. They 461 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 7: have that one they have Cisco Brewery. They have they 462 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,200 Speaker 7: have about five of them throughout the Fall River and 463 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 7: the Bedford and Somerset, So it's about five changes of restaurants, 464 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,640 Speaker 7: all on by the same guy. And it's just the service, 465 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:00,399 Speaker 7: you know, the food, everything is just it's just amazing. 466 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 3: What do you what do you talk about the trip? 467 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 3: I'll give you an idea. Is it thirty dollars range 468 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 3: for entrees or more expensive? 469 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:07,880 Speaker 9: Yeah? 470 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,439 Speaker 7: Like if I go with my wife, you know, about 471 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,159 Speaker 7: thirty dollars an entree, you know, including h like I 472 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,399 Speaker 7: would say two glasses of wine. At the end of 473 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 7: the day, it'll be like probably like two hundred and 474 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 7: thirty dollars. 475 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, oh yeah, that'll that'll start. 476 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:24,199 Speaker 7: To run including tip, you know, like you're gonna give 477 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 7: a good tip because the service is amazing. But it's 478 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 7: I mean to me, it's well worth it, you know, 479 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 7: because I don't I don't know. 480 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 3: But you're not you're not doing that. You're not doing 481 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 3: that twice a weekend or every night. You're doing that? 482 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 7: No, no, no, yeah, yeah, maybe once every two months, 483 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 7: you know, or maybe. 484 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 3: Exactly yeah, And you admortize that in your own mind. 485 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,159 Speaker 3: You say, okay, it's it's maybe it's two hundred and 486 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,680 Speaker 3: thirty dollars for this night, but you've you've cooked at 487 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:52,919 Speaker 3: home and you've yeah, exactly, Okay. 488 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 9: This is perfect. 489 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 7: But yeah, it's one of the restaurants that I love, 490 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 7: and the service is always great, the food up until 491 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,480 Speaker 7: now I've been I've been going there for the past years, 492 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,200 Speaker 7: and it had to have them disappointed me. So I mean, 493 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 7: it's amazing, amazing. 494 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:08,800 Speaker 3: Well, frank I appreciate you your calling as always, and uh, 495 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,280 Speaker 3: I assume you're probably going to be celebrating Christmas at 496 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:12,120 Speaker 3: some point. 497 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 1: Oh. 498 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:14,680 Speaker 7: Absolutely, Christmas. Merry Christmas all the way. 499 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,639 Speaker 3: Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to you, and we'll talk. We 500 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 3: may not, hopefully we'll talk before Christmas. And in case 501 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 3: we don't, marry Christmas. 502 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 9: Okay, same to you, sir. 503 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 3: Thanks Frankie, appreciate it very much. All right, We're going 504 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 3: to go to Quentin in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Quentin. I 505 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:33,439 Speaker 3: have the book. It arrived today, Uh, and I'm going 506 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 3: to call you tomorrow, uh, and we'll we'll work something 507 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,680 Speaker 3: out on this because it's interesting. It's uh, I really 508 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:44,440 Speaker 3: enjoyed this. Uh, don't don't spoil the surprise, but we'll 509 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 3: talk in them sometime tomorrow. Professor, how are you everything good? 510 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 1: Okay? 511 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,440 Speaker 10: Hey great, great, listen, it's Grant. I'm in Grand Rapids. 512 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 10: I know I can't talk a lot about boss and restaurants, 513 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 10: so they get out there occasionally. But let me tell 514 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 10: you what we do here. My wife and I we're 515 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:03,959 Speaker 10: in our seventies. So we go out once a week 516 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 10: for breakfast to a diner and we go to a 517 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:11,879 Speaker 10: diner that has these three egg omelets with things on 518 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 10: the side, okay, and we eat we each get one, 519 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 10: you know, we do a California omelet, or we do 520 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 10: a three meat omelet, we do something special and we 521 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,439 Speaker 10: each get our own and we eat about half of 522 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 10: it because these suckers are big, and then we take 523 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:34,399 Speaker 10: it home and we have another day for breakfast. So 524 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:37,480 Speaker 10: that's once a week, and then once a month we 525 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 10: go out to our favorite restaurant in town, which is 526 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 10: at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel. Okay, we're talking expense now, man, Okay, 527 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:52,200 Speaker 10: so we yeah, so we go in there and we say, okay, 528 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 10: what are we going to have? And normally it's a steak, 529 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:59,680 Speaker 10: so it runs about ninety five dollars for a whole. 