ok so we’ve had a pretty successful year.. although this week was really slow.. but all in all it’s been excellent.

We’re going to Ankeny… Rick and I will be going there and Jim will be running Ames with Frank. We will be expanding the menu in Ankeny, to include some kickass ribs.. ITALIAN BEEFS… our Guinea Grinder.. Meatball sandwiches.. etc… etc.. we’re so excited.

The place we got is just perfect.. right out in front on the Kohl’s and next to El azteca…. anyway here we go again

Greg and the Mobsters

Our pinball machine has been giving us some trouble lately.  The technician has been there almost every week and he thinks it needs it needs refurbishing. SO.. we’re replacing Genie today with a machine that is quite a bit older.. Its called Contest… a 1959 electromechanical machine… its pretty sweet.  So long Genie… I’ll try to put up pics of the new machine next weekWe changed the chalkboard again on Thursday…. We always write the new menu items and any interesting facts, but the art changes almost weekly.. This week features Louie resting under a pizza tree and dreaming of..pizza!

2 customers that come in regularly volunteered to come in Thursday afternoon and help Brad do the artwork. Maggi Miller and Shannon Dougherty both were a tremendous help this week. Thanks Girls.

Here are the girls in front of the new board.

SAUSAGE…….

OK… My sausage… is now being made for us by WHEATSFIELD COOP! This is an exciting change for the better. All local pork from Grass Run farm… Organically raised.. without antibiotics or growth hormones. AND…. it is available by the pound at their new store! What a great partnership.. we’re very excited to offer this!! It makes a great meat-a-ball and works nicely in lasagna.. as well as a really scrumptious sandwich… I’m thinking of having a recipe contest with it soon…. hmmm food for thought.

ART CONTEST… in an effort to raise community awareness… generate some really kick-ass artwork and have some fun… Black Market Pizza will sponsor an art contest… Rules… so far here’s what we got.

36×24 max size… Paint, pencil, crayon, markers, chalk. (something we can frame and hang)… Must have either Louie (with hat and trench coat) or a Pizza or The words Black Market Pizza (it needs to be specific to us). All entries will be hung on the wall and winners will be selected by popular vote from our customers.

There will be 2 groups… Kids (12 and under) and Adult…. Kids will win 25 dollars and a free 10″ pizza every month for a year.

Adults will win 100 dollars and a year of free 16″ pizza! Plus we will hang the winning entries in the store! This promises to be exciting and fun. I can’t wait to see what people will come up with. Naturally all submissions will become property of Black Market Pizza. I think we will start the contest on Aug. 15th and end it on Dec 15th. I need to go to the college and high school and see if I can generate some interest from the teachers to help us out.

OK so thats all the cool stuff we’ve been brewing up… Next weeks board should be Louie floating in space looking for planet Pizza…. I still need to introduce the front end staff and the drivers.. but I didn’t take any photos this week… I still have Andi, Cassy, Ariel, Christen, Rebecca, Ryan P., John, Matt and any newcomers to the blog… I better do Ariel soon, cuz she gave notice. (she got a good position in her field of study)… but dang it she won’t stand still for a photo…

Thats it for today….

We make great pizza… We love doing it… We strive for the best possible service….. Until next week

Greg and the Black Market Mobsters