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Few people know this. I cooked a lot of wings at CJs and then was part of the original crew when Balls opened in '88.
They tore down the Porpoise
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smoked wings are the best
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Yeah I buy a big batch of wings from Costco, soak them in a hot or sweet/spicy marinade, then throw them on my Traeger grill on medium heat for about 45 minutes to an hour. I make the sauce with about equal parts butter and cayenne pepper hot sauce, plus I mix in some garlic powder. Put the wings and sauce in a bowl with a lid, toss 'em until completely coated and serve 'em up. Super easy and delicious. Works great when you have guests over for informal stuff like football games.
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Someone going to create a Wikipedia page?
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One of these days I'm going to get around to buying the Joe's Deli shirt on here.
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That's not the PP shirt I have.
I have the bouncers shirt, black with white writing "Decadence...a way of life".
Alex.
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Awesome! I just ordered a shirt. Joe's was our last stop every Saturday night. #17 HamHero with extra potato salad. I don't know what it was about those sandwiches but they were delicious after a night of drinking.
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Sweet! The family always went on Sunday's after a game before we left for home. I was younger and didn't appreciate it as much as I did when they started closing.
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Were you cooking between 1982 and December of 1986?
We would hit CJs a lot...
When I worked at Rock 104 I promoted a local area band called Spoiled Brat. We did a show at the Florida Theater ('85) and maybe 30 people showed up.
But they rocked it... and we went to CJs after the show where the drummer proceeded to dump a full pitcher of beer over my head in celebration.
Hooked up later that night and we were walking to her apartment across this huge field across the street from CJs where there is massive retail these days.
Got horizontal and she ran her fingers through my 'beer-do' and that pretty much killed the mood... long walk back to CJs.
The guys apparently got in trouble for taking this picture in the rear of the building where CJs was located:
The 80's... Big Hair - Good times...
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Some of you may recall that I mentioned during my guest podcast appearance that I worked at Joes Deli with Emmitt. Well I ran into Emmitt on my plane a couple weeks ago going from Orange Country to Vegas and I was able to pull him aside after we parked and shoot the breeze with him for a second. I had my Gator lanyard holding my crew ID and everything. He obviously didn't remember me but we had a good laugh about the whole Joes gig and the fight at my fraternity house that resulted in his suspension. Super nice guy still. Moving a little slow these days, I think he left a lot on the field after playing all those years.
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No that was just before my time. I worked there in 1987. Broke my arm in a motorcycle crash in the fall of 87 and had to quit. Then I started working at Balls when my arm healed.
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That was Grog House, they ended it because people started standing at the bar and peeing. LOL.
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Was the GM at BALLS from 2001-2015. Just paying my respects to an old BALLS original like yourself. ::hat tip
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Did this tonight. Used my butter and wing sauce and garlic powder mixture. Freaking delicious! That flour coating gave them just the right amount of crisp and the meat slid off the bone.
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I love this thread. Keep talking folks. Wish I had some cool stories myself, but Im boring and mostly I studied. My very occasional trips to PP, The Swamp, Joes, and Leonardos never resulting in anything but decent to great food and a warm buzz after a fews beers. I wish I had gone to UF undergrad.
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Did this tonight. Used my butter and wing sauce and garlic powder mixture. Freaking delicious! That flour coating gave them just the right amount of crisp and the meat slid off the bone.
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Well done, sir.. looks tasty. Try tossing them in straight sriracha.. pretty damn good
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There were a couple of other places that popped into my head.
Brown Derby - way out SW13th - huge place. Finally closed in '94.
Copper Monkey - I think that's still there.
A couple of my frat brothers started a pizza chain called Gumby's Pizza. Lots of free pies after that.
Some place on University - kind of upscale on the same side of the road as Leonardos... something like Julians or Lillians or something.
Double date one night there and I told my buddy..."hey, your date is wearing light brown underwear...just got a glimpse, - by accident of course."
He smiled and said..."she's commando tonight"...oops.
And the Holiday Inn at the corner of Univ and 13th had a bar - wasn't it called Stacks back in the 80s? Not sure.
There was also a great sub shop kind of near the original Skeeters called Hogan's Heroes...anyone remember that?
They had a contest where you enter to drink every type of beer they had in 24 hours and if you did they would set you up with a special stein, picture on the wall and some type of deal on those subs. That shop reminded me of The Hobbit in Tallahassee... great sandwiches.
And a soul food place called Mama Lo's... picnic tables inside - old school with awesome southern cooking:
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20070405/GUARDIAN/70404038
Brown Derby - way out SW13th - huge place. Finally closed in '94.
Copper Monkey - I think that's still there.
A couple of my frat brothers started a pizza chain called Gumby's Pizza. Lots of free pies after that.
Some place on University - kind of upscale on the same side of the road as Leonardos... something like Julians or Lillians or something.
Double date one night there and I told my buddy..."hey, your date is wearing light brown underwear...just got a glimpse, - by accident of course."
He smiled and said..."she's commando tonight"...oops.
And the Holiday Inn at the corner of Univ and 13th had a bar - wasn't it called Stacks back in the 80s? Not sure.
There was also a great sub shop kind of near the original Skeeters called Hogan's Heroes...anyone remember that?
They had a contest where you enter to drink every type of beer they had in 24 hours and if you did they would set you up with a special stein, picture on the wall and some type of deal on those subs. That shop reminded me of The Hobbit in Tallahassee... great sandwiches.
And a soul food place called Mama Lo's... picnic tables inside - old school with awesome southern cooking:
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20070405/GUARDIAN/70404038