530 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,679 Speaker 10: Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, plus a couple of sides. But 531 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 10: steaks are expensive now, and we get a couple of 532 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 10: sides with it. We don't do any wine or anything 533 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:12,879 Speaker 10: because that really really gets you in terms of cost. 534 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 10: So we we get that and then we split it. Now, 535 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 10: at this particular place that we go, they say, all right, 536 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 10: you want to split, it's going to be ten dollars 537 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 10: more for an extra plate. But we don't care about 538 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 10: that because the steaks are fantastic. They are the best. 539 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:33,879 Speaker 10: We buy steaks all over I grill all the time 540 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:35,959 Speaker 10: all winter long. We can't do anything like it. 541 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,879 Speaker 3: So once you just order the one steak and you 542 00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:44,360 Speaker 3: split the steak, yep, I like that. I like that idea. Yeah, 543 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:49,000 Speaker 3: I think that I don't think they should charge you 544 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:51,959 Speaker 3: for the extra plate. But I said, I suppose that 545 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,200 Speaker 3: that that they have every right to do that. But 546 00:27:54,400 --> 00:28:00,640 Speaker 3: god darn that's well, yeah, that's it. That's an expensive 547 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:03,199 Speaker 3: steak even around here. I can go to top end 548 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 3: restaurants in Boston and the steaks are going to the 549 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:09,440 Speaker 3: top end, you know, fifty five dollars, sixty dollars. That's 550 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 3: an expensive steak here. Ninety eight dollars in Grand Rapids. 551 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 3: That's whoo hey. 552 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 10: Listen, it's one of the top restaurants in Michigan. And 553 00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 10: the steaks are so good and the service is so good. 554 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 10: They don't rush you. They're glad to split it, give 555 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:28,600 Speaker 10: you another plate. So once a month and as I see, 556 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:30,919 Speaker 10: it's a kind of romantic thing. We do it together. 557 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 10: They bring a little candle to the table and they're 558 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 10: so grateful. Yeah. Yeah, they don't feel like we're being cheap, 559 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 10: you know, just because we're dividing it up because it's 560 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 10: a big steak. 561 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 3: But a lot of that stuff you can't finish, you know. 562 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 3: I mean if it's like too big, uh, and and 563 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 3: you leave half of the you know, why not split it. 564 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 3: There's nothing wrong with that. 565 00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,760 Speaker 10: Yeah, nothing wrong. You take it home, you rewarm it. 566 00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:02,760 Speaker 10: It's not quite as nice. That's when they bring it 567 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 10: out perfect and tasting perfect, and I. 568 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 3: Get it, you know. Yeah, yeah, restaurant. I'm a seafood guy. 569 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 10: Yeah, I am a seafood guy to salmon. But here's 570 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:20,120 Speaker 10: the problem, Dan, I love salmon. I buy salmon fresh 571 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:25,520 Speaker 10: at Costco. I grill it on our back deck all 572 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 10: year long, you know, I shovel off the snow. We 573 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:32,160 Speaker 10: got about six inches of snow right now, and I 574 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 10: grill that out there and I'm really good at it. 575 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,640 Speaker 10: So we have people over for salmon and they say 576 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:42,760 Speaker 10: this is fantastic. Now, even buying at Costco, the salmon 577 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 10: is not that inexpensive. But oy oh boy, it is good. 578 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,040 Speaker 10: But let me tell you what I did the other day, 579 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 10: which was a disaster. Okay, I said, all right, we're 580 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:56,880 Speaker 10: going to add some goodies to the to this, and 581 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:02,720 Speaker 10: so we got some special vegetables. What are your favorite vegetables? 