Met my friend Nancy at the bar at Salt Creek Grille, Rumson, on Monday. What a Happy Hour! Enjoying the view and a glass of Kunde at half price! Monday-Friday Happy Hour 4-6:30 all glasses of wine are half price. That's recession proof alright! A table filled with free goodies like Caesar Salad, homemade chips, nachos. We're just chillin' when all of a sudden the wind picked up, trees bowed over. Manager Luke Walsh came by to warn me to put the top up on my Boxster. Ran out and big spots of rain pelted me on my way back in. Now all eyes were turned to the panoramic view outside of the Navesink River. Check out the view above minutes before the storm.
It was a squall alright. A curtain of rain covered the windows, high winds whipped, lightning flashed and thunder boomed. What a show! Kids were in awe and I was too. One guy came in totally drenched.
"This is just from the car into the restaurant," he yelled pointing to his soaking wet shorts. The managers were prepared with flashlights. They knew the drill. Chefs were standing ready to start the power down protocol. When Salt Creek Grille loses power the heavy duty exhaust fans pulling out the smoke from the Mesquite grill shut down. Then a ghost like veil of smoke starts to pour out into the dining room. It's harmless, just smoke, but the alarm cannot discern this. To quell the smoky haze the chefs have to shovel the wood embers into fire boxes to take outside. It's pretty exciting and just another one of the many tasks performed expertly by the chefs.
On the right is a chef grilling over the open flame. Yum, yum!
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