Court House Deli’s Weblog

Originally posted May 11, 2008

We were delighted to have the opportunity to provide meals for Huey Lewis and the News and their crew during the Polo cup match at Morven Park on Saturday.

At first we thought we were going to provide food for the crew. We ended up feeding the band on Saturday (including their “after event” food) and for the crew. We had to do some scrambling but we did it.

Thanks to Lola Cookies, Market Street Coffee, Bz’s BBQ, and Morning Glory for the food and support. Also thanks to our employee, Brandon, who stayed the entire day (until 1 AM) to support the band and crew. Brandon has a lot of pictures; I’ll post them here if I can.

We were very impressed with the entire group. The band, down to every single person, were great. They were down-to-earth, easy-going, nice, nice, nice people. Huey Lewis stood for quite some time for picture after picture after picture. And even though we were the “help” (we sure looked cute in our little chef coats and pants), he was super nice and engaging. Nice guy. Nice group of people.

We learned a lot about “riders” and did a lot of running around. The officer’s at the gates at Morven knew us by name by the end of the night. Not sure that’s a good thing…

It was a real kick to be backstage (even just for the sound check). Brandon and Tony got a huge kick out of seeing the “Back to the Future” car up close and in person.

I really want one of those “All Access” passes for life. That was sweet to just be able to hold up a pass and go anywhere my heart pleased. I was too tired to totally exploit it. Oh and there was that work that needed to be done as well.

Originally posted November 25, 2007

We sadly bid goodbye and good luck to Chef Steve. Steve joined Court House Deli in June of 2006. He was a great asset and a wonderful teacher.

Steve taught us a lot of things about life and about cheffing… we’ll never forget his “wisdom.”

In addition to being a great chef, Steve is a drummer in two bands.

We have counted Steve as one of our friends previously and are honored to have both he and his wife, Maria, on that list.

Originally posted September 8, 2007

Chef Steve makes a “cream” of mushroom soup that doesn’t contain any cream. So how can it be “cream” of mushroom soup without cream?Apparently he purees the mushrooms. I guess “pureed” mushroom soup sounds better than “smashed” mushroom soup. I don’t care. It tastes very good and is low in fat!

Works for me.

Steve makes the soups at the Deli. They are all made from scratch and are fresh. He makes a cream of carrot, chicken and veggie, southwest chicken, split pea, gazpacho, and almost any classic soup you can name. All fresh.

We like the lightness and freshness of house-made soups. They don’t have the preservatives and unnecessary ingredients. Many of them are made with a vegetable broth base.

The Jailbreak Chili is so good it’s worth breaking out of jail for! We get a lot of compliments about the chili from people who reckon themselves as quite chili experts. I personally love the chili but won’t pretend that it’s good for my diet! All things in moderation!

So I’m often asked about how we come up with the names of our sandwiches. Well let me tell you it ain’t easy. We have a number of people who come into the Deli regularly and we thought it would be fun to name sandwiches in honor of their jobs or their company.

You’ll see our standards like the Judge or the Sheriff; also quesadillas for the Clerk and the Commish. As for the Castro, we knew we wanted a pork loin sandwich and Deputy Castro inspired us to make it with Cuban style spices. We have specials called “The Mayor” and “The Court Reporter.” We named one sandwich after a dog… I’ll let you guess which one that is!

People seem to like the names we came up with, we thought keeping the courthouse theme would be fun, we have also tried to honor some of regulars from downtown with names for the specials we run. We are especially pleased with the Plea Bargain. We thought it was important to try to have a meal deal for all of the civic employees but we didn’t want to call it a meal deal, or a value meal, or a blue plate special. But then we thought of the plea bargain, and it seemed just perfect, and so deli history was made.

Tony

Originally posted July 2, 2007

We’re gathering email addresses here. So you might wonder, and for good reason, why we want your email address.

We’re trying to find better and more efficient ways of keeping in touch with our customers. Right now we fax our daily specials to a number of people. Some of you have caught on to the daily specials page but we still cut down trees to send out daily specials to a fax machine probably near you. What if we emailed you?

That’s about all I can think of right now. Maybe if something really exciting happens here, we’ll shoot you an email. Maybe not… we’re not really looking to fill up your mailbox; we’re just trying to figure out a way to keep in touch that works best for you and your office.

For awhile, we’ll run the two contact methods in parallel — you’ll get both a fax and an email. We don’t want to miss you!

Let me know what you think.

Carole

Originally posted June 20, 2007.

<p>So I thought I would push a little more out into this century and start a blog!  Stay tuned for entries from Tony and from Chef Steve!  And if you have any comments, feel free to register and post!</p>
<p>If you look to the right, you’ll see a listing of categories. You can simply click on the category that interests you, and you’ll be able to view the portion of the blog, or scroll through the postings in order.</p>
<p>I hope you enjoy the blog!  I am. <br />
Carole
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