582 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:09,160 Speaker 3: I'm kind of Broccoli is great, all of that. I'll actually, 583 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,720 Speaker 3: believe it or not. I actually like spinach, believe it 584 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:17,960 Speaker 3: or not, nobody, Yeah, spinach. My ultimate favorite vegetable, to 585 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:22,040 Speaker 3: be honest with you, is tomatoes, really good tomatoes in 586 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 3: the summertime. And and beets. 587 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 10: Yeah, beets are good. Now, if you were going to 588 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:31,400 Speaker 10: grill something, what would what would it be as a vegetable? 589 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 10: I'm egging you on here. 590 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:36,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm not a big griller for vegetables. My wife 591 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:40,280 Speaker 3: will she loves peppers, green peppers, red peppers. And if 592 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:45,000 Speaker 3: you're doing a shiska bob, but that's that would be 593 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:48,320 Speaker 3: probably the green peppers, red peppers and onions. 594 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,800 Speaker 10: Yeah, okay, we do all of that on the grill. Man, 595 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:53,719 Speaker 10: I'm really into it. I got these long sticks. 596 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:56,000 Speaker 3: Yeah no, I'm oh yeah, I hear you. 597 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 10: Oh it's fantastic. It's fantastic. 598 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:00,840 Speaker 9: I tell you what I did. 599 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 10: I got okay, I got a bunch of these things 600 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:08,880 Speaker 10: and I put them on I grilled them and everything else. 601 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:12,360 Speaker 10: And then I got also a bunch of I got 602 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:16,720 Speaker 10: a bunch of sour kraut, which was special sour kraut 603 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:20,120 Speaker 10: at Costco. We're big Costco fans and all the all 604 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,200 Speaker 10: the all the for smallies, you know, and Costco for 605 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:26,680 Speaker 10: big quantities. So I got this sour kraut and we 606 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,560 Speaker 10: did a bunch of veggies and I grilled them and 607 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 10: I put that out there, and oh man, it was good. 608 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:34,320 Speaker 9: Well, let me tell you the. 609 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:37,560 Speaker 10: Next morning it hit me, Holy. 610 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:41,800 Speaker 3: Cow, whatever you do, you don't. 611 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:42,720 Speaker 10: Listen, I will not. 612 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:43,960 Speaker 9: I will not. 613 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 10: We we'll do that on the other night when we 614 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:49,160 Speaker 10: talk about Jeane Shepherd and his problems. But I'll tell you, 615 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 10: oh man, too many veggies. 616 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 3: Them up with my break here. So I'm gonna let 617 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 3: you run, but I owe you call tomorrow. 618 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,440 Speaker 10: We'll talk break it buddy, talk to you later. 619 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 9: Okay, bye bye, have a great night. 620 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 3: Okay, gonna take a break. I got a first time 621 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:06,920 Speaker 3: call it coming up, Ted in Derry, New Hampshire. Ted, 622 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:09,040 Speaker 3: You're gonna be here right after the break, and I 623 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:11,200 Speaker 3: got some room, so folks, if you'd like to jump 624 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,480 Speaker 3: in six one, seven, two, five, four, ten thirty six 625 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:16,600 Speaker 3: one seven, nine, three, one ten thirty. I feel like 626 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 3: I'm pulling teeth, which I never like to do. We'll 627 00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,120 Speaker 3: be back on Nightside after this. I'm not a dentist. 628 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,880 Speaker 4: You're on night Side with Dan Ray on w B 629 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:27,680 Speaker 4: Boston's news radio. 630 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:32,120 Speaker 3: H let me go up north to Ted, first time 631 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:35,200 Speaker 3: caller from Derry, New Hampshire. Hey, Ted, welcome to Nightside. 632 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:36,960 Speaker 3: How are you hi? Dan? 633 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 9: It is a pleasure to talk to you and hear 634 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:41,040 Speaker 9: you voice after all these years. 635 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:43,120 Speaker 3: Well come on, Yeah, it took a while, but we 636 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,080 Speaker 3: finally got you. Gotta give you a ride of applause 637 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:47,080 Speaker 3: here from our digital studio audience. 