My AMBUCS club (a civic club similar to Lions or Rotary) has a little restaurant at our local fair. We open on Friday and run through the following Saturday.
By fair standards ours is not a huge deal, but big enough. Our little restaurant serves the basics - burgers, dogs, pizza - and it's the only sit-down eatery left on-site. That, and the fact that we have air conditioning, draws the adults to our little establishment like flies to a Coke.
During our 8 day run we will serve:
7000 hamburgers/cheesburgers (almost 900 lbs of meat)
1500 hot dogs
5500 slices of pizza
6000 order of fries
3000 orders of nachos
2000 Frito pies
..and 12000 soft drinks
We will use
30 gallons of mustard
20 gallons of mayonnaise
500 lbs of tomatoes
200 lbs of shredded lettuce
100 lbs of onions
75 gallons of chili
80 gallons of nacho cheese sauce
10,000 slices of cheese
..and eight 5-gal pails of sliced dill pickles
I must have suffered a major head injury as a child because I volunteered to head up this little circus. Again. We cleaned up last weekend, had our health department certification visit yesterday, and the first food delivery is today. At least it will all be over a week from Saturday.
Why do I do this to myself year, after year, after year...
Brad
p.s. - No, we don't serve pancakes.
