WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.879 --> 00:00:06.559 On WBZ Boston's new video. 2 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:10.839 Good evening, and Emma, are you still at the microphone? 3 00:00:11.400 --> 00:00:12.039 Yes, I am. 4 00:00:12.599 --> 00:00:16.199 Do you know I heard this on BZ this week 5 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:19.280 that your name is one of the top three names 6 00:00:19.839 --> 00:00:22.920 that baby girls born in the United States received. 7 00:00:23.480 --> 00:00:24.280 I did know this. 8 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:27.600 My mom blames that on friends because Rachel and Ross 9 00:00:27.679 --> 00:00:32.079 name their daughter Emma. That's true, that is true. Well, 10 00:00:32.159 --> 00:00:34.200 I just thought i'd bring that to your attention in 11 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:37.759 case you didn't know. But you know, so thank you 12 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:42.119 for introwing me. And I think you're off now and 13 00:00:42.119 --> 00:00:44.799 you get to go out and drive in non traffic roads. 14 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:47.399 Yes, thankfully, enjoy yourself. 15 00:00:47.479 --> 00:00:50.039 Thank you very much. Thank you. All right, there goes Emma, 16 00:00:50.880 --> 00:00:53.799 and I'm here again tonight for Dan. I was here 17 00:00:53.799 --> 00:00:58.119 on Wednesday, I was here last night Thanksgiving Eve evening, 18 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:02.320 and I'm here tonight and I'll be back in December. 19 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:07.560 I think my first Denray date will be the twenty third, 20 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:15.280 and primarily that that week after Christmas and days after Christmas, 21 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:18.959 I'll be here. So for those of you who keep 22 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:26.879 my schedule, now you know first hour. I know that 23 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:32.760 when you woke up this morning, you looked at the 24 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:35.799 area where you had your Thanksgiving meal, whether it was 25 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:40.079 the kitchen, the living room, the dining room, if it 26 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:45.480 was in your home, it was a disaster area. This morning, 27 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:51.000 dishes were still there. Meals you thought that should have 28 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:56.040 been saran wrapped didn't get sarene wrap or wax paper 29 00:01:56.840 --> 00:02:01.599 or luminum foil. And you said, say the same thing 30 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:09.159 every year, never again. I've got maybe a helpful hint 31 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:11.560 for you, so you don't go through this again at 32 00:02:11.639 --> 00:02:16.000 Christmas or any other major day where you and family 33 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:21.319 all get together under one roof, have it catered. And 34 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:25.000 I've got two people on that can help you, And 35 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:30.639 I vouch for the culinary talents because they own the 36 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:36.719 Midway Restaurant to sixty nine Washington Street and Denham and 37 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:42.639 every style of meal that they can produce. I've had 38 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:47.759 you want meat, I've had prime rib there. I've had 39 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:55.560 fish as in loter, lobster, etc. There. I've had every 40 00:02:55.599 --> 00:03:01.039 major meal and I'm always super duper satisfied. So I 41 00:03:01.039 --> 00:03:06.159 want everybody to welcome Bob and Donna Jenks. They're here 42 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:10.520 from the Midway and they also have a side hustle, 43 00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:15.719 distinctive dining. They do catering. So who am I signing 44 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:17.080 with Bob, Donna or both? 45 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:21.800 Hi, Logan, how are you all right? 46 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:24.520 Donna? How are you? Bob? 47 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:26.960 He's here, he's here with me. 48 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:28.840 I'm here all right. 49 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:29.919 Don't make me nervous. 50 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:31.840 Now you got me? 51 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:35.360 Okay, I'm happy that I have you. Why don't the 52 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:40.599 two of you give background information on catering for people? 53 00:03:41.080 --> 00:03:48.479 What type of a neal O'Neals do you recommend people 54 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:51.240 at least consider getting catered? 55 00:03:53.759 --> 00:04:00.120 So we can. We cater from all various styles of cuisine. 56 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:02.879 So it depends what the customer is looking for, Morgan. 57 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:06.199 So if they're American, we might like gear them to 58 00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:09.400 do like a prime rib of beef for like a 59 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:13.520 surloin or a tenderloin, maybe some a rack of lamb 60 00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:17.240 or maybe some fresh seafood, keeping it in New England style. 61 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:19.920 So it depends what the customer is looking for. 62 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:20.839 Okay. 63 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:26.000 So on the last holiday we just had, which was 64 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:33.639 Thanksgiving yesterday, a big item for us is now individual 65 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:43.519 turkey dinner, which is stuffing ashed potatoes, green beans, butch squash, turkey, gravy, 66 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:47.360 cranberry sauce. We do a pie with apple pie with 67 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:51.879 that and rolling butter, and that's spent the past couple 68 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:58.000 of years exploding for us. Just those personal plate and 69 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:00.720 stick it in the microwave and warm it up and 70 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:01.639 it's ready to go. 71 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:06.240 Now, it sounds like you can do it one of 72 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:12.120 several ways, depending on the size of the event the party. 