Dog Day Afternoon
The Dog Days of Summer event hosted by Slow Food Nashville last night in East Nashville was a humongous success for everyone...except me. I got to I Dream of Weenie on Woodland at 6 p.m. and waited in line 20 minutes before getting the announcement that the big attraction—City House chef Tandy Wilson's homemade hot dogs—had run out.
Before that sad news, I counted at least 100 people on picnic blankets, plastic tablecloths, etc., in the front yard and on the porch of nearby Rumours East: burly biker-looking dudes, sangria-sipping yups, a dead ringer for Michael McDonald, a tattooed babe who could have been Angelina Jolie's back double for Wanted, young couples with kids in strollers. (Good luck navigating that hill.)
The turnout astonished everyone but Carrington. When I told her about last night's crowd, The Oracle replied, "Any time you throw a start-up event with free food in East Nashville, it's an instant success."
More after the jump.
Since I didn't get to try the night's specialty, I spied a couple of connoisseur types who had staked out a space in the shade. (They appeared to have multiple dogs, the wretches.) I asked how they were.
WOMAN: They're delicious!
MAN: (pause, vaguely dissatisfied) Good.
MR. PINK: Just good?
MAN: (pause, as if to invite further inquiry) Mm-hmmm.
WOMAN: (rolls eyes)
MR. PINK: Do you like hot dogs?
MAN: I love hot dogs!
(long pause, no elaboration)
WOMAN: He doesn't like the lamb in them.
MR. PINK: The hot dogs have lamb in them?
MAN: (regretfully) Yes.
WOMAN: But I think they're delicious.
That's it from East Nashville, reporting live. Anybody else hereabouts get to sample the Gyrodogs?
Comments
What is up with Nashville food events running out of food? Hot Chicken festival, Dog Days of Summer...what's next?
ps. Didn't they come up short at the fancy shindig @ LP Field too?
Posted 06/30/2008 at 02:52:08 PMI will be very disappointed if there are no tomatoes at the TomatoFest.
Lamb in hot dogs? I think you can imagine my thoughts on the matter.
Posted 06/30/2008 at 03:45:44 PMYou still wake up sometimes, don't you? You wake up in the dark and hear the screaming of the lambs.
Posted 07/01/2008 at 09:26:42 AMFunny, my gyro at Istanbul Cafe didn't say much.
Posted 07/01/2008 at 10:12:23 AM...just the breathing of nice chianti
Posted 07/01/2008 at 10:12:33 AMWe intended to go, but the lethargy level was very high, and the prospect of standing in line was just too hard a sell. I didn't even know it was free -- I was going to pay for the darn things.
Posted 07/01/2008 at 02:55:40 PM