638 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:50,200 Speaker 9: I wish I had a round of the clause every 639 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,040 Speaker 9: time they played a song when I play out. But 640 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 9: but but anyway, what I have seen and you might 641 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 9: want to ask me some of these questions. I've been 642 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:02,360 Speaker 9: playing out as a musician for so many years, and. 643 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 3: You're a guy who's a professional musician. You listen to 644 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,880 Speaker 3: us coming home from your gigs, and you've listened to 645 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:13,120 Speaker 3: us for a while. What what instrument do you play? 646 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,280 Speaker 3: Or tell us a little bit about yourself. 647 00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:18,960 Speaker 9: Oh, I'm not guitar player. And I've been around for 648 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:23,280 Speaker 9: so many years. I've been one time that knows me 649 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:25,120 Speaker 9: on the North Show. And I moved up to New 650 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:28,960 Speaker 9: Hampshire and Maine, and and so that's one of the 651 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:30,040 Speaker 9: best moves I've ever made. 652 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,720 Speaker 3: And what what sort of what sort of music? Seriously? 653 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:35,480 Speaker 3: I you know, I always like to know a little 654 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:37,840 Speaker 3: bit about my musician friends. 655 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,240 Speaker 9: I write a lot of my own music and and 656 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:43,400 Speaker 9: uh and the thing has opened up with bon Jovi's 657 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 9: and things people you know, people like that and and 658 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 9: I but I go out and play the hits. 659 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:49,080 Speaker 2: You know. 660 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:52,040 Speaker 3: Wow, So you've opened for bon Jovi. That's a good 661 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:53,040 Speaker 3: that's big. 662 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,600 Speaker 9: Oh yeah. One of the best people I've ever been 663 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 9: met in my life. 664 00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 3: I ever bumping in my friend James Montgomery, who's out there. 665 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:05,040 Speaker 9: Oh yes, yes, yes, I wrote it. I played in 666 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:10,319 Speaker 9: Nasma Resort every every year up in Laconia, and and 667 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,960 Speaker 9: James Monstgomery is always there the day I play, and 668 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,319 Speaker 9: we have two different shows. But he's the nicest guy, 669 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:20,319 Speaker 9: and he is fantastic. If he if he's servant, if 670 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,840 Speaker 9: he's saving us. Now he's he knows there he is. 671 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:26,919 Speaker 3: Finally, Well, I gotta tell you James is is a 672 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:30,160 Speaker 3: listener always and if he's out on the road, uh, 673 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:33,239 Speaker 3: you know, believe me he's listening because he says to me, 674 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:38,320 Speaker 3: Michael Pilot coming home some night, so tell us about 675 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:41,759 Speaker 3: we're talking about restaurants. But I'm always interested in what 676 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:44,840 Speaker 3: people do, and particularly people who are in the entertainment field, 677 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:45,759 Speaker 3: which you clearly are. 678 00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:49,760 Speaker 9: Yeah, I see it all when I'm not playing playing 679 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:51,640 Speaker 9: the guitar, you know, I do solose now more than 680 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:54,200 Speaker 9: anything in the duo. No on bands, too much work. 681 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,560 Speaker 9: I just turned seven in but I see everything that's 682 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:01,680 Speaker 9: going on in the crowds and and what I really see, 683 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:05,040 Speaker 9: especially since the pandemic. And I you know, I moved 684 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:09,600 Speaker 9: from sal Lamassi in two thousand and one, but in 685 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:13,239 Speaker 9: Boston I noticed that everything is still late at night. 686 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:15,440 Speaker 9: But as soon as I come up to New Hampshire 687 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:21,080 Speaker 9: twenty fifteen. Everything is is a happy hour up here 688 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:24,320 Speaker 9: and used to be eight to eleven to play gigs 689 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:28,000 Speaker 9: up here. Now it's six to nine, maybe five to eight, 690 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:31,800 Speaker 9: and a couple of seven to tens. But everyone is 691 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:35,640 Speaker 9: since the pandemic is all the places are. Since the 692 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:40,480 Speaker 9: pandemic is going, they're leaving the places. Every place is 693 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:43,400 Speaker 9: closing at ten. And it really takes a toll on 694 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,839 Speaker 9: the the food industry up here. 695 00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,640 Speaker 3: Sure it does, yeah, but guess what they got to 696 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:51,120 Speaker 3: survive and that's the problem. 