73 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:18.079 You can bring vans full of food, serve it, dish 74 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:23.480 it out, soup to nuts, you're in charge. Or you 75 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:28.519 can pre make the food, bring it to the customer, 76 00:05:29.160 --> 00:05:35.680 fill the refrigerator with all the fixings, and they're now 77 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:39.439 in charge of their own food stuffs. Is that correct? 78 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:43.199 That is correct Morgan. Okay, So a lot of people 79 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:46.319 seem to like to go that route. They just don't 80 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:49.759 like the preparation, the you know, the messiness and you know, 81 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:53.120 dealing with all of the mus and plus so I 82 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:56.120 mean that's so we take all that away. So we 83 00:05:56.240 --> 00:05:59.480 do all the prep ready to you know, from the 84 00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:02.560 refrigeration to the oven or to the air fry or 85 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:04.439 whatever they're going to use to heat it up. So 86 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:07.360 that seemed to be very popular too. You know, people 87 00:06:07.480 --> 00:06:09.879 just want to keep it like, you know, they want 88 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:14.279 really good good food at reasonable parties, good quality, fresh food, 89 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:16.160 and then they call us and they want us to 90 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:18.040 do all the prep and then they can finish it. 91 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:22.079 So no, people are still having full service catering, but 92 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:25.120 I think it's going on a lower end where people 93 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:27.879 just want to have the food prepare for them and 94 00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:28.680 ready to serve. 95 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:34.120 Okay, I you know me, I know these things. I 96 00:06:34.199 --> 00:06:40.199 know that the first Thanksgiving sixteen twenty the Pilgrims in 97 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:45.360 the Indians, Turkey was not the dish of the day. 98 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:50.600 The dish of the day was venison, lobster, venison, deer 99 00:06:50.759 --> 00:06:55.680 and lobster. Do you get You mentioned lobster before, but 100 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:59.240 do you get any venison requests? 101 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:05.160 We do get some requests for venison, but it's very 102 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:08.839 far and view between we We've dealt with more of 103 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:13.279 like wild boar, that was very popular dish that we did. 104 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:14.399 Oh really, We've. 105 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:21.839 Done alligator and a couple of crazy things. But lobsters 106 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:25.839 right now extremely high. So we haven't brought them in, 107 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:28.519 but we will bring some in for the holidays. 108 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:35.560 You know, is there an equivalent taste of boar to whatever. 109 00:07:36.480 --> 00:07:39.839 Equivalent taste would be, It would be the pork family. 110 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:44.639 Okay, all right, because when you said wild boar, what 111 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:45.800 does that taste like? 112 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:51.040 Yeah, No, it's very very it's it's it's very similar 113 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:55.600 to pork it's a pork park item. We've done wild 114 00:07:55.680 --> 00:08:00.800 boar sausage that was very popular and that's actually we're 115 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:02.120 going to try and bring that back. 116 00:08:02.720 --> 00:08:05.879 All Right, I've got to take a break. If Enwin 117 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:10.319 wants to call in and speak to my guests six one, seven, two, five, 118 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:13.920 four teen thirty eight, eight, eight, nine, two, nine, ten 119 00:08:14.040 --> 00:08:16.399 thirty and I'm sure they would be happy to answer 120 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:19.560 any question that you put to them. And once again 121 00:08:19.879 --> 00:08:24.480 they are the Jenks j E n Ks, Bob and Donna. 122 00:08:25.040 --> 00:08:30.519 Time here on night Side eight sixteen, temperature thirty nine degrees. 123 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:36.000 Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World 124 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:39.159 night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio. 125 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:42.440 This is the last day of the week. Dan is 126 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:47.399 off tonight. I'm expecting him back on Monday. And my 127 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:50.559 name is Morgan White Junior. Been a part of BSY 128 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:56.360 broadcasting since roughly nineteen ninety six. And my guests tonight 129 00:08:56.799 --> 00:09:02.679 are caterers Bob and Donna Jenks of Distinctive Dining. That's 130 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:04.960 the correct name, right. 131 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:11.399 Guys, It's Distinctive Catering. By the Midway, Okay, I I. 132 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:17.000 Knew I was making mistakes distinction and give your phone numbers. 133 00:09:17.039 --> 00:09:20.399 So and give it slowly in case somebody guys want 134 00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:23.399 to call you for Christmas or another holiday what have you. 135 00:09:23.440 --> 00:09:27.240 So it's it's five oh eight three one, five nine 136 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:28.840 two one for the catering. 137 00:09:29.799 --> 00:09:34.279 Okay, And I have an interesting question. I've been thinking numbers. 138 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:37.639 You know, five people in the family, fifteen people in 139 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:42.840 the family and more. Do you do one person catering. 