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Tune in to this week's Shift Change w/Abel Garcia, featuring someone who truly has the eye of tiger, Alison May!

We cover her time in the industry from her humble and manic times in PA, all the way to No Coast Reserve and present day covid work and her involvement the Community Kitchen!

Join us for a good bit of fun!

https://www.monroecommunitykitchen.com

We sat down with legendary Nick's owner Greg "Rags' Rago and cover everything from BLM, Obama's Nick's visit, and how the viral video from Watford's shot against Kentucky got Nick's in trouble with their insurance company.

https://nicksenglishhut.com

http://osteriarago.com

In this week's episode of No Dishes, Jordan sits down with Uptown Cafe Founder/Owner Michael Cassady and his son/Uptown Cafe GM, Galen Cassady.

Join us as we dive into what's made Uptown the gold standard in Bloomington fine dining since 1976, why more restaurants don't do brunch, how they've handled the pressures of the pandemic, and where they like to dine out in Bloomington.

https://www.the-uptown.com

 

On this week's episode of No Dishes, Jordan sit's down with Patrick Milescu, Entertainemnt Manager at The Bluebird and band manager for local jamtronica band, DIzgo.

Find out how entertainment venues are adapting to COVID, the incredible history of the Bluebird, and just how many whole Rockit's pizzas PMills has eaten.

The Bluebird www.thebluebird.ws

DIZGO www.dizgomusic.bandcamp.com/

On this Episode Jordan talks with Jessica Fitch, General Manger for Scenic View and Trailhead Pizzeria. They discuss the restaurant biz in Bloomington over the years and what has changed, what has succeeded and what has not. Topics also include: Why being a wine rep is not as much fun as you think it would be, why successful restaurant folks often become successful in other unrelated fields (it's the soft skills) and   of course what favorite places Jessica likes to eat when not working at one of the two fine locations she manages.

http://scenicviewbloomington.com

http://www.trailheadpizzeria.com

Hold on to your Pink Drink! This is a super fun podcast starring industry standard Big Z.

Join Jordan, Big Z and a bottle of Tito's as the discussion covers: starter jackets, mini corn dogs, and House Bar among lots of other subjects that industry folks and customers will find hilarious!

This episode Jordan talks and fights (lovingly) with Sadie Clarke the founder of the Bloomington Foodies Group on FB. (Which has almost 7000 members) They talk all about the foodie scene in Bloomington and Sadie's new role as operations manager with The Endeavor Food Group with multiple locations across Bloomington IN. Despite the bickering Jordan and Sadie do LIKE each other a lot and have a great time!

 

Jordan Davis is joined by Matt "DJ Unique" Englert for this episode of the No Dishes : Bloomington podcast   They covered on all things Eagle Pointe ... it's past, the present and future of the golf resort; how Matt fit in while there and what's on tap for them  in the future ...   They discussed Switchyard Brewing Company and Matt's new role with the budding craft beer spot in BTown   And they even talked iconic BTown spots like J. Arthur's (where DJ Unique was literally born) and just how a snot nosed 15 yr old kid from Western MoCo wound up spinning for IUBB & IUFB ...   www.switchyardbrewing.com

Listen in as Abel talks with industry veteran Katie Shake as she talks about working through many many interesting and challenging jobs in the food industry from Terre Haute to Bloomington. She also sprinkles some retail work with a corporate hippy store and even gives us a poetry reading!

www.lenniesbloomington.com