697 00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:55,600 Speaker 9: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, and it's kind of ten. Today 698 00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:58,280 Speaker 9: went out with a friend of mine who's a drama 699 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:02,160 Speaker 9: from from saying, I mean Massachusetts, and he's up here too, 700 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:07,120 Speaker 9: and we go shopping together up in Londonderry. And the 701 00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:10,600 Speaker 9: funniest thing he says today, and it made me really 702 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:15,480 Speaker 9: call you tonight, is that he, you know, he's got 703 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:17,960 Speaker 9: a lot of money and I'm the guy that goes 704 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,440 Speaker 9: into the reduced sections, you know, and the Shaws too, 705 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:24,560 Speaker 9: has a great fifty percent off of meat sometimes up here. 706 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:28,360 Speaker 9: I don't know about Massachusetts, but he went across seeing 707 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,239 Speaker 9: all the meats there and it was forty dollars for 708 00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:34,839 Speaker 9: a steak. And what he actually said today which really 709 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,879 Speaker 9: made me call you, is that he can go out 710 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:42,879 Speaker 9: and get a steak and a dinner for that forty dollars. 711 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:46,120 Speaker 9: And it made me think about that, and I'm wondering 712 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:49,359 Speaker 9: what's going on at the supermarkets, if it's really as 713 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:51,360 Speaker 9: bad that they say, or what's happening. 714 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:55,520 Speaker 3: I don't know. It's to me like there must be 715 00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:58,680 Speaker 3: a reason for that. I can't imagine paying forty dollars 716 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:00,959 Speaker 3: for a steak in a supermarket because. 717 00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:03,120 Speaker 9: Exactly, yeah, you would get that at. 718 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,840 Speaker 3: At forty bucks. You probably get a pretty good steak. 719 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:09,080 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, most restaurants, if not all restaurants. 720 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:11,719 Speaker 9: And every last Wednesday of the month, I play a 721 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:13,640 Speaker 9: place in Derry. I don't want to say the names 722 00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:16,359 Speaker 9: or anything, but the thing is he goes there and 723 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:21,440 Speaker 9: spends you know, at least forty dollars for drinks and 724 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,720 Speaker 9: you know, and the steak, and we have a table 725 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:30,960 Speaker 9: that we have and this Greek restaurant and Derry and 726 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:32,800 Speaker 9: I bring a lot of people there the last Wednesday 727 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:37,160 Speaker 9: very month. And I'm not calling you to advertise that, 728 00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:37,800 Speaker 9: but the thing. 729 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:39,680 Speaker 3: Is, I have no problem with that. Where are you 730 00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:41,840 Speaker 3: playing this weekend? So if people want to go hear you, 731 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:42,359 Speaker 3: where are you pay? 732 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:45,320 Speaker 9: Oh God, you're going to laugh about somehow. I'm playing 733 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:50,040 Speaker 9: at cand of Bunkport, the Colony Hotel. It's outside. It's 734 00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:53,720 Speaker 9: an outdoor concert and I'm actually very very worried about 735 00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:56,520 Speaker 9: it because I don't care how many how many outdoor 736 00:37:57,280 --> 00:37:58,840 Speaker 9: heater is I have next to me. I'm going to 737 00:37:58,920 --> 00:37:59,919 Speaker 9: need about twelve more. 738 00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:03,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, I gotta worry about the audience. Ted, do me 739 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:05,879 Speaker 3: a favorite call back. I got one more call over 740 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:08,440 Speaker 3: who I want to accommodate. But please call back some 741 00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:10,680 Speaker 3: night and I love to talk and we'll get some 742 00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,400 Speaker 3: We'll get some folks coming out to see you. I 743 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:14,759 Speaker 3: mean that seriously, I'd love to do. 744 00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:16,520 Speaker 9: Oh, I know that. I know that I've been. 745 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:18,160 Speaker 3: Dan. 746 00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:20,239 Speaker 9: I listened to almost every night I don't play, and 747 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:22,480 Speaker 9: I'm always dan. What I'm gonna what I'm gonna do, 748 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:24,080 Speaker 9: What I'm gonna do it. So I'm gonna do it. 749 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:27,200 Speaker 3: So please look it forward to it. You a great call, 750 00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:29,919 Speaker 3: and I'll look forward to call number two from Ted 751 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:33,640 Speaker 3: and Derry, New Hampshire and we'll do exactly what I said. 752 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:34,319 Speaker 3: Thank you about my. 753 00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:36,160 Speaker 9: Friend, and it was a pleasure to talk to you 754 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:36,960 Speaker 9: right back at. 755 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:38,840 Speaker 3: You say hi, to say ahead of James when you 756 00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:39,239 Speaker 3: see him. 757 00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:41,719 Speaker 9: Okay, thanks, I probably won't see him the next summer, Bob, 758 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:43,080 Speaker 9: but we're always there, all right. 