140 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:51.000 Somebody wants no one person? I did do like a 141 00:09:51.080 --> 00:09:54.639 board of governor's dinner for eight people, and it was 142 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:58.440 you know, six course meal with you know, appartuse in 143 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:01.399 between each one of them. So yes, I mean I 144 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:04.600 do smaller scale, but usually those are a much finer 145 00:10:04.679 --> 00:10:08.039 dining events because. 146 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:09.440 I know, I know, there are a lot of people 147 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:14.720 who are alone. Three hundred and sixty five days a year. 148 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:18.039 They're alone yet and still they might want to treat 149 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:24.799 themselves for a major Thanksgiving meal. They don't have the energy, initiative, 150 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:31.159 or necessarily even the intelligence to prepare a nice turkey 151 00:10:31.279 --> 00:10:35.639 meal with the fixings. So for people out there who 152 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:39.159 might now that Christmas is our next mate, well, let 153 00:10:39.240 --> 00:10:44.159 me put it this way. All the December holidays, Christmas Hanukah, 154 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:49.679 Quanta Festivus for the rest of us. Thank you Seinfeld's fans. 155 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:56.159 Some of you out there maybe hadn't thought of treating 156 00:10:56.200 --> 00:11:01.080 yourself and getting yourself a major meal prepared it by 157 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:03.080 professionals just for you. 158 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:11.879 So that was single orders. Would we could do, no problem, 159 00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:17.320 but that would be we could probably deliver it. It 160 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:20.639 wouldn't be it shouldn't be an issue, but you're going 161 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:23.879 to get a delivery charge, which would be easier if 162 00:11:23.879 --> 00:11:27.000 they came into the restaurant and picked it up and 163 00:11:27.000 --> 00:11:29.200 it would be all prepared ready to go for them. 164 00:11:29.759 --> 00:11:32.480 Okay, So give your phone number. 165 00:11:34.279 --> 00:11:36.840 The numbers of the restaurant would be seven eight to one, 166 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:40.399 three two nine five five seven. 167 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:43.320 Five okay, And I might have you do that once 168 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:47.120 or twice more during the interview because we want people. 169 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:50.519 A lot of people are not prepared. They they hear 170 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:54.840 something that catches the air in the radio and when 171 00:11:54.960 --> 00:11:58.840 a number is given, necessarily they're not prepared. Oh wait 172 00:11:58.840 --> 00:12:02.399 a minute, I think pencil talking to the radio does 173 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:06.879 not help. We cannot we cannot hear you. And there 174 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:10.679 are thirty eight states and parts of Canada that Busy 175 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:14.240 reaches with its signal so I will make sure they 176 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:18.559 give the phone number again and maybe even again again. 177 00:12:19.480 --> 00:12:24.639 Is there a question that you always get put to 178 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:29.440 you by people that are investigating having you do their catering. 179 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:34.200 So a lot of people do say like, what would 180 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:38.320 I suggest? You know, So when they're putting it on me, 181 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:40.440 I would say, if I was having this party, this 182 00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:43.039 is what I would do. What's the occasion. Oh, it's 183 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:46.600 a cocktail party. It's I want heavy or dirves. I 184 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:50.720 want heavy nice a dirves past perfect. I have a 185 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:55.120 game plan. We can do a stationary, something fun and fancy, 186 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:58.720 and then we can have some nice elegant past or 187 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:02.600 dirves and maybe pasta station or maybe like it's a lollipop, 188 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:06.720 lamp chop, something that's filling. So I would I would 189 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:10.399 do a little bit of everything in every food category, 190 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:15.879 including gluten free, you know, to the people who are seeliacs, 191 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:18.279 to make sure that they have something for them right, 192 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:21.039 and then I do vegetarian. I do a little bit 193 00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:22.840 of chicken, a little bit of beef, a little bit 194 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:27.399 of seafood. And that's how I would plan my cortail party. 195 00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:29.360 So usually when I tell them what I would do, 196 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:31.679 they're like, I love it, let's do it. So they 197 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:33.559 kind of put it all on my lap and I'll 198 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:35.440 turn around, say you're gonna you know, what's your favorite 199 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:38.240 or you know, if you have a special guest coming 200 00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:40.679 to your party, you know, what are their favorites? So 201 00:13:40.759 --> 00:13:43.679 and then I incorporate all of those types of food 202 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:46.679 into the into the menu planning. Okay, But a lot 203 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:48.519 of it comes down to budget, you know. They're like, 204 00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:51.240 you know, I have X, Y Z to deal with. 205 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:53.639 What can I get? Well, you can't get tenderline with