Expect long lines...
Especially, if you are going to pay a visit the St. Cecelia fish fry in South St. Louis today. According to a parishioner, CNN will be shooting some video there today and throughout the weekend.
No word yet if George Clooney will be visiting any fish fries this weekend.
No word yet if George Clooney will be visiting any fish fries this weekend.
Labels: CNN, fish fry, lines, St. Cecilia, wait
posted by cb at 8:33 AM
2 Comments:
"Long lines" is a complete understatement at St. Cecilia's Mexican Fish Fry. I really wanted to like this event, but after trying to go at 7 p.m. on 3/20/09, then finally getting takeout there on 3/27/09, I have to say that it was a complete bust. When we arrived, at 4:30 p.m., there were 160 people in line. It took us just over an hour to get our food, from which I conclude that they are only able to prepare 150 meals per hour. When we left at about 5:45 p.m. there were more than 300 people in line, prompting me to tell new arrivals that they would have a two-hour wait. (Friends later confirmed that they indeed waited that long for food.)
I was especially attracted by St. Cecelia's advance publicity about their homemade chile rellenos, which is one of my favorite dishes. Sad to report, these were the worst ones I have ever eaten. The cod was also less than satisfactory, being the kind that you apparently buy in the frozen, pre-breaded rectangles. Sides were nothing to write home about, and no baked fish option was available.
St. Cecilia's has a great press agent, but what they really need is a great process engineer to help them organize their kitchen, and a great chef to bring their food up to par.
Final grades:
Publicity - A
Food - C-
Wait - F
Entertainment - B
Atmosphere (eat-in) - C+
Thanks for your comment, Anonymous.
I've heard a lot of different views from people and I'd suspect they were caught ready for publicity, but not ready for the eating public, which is a real trick when you're not in the restaurant business the rest of the year outside Lent.
Hopefully, this will help them get more volunteers to help out. You can't have a successful fish fry without them!
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