Black Thursday at Aunt B's!

Between 10:30 and 3:00 today, the guys and gals at Aunt B's sold 805 dinners! That does not count the dozens of children under 3 who ate for free. By 2:40, customers had consumed every last morsel of the 39 large turkeys the ladies had roasted! When I made my first attempt at 12:45, the line was out the door and down to the Zoot Suit shop. I deferred and went down to the waterfront to see how big a deal the Thanksgiving yachtsmens' dinner was. More about that later. When I came back about 1:45. the line was not quite to the end of Aunt B's building. I went ahead and got into line. When I got to the cashier, she told me that the line had started forming at 10:00. By 11:00 or so, it was out the door and down to Mail-n'-More. There's no doubt the ladies were a bit surprised, and pleasantly so. I saw gobs of people there who were there today for the first time. Before you folks with JDS ask, here's how I know. I was seated on the row closest to the front serving line and right at the end of the line. A rather high percentage of people did not know that the waitresses served the drinks, where the silverware was, etc. I guess the advertising in the T&G, on K-Bay, and my free running of their menu a couple of times really paid off. It could not have happened to nicer folks. Needless to say, the food was delicious, as always. Aunt B's will be closed tomorrow for a well deserved rest but open again on Saturday. Oh, and just a suggestion for some customers: Next year, have the fore thought to arrive with adequate cash and leave the time-consuming credit cards in your wallet. Those of us who already do would appreciate it.