that. 206 00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:56.080 But then some people say, I don't care what the 207 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:59.039 price is. I want it nice, so, you know, and 208 00:13:59.080 --> 00:14:01.480 that's far and few and between. But a lot of people, 209 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:04.080 you know, they're like, you know, they have a budget 210 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:05.919 that they want to stick with it, and sometimes they 211 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:09.879 budget and the food that they want it's not compatible, 212 00:14:10.360 --> 00:14:16.600 you know. So especially in today's today's world, you know, 213 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:20.360 one week, a case of tomatoes might be eighty five 214 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:23.200 dollars and like, you know, three weeks ago with like 215 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:26.320 thirty five dollars. So you never know what's going on 216 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:28.879 with the price of food from one week to the other. 217 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:32.279 That's the scary pot Okay, you know what I mean. 218 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:35.720 So I always say, like a week in advance, we 219 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:38.639 can nail down the number. But this is what this 220 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:41.320 is what it is today. You know, sometimes people want 221 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:45.480 to book a party two months in advance. So but 222 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:47.320 it could be like some of the food that they 223 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:50.080 want all of a sudden it's not available, or the 224 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:57.120 prices like you know, dramatically has single seasonal correct. 225 00:14:56.879 --> 00:15:01.639 Depending on the time of the year. Summer, lobsters plentiful, 226 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:05.960 winter it's not as plentiful. But let me ask you 227 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:11.679 both your background, your history. What's the backstory of Donna 228 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:13.679 and Bob or should I say Bob and Donna. 229 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:17.080 I let Bob Ali Bob start off with it. 230 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:22.480 So the backstory for the Jenks family is Al Janks 231 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:27.039 started in nineteen forty seven at eight ninety Providence Highway, 232 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:34.159 and my father took it over in the early seventies, 233 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:37.519 and then right up to the Blizzard of seventy eight, 234 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:43.159 we closed the Midway Steakhouse and I worked there approximately 235 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:46.600 for three years, and then we came to two sixty 236 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:51.879 nine Washington Street, where we've been for My father was 237 00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:56.000 here for part of that and I've been here for 238 00:15:56.000 --> 00:16:00.759 forty two years now. What all is about a generation 239 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:03.799 and possibly the last. 240 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:09.080 Wow. Now, what is it about food that you love? 241 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:16.879 You couldn't do this unless you loved food, the environment interact. 242 00:16:16.919 --> 00:16:21.840 I love making different items that are out of the norm, 243 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:24.799 you know, put my spin on. I'll see something, I'll 244 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:30.519 put my spin on it. And I just love creating 245 00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:33.039 different items, you know what I mean, not the norm, 246 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:38.399 like your like your lobster, you know something that's uh, 247 00:16:38.559 --> 00:16:42.720 we do like a seafood castle role which is a 248 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:47.200 popular item for this season coming up. But we do 249 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:51.679 many different things that are are that are not the norm, 250 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:54.399 you know what I mean. Try to be different from 251 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:57.519 the neighbor next door. You know what I mean. 252 00:16:57.720 --> 00:17:00.440 I know just what you mean. Donna. I'm i ask 253 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:03.240 you the same question, but I have a news hit 254 00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:06.079 coming up, so I'm gonna do a commercial or two. 255 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:09.119 Take my news and when we come back, you can 256 00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:12.200 answer the same question again. If anyone wants to call 257 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:16.160 in to speak to my caterers. Six one, seven, two, five, 258 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:20.079 four ten thirty or eight eight, eight, nine, two, nine 259 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:24.319 ten thirty, Bob and Donna Jenks are here. And maybe, 260 00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:27.279 just maybe you've got an event coming up on your 261 00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:32.559 calendar that a caterer would be just what the doctor ordered. 262 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:36.640 This is Nightside. My name is Morgan Morgan White Junior. 263 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:40.079 I'm filling in for Dan Ray. He should be back 264 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:44.200 on Monday. I haven't been told he's not, so I 265 00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:46.319 am telling you that I'm here for the rest of 266 00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:49.720 the night till midnight. I've got a great show planned 267 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:55.319 next hour. We've got Bill and Bo Winnaker. That's all 268 00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:58.079 I need to say about that. Time and temperature eight 269 00:17:58.200 --> 00:18:00.680 thirty thirty nine degrees. 270 00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:06.000 It's night Side with Dan Ray on Boston's news radio. 