Welcome to GAMBLING MAD, I’m Norman Chad.
Coming up, Mike Tyson fights again, we’’’ have a food fight right here between our culinary experts and is the NFL really fighting for social justice?
But first, bad news and good news on the Covid front.
The bad news isn’t even bad news, it’s just stupid news.
In n Out Burger opened its first Colorado outlet over the weekend, in Aurora.
The drive-thru line wrapped around the adjacent mall twice.
The line was nearly two miles long.
The wait was often more than 12 hours.
IT’S JUST A BURGER.
The Aurora police tweeted, “It’s official, traffic is double double animal style all around the mall.”
It’s nice to see some cops with a sense of humor.
As for In n Out, I realize Southern Californian natives have a soft spot in their hearts, but this burger has been eclipsed quality-wise by many fast food choices.
Five Guys is better. FatBurger is better.
Heck, I’ll take a burger deluxe from any Jersey diner before In n Out.
Still, In n Out is much cheaper than the others, but I’d like to remind everyone in line in Colorado:
IT’S JUST A BURGER.
In Cleveland, the restaurant Nighttown was closing Sunday indefinitely because of Covid.
On that final day, a thirtysomething regular came in and ordered a $7 pint of Stella.
As he left, he handed the owner, Brendan Ring, the credit-card receipt and walked out.
Ring glanced at the receipt and thought he saw a $300 tip.
Then he put on his glasses and saw it was a THREE THOUSAND DOLLAR TIP, on a seven-buck glass of beer.
Ring ran out the door, caught the customer and asked him if it was a mistake.
No, he said, Merry Christmas, see you when you re-open.
The four servers at Nighttown that day got $750 each for that wonderful gesture.
Which reminds me –
When I briefly worked as a waiter, I had to run out the door and ask customers why they didn’t tip me.