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3.21.2011

SXSW



Well, SXSW is over. We survived...barely. It is amazing how little sleep you can actually function on. I wouldn't say fully function, for there were a few times even the most simplest of tasks seemed to take forever to execute. We will chalk this one up as a huge success and we are very pleased with everything we accomplished. We couldn't have been at a better locations and our experience working with first the Blackberry and Foodspotting staff, and then the PureVolume House folks was excellent. The PureVolume staff was truly a pleasure to work with and we gained some new friends throughout the week. We had a few celebrity diners and even got to feed Bam Margera while he was sitting inside the trailer. This took place while we were on full throttle accommodating a never-ending flood of about to be very satisfied customers. We moved through a ton of food this week. We are very thankful we had the opportunity to share our creativity and passion for food with so many people. We hope that this momentum continues and we can begin to really grow our business and take Along Came A Slider to new levels. We are meeting with the owner of a new location that we have pretty much locked down to go over final details and will make an announcement as soon as we know for sure. Oh yes, and the new menu. Wait until you see the new menu and specials we have in store for our fans now. I've been doing a lot of reading and have been feeling very inspired. Thanks to everyone that help made our first SXSW a success. Special thanks to: Leslie Johnson, April Hernandez, Javier Martinez, and Rick Padilla for helping us manage the crowds this week and going above and beyond our expectations. We couldn't have done it without your help.

2.08.2011

Late Breaking News!

It’s been an exciting first quarter of business for us at Along Came A Slider LLC. We have made a decision to not have the trailer open this month. What will we be doing you ask??? Taking something a lot of you have come to love and making it better! We will be getting our trailer wrapped with all new graphics as well as unveiling a new spring menu with a few old favorites and a few new surprises in an all new location. This month just seemed like a good time for us to do everything we wanted to do but didn't get a chance to before we opened. The cold weather paired with an abundance of caterings helped us make the decision to go ahead and make improvements now. One of our chefs just accepted a chef position at Sullivan's and another of our chefs is getting close to sealing the deal on the Executive chef position at a downtown hotel property himself. This means we are expanding and changing up the flow of things. 2011 will be the year of the slider. Stay tuned to see what events we will be catering and what new location will host our newly wrapped and easily identifiable trailer of creativity. Those of you that just can't wait can enjoy our sliders at Antone's on February 13th at the Austin Blues Society Grammy Party. http://www.antones.net/event/28511/ Great live music and gourmet eats. We will continue to share our developments in the menu and trailer as they occur so be sure and check back to ensure that you don't miss out on any late breaking slider news. Thank you everyone for the continued support of our local business.