271 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:10.720 We're talking food. Find food and if you're in the 272 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:15.519 need of at least considering having an event catered. Distinctive 273 00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:20.359 catering is represented by Bob and Donna Jenks. They're here 274 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:25.119 and Donna do two things, the same question that gave 275 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:28.240 to Bob before the break. What is it about food 276 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:32.039 that attracted you and has pretty much held your attention 277 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:35.400 for the years you've been doing this? And give your 278 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:36.720 phone number again, please. 279 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:41.480 So the first thing is passion. I have a passion 280 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:44.599 for what I do. I love the food industry. I 281 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:48.880 love to be creative. To me, food is passion. It 282 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:52.720 changes with the time. So you have to be you 283 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:55.319 have to know what's going on with the food trends. 284 00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:58.960 So that's kind of like what makes me stay interested 285 00:18:59.119 --> 00:19:02.559 after like, you know, forty years of being in the 286 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:07.480 food service industry. But I've been through all different styles 287 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:15.000 of restaurants, hotels, private country clubs, you know, private, public 288 00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:17.480 restaurants and things to that nature. So I've kind of 289 00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:21.440 done it all, so I still love it. And i'd say, 290 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:23.920 you know, you have to be passionate to be in 291 00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:26.480 it for all the years that both my husband and 292 00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:27.799 I have been in four So. 293 00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:37.400 It looks like you found the right mate the same 294 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:43.480 and there are a lot of those big knives in 295 00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:44.839 the kitchen, I know, I know. 296 00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:47.400 No, it's nice because he'll ask me for my opinion 297 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:50.400 on certain things, and I'll ask him for his opinion 298 00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:54.079 on certain things. So it's it's a good blend. 299 00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:56.079 Give your phone number again. 300 00:19:57.319 --> 00:20:02.079 Five eight three one five nine two one for any. 301 00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:04.799 Caring, all right, because you gave the other number, the 302 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:07.839 seven eight one number before, but either. 303 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:12.240 Work the restaurant, it would be seven eight one three 304 00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:14.599 two nine five five. 305 00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:21.559 Okay, I'm gonna mention three classic restaurants that don't exist anymore, 306 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:26.279 and I want you to give an opinion of how 307 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:34.000 they treated food prep customers and the concept of hospitality, 308 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:38.519 and the fact that they're not around anymore. It tells you, 309 00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:44.480 no matter how high their name was, if you don't 310 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:49.319 do something right, eventually you get brought down. And I'm 311 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:54.039 going to start off with Anthony's per four. I'll then 312 00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:59.039 say Lockovers, and I'll say denis. 313 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:03.440 The last one d I and I. 314 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:08.640 They were on Tremont Street, almost at the intersection of 315 00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:15.200 Park Street and Tremont Street. Are you familiar with any 316 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:16.880 of them? All of them? None of them? 317 00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:18.200 Two out of three? 318 00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:20.480 Well, let's talk about the two out of three? 319 00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:26.599 You know, So Lockovers and P four. I mean I've heard, 320 00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:31.039 like I'll I've been to the P four many many times, 321 00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:36.279 the special celebrations, and I really like, I can't remember 322 00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:41.480 having not one thing that was like wrong. It was 323 00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.759 very good experience. 324 00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:43.240 Right. 325 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:47.519 Lockovers I've never been to, but if I've heard, I've 326 00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:49.839 heard great things about it. To be honest with you. 327 00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:58.200 And Bob, I think the Anthony's Peer four is they 328 00:21:58.200 --> 00:22:03.640 had longevity. I disbelieve it would be like the Midway, 329 00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:08.000 who is going to take over the peer when you 330 00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:11.319 know when the time comes for a change in the family, 331 00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:15.599 and I think that it just it came to that point. 