759 00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:45,239 Speaker 3: Thanks so much to talk to you later. Let me 760 00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:47,080 Speaker 3: go to Pete north Ender of a Pete. You're gonna 761 00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:49,080 Speaker 3: put a rap on this for us, go right ahead. 762 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:52,680 Speaker 6: Yeah, Dan, I don't think anybody else mentioned it, but 763 00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:56,200 Speaker 6: I just happened the last Friday night. I finally got 764 00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:59,080 Speaker 6: back to Kyle Loons in Saugust, first time I've been 765 00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:02,960 Speaker 6: there like thirty years, and it is excellent. The service, 766 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:04,920 Speaker 6: the fluid, everything was top quality. 767 00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:09,840 Speaker 3: Great. You know, we love the restaurants that do a 768 00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:12,440 Speaker 3: good job. And when someone like you can, there'll be 769 00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:14,239 Speaker 3: a bunch of people now who will listen to what 770 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:17,080 Speaker 3: you have to say and they will head and they 771 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:18,080 Speaker 3: will head to Kowloon. 772 00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:19,879 Speaker 2: They Yeah, don't. 773 00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:20,799 Speaker 9: I don't think it can. 774 00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:25,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that they go ahead. They're shrinking the restaurant, 775 00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:27,680 Speaker 3: but they're also doing some condominiums there and all of 776 00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:30,680 Speaker 3: that be aware that the capacity of the restaurant. I 777 00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:33,840 Speaker 3: think they've got some plans underway to reduce the size 778 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:34,560 Speaker 3: of the restaurant. 779 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:39,480 Speaker 6: I know it's unfortunate, and it's got an expiration date 780 00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:42,719 Speaker 6: coming up. Yeah, I know, but it was excellent and 781 00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:45,359 Speaker 6: I had enough left over for Sunday night even after 782 00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:47,080 Speaker 6: having three plates Friday night. 783 00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:50,200 Speaker 3: All right, sounds great. Hey, look, thanks for calling in. 784 00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:52,120 Speaker 3: You put a good wrap in the ribbon on the show. 785 00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:54,759 Speaker 3: Thank you, Pete. We'll talk soon, okay, thank you for 786 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:55,200 Speaker 3: having me. 787 00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:56,000 Speaker 9: Yeah, we'll see you. 788 00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:59,759 Speaker 3: Right back at you. Merry Christmas. Okay, if we don't talk, thanks. 789 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:01,880 Speaker 9: Merry Christmas to you too. Thank you. 790 00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:03,279 Speaker 3: All right, well, thank you so much. 791 00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:04,360 Speaker 2: Bye bye, bye bye. 792 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:07,520 Speaker 3: What are we looking at? A time? Here? Rob one minute? Okay, 793 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:12,239 Speaker 3: here's we're going to do. I am going to surprise 794 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:15,600 Speaker 3: all of you maybe tomorrow night, and I'm going to 795 00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:21,280 Speaker 3: ask I'm thinking of this for your favorite weekly television program. 796 00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:24,680 Speaker 3: I have one, and I'm going to tell you what 797 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:27,160 Speaker 3: mine is, and then next week I'm going to ask 798 00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:31,000 Speaker 3: you to have watched it. I got a plan for tomorrow. 799 00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:33,360 Speaker 3: We'll talk to you tomorrow. We're going to talk about 800 00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:36,520 Speaker 3: high school hockey for girls who don't have high school 801 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:39,080 Speaker 3: hockey teams, amongst other things. We got a good show 802 00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,399 Speaker 3: lined up tomorrow night. Thanks to all the calls, thanks 803 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:43,760 Speaker 3: to all the listeners. All dogs, all cats, all pets 804 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:46,120 Speaker 3: go to heaven. That's my pal Charlie ray Is, who 805 00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:48,719 Speaker 3: passed fifteen years ago in February. That's what all your 806 00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:50,480 Speaker 3: pets are who are passed. They love you when you 807 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:53,200 Speaker 3: love them. I do believe you'll see them again. Rob Brooks, 808 00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:57,279 Speaker 3: great job. Thank you very much. Marita our producer, and 809 00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:01,080 Speaker 3: I will be on night Side with Day on Facebook 810 00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:03,840 Speaker 3: and about a minute and a half. Be there or 811 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:06,480 Speaker 3: be square. Thanks so much, have a great Friday, Stay 812 00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:07,920 Speaker 3: warm everyone, see tomorrow night.