332 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:18.920 And I know they were doing work down there and 333 00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:24.039 changing their location and it's all been done differently down 334 00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:26.559 there now, but I think it was at bottom line, 335 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:31.079 it was the family, you know, So the family tree 336 00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:33.240 came to an end. That was the Anthony's peer is 337 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:35.319 the only one that comes to my mind. 338 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:40.119 I remember that there was a TV show called Bandicheck 339 00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:47.160 and it was primarily based in Boston, and there was 340 00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:52.160 an episode that was filmed there and Anthony I think 341 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:57.519 his last name was Athenis h wound up waiting on 342 00:22:58.079 --> 00:23:01.920 the Lee character Thomas Bancheck table as if that was 343 00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:05.680 something he did every day. And I said to myself, 344 00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:10.559 you're gonna mislead people if they think the owner of 345 00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:13.000 the restaurant is going to be waiting on your table 346 00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:15.480 to find out what it is you want the afternoon 347 00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:22.720 specials or not. So tell me one one thing. And 348 00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:27.799 I feel awkward asking this. I don't want you to 349 00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:30.880 include my name and what you're about to say, but 350 00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:36.880 talk about your Friday and Saturday regularly scheduled entertainment. 351 00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:42.880 So we have we have Bobby Diamond who comes in 352 00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:48.200 twice a month and he does a great job. We 353 00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:51.119 have Dave Solo that comes in twice a month. He 354 00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:54.480 does a little country is type music. I feel like 355 00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:59.039 Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. We have Mike Biano, he's fabulous. 356 00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:02.920 He come than twice a month too. They're all on 357 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:07.079 the rotating schedule. Those that I mentioned mostly coming on Friday. 358 00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:12.960 We do have a couple of live entertainment that have 359 00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:17.000 been here for years. Cheryl and Rudy their duet. They 360 00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:20.000 do a little bit of everything, and and Cheryl has 361 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:23.720 a fabulous voice. I just love her voice. So we have, 362 00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:28.480 you know, a little something for everyone, you know. So 363 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:34.240 so Tony Corbone he is, he did He's good with me. 364 00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:38.119 He has he's an instructor. He works in the school 365 00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:39.839 in in Boston. 366 00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.559 Music, so. 367 00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:45.759 He comes with a lot of skills. But all of 368 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:49.119 them are very entertaining. You know. They do a great job. 369 00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:53.359 And I mean I haven't I like the variety and 370 00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:59.880 the customers and they love the variety too. So you 371 00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:02.799 but if you know anybody who's who's looking to do 372 00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:05.400 a little, you know, live entertainment here at the Midway, 373 00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:09.319 I always periodically have them to come in and do 374 00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:11.759 like a little you know, an hour gig again. 375 00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:13.920 Demo what they can do. 376 00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:17.200 Yeah, we'll put them, We'll put them in the rotation. 377 00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:22.039 And you forgot a name, Douglas the Psychic. 378 00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:25.880 Oh he's the live Well I was, I wasn't thinking 379 00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:29.640 about this. Well, yes, Doug. He comes over like twice 380 00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:33.039 a year. He's great. You know, he does a lot 381 00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:37.240 of people. They he gets filled up. So I'm happy 382 00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:40.000 for him. We appreciate his business. He's a regular customer. 383 00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:43.880 So and I stole him from you, I. 384 00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:50.000 Used that's okay shared when he's on, I try to 385 00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:52.839 listen to you guys, but sometimes midnight is too late 386 00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.119 for me. 387 00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:58.680 Well, yes, and I've got to call him because I've got, 388 00:25:58.960 --> 00:26:03.200 like tonight, I've got some nightside dates that need to 389 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:08.559 be filled in. And he is good because I use 390 00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:12.000 certain guests for a one hour slot, like we are 391 00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:16.240 here with you and Bob, or I use some guests 392 00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:20.559 for two hours, like I use that two hour slot 393 00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:25.000 for mel Simon's and I could listen to other people 394 00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:28.799 that I use two hours for, but Douglas is a 395 00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:32.680 two hour guest. Because the phone lines go crazy. 396 00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:37.359 Yeah, everybody wants to know I've listened to the show 397 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:38.799 when he was on. He's good. 398 00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:42.400 Yeah, everybody wants to know what's coming up in their future, 399 00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:47.599 and I'll tell people listening right now. I will call 400 00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:49.799 him on Monday. I'm not going to pest him over 401 00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:52.480