What’s for Lunch, Josh?
My Asheville Potter son, Josh, has a sandwich named after him at the Klingman Ave Café near the Clay Space Studio where he makes pots. I found this out when I called him this past weekend to catch up.
“What are you doing?” I asked.
“I was just about to walk over to the café and get something to eat but realized they close early on Saturday.”
I asked him about the café, because I didn’t remember one within walking distance from the studio, which was when I learned about the sandwich named “Josh,” made with turkey, cream cheese, tomato and cucumber on a toasted bagel.
“They write your name on the ticket, so when I order it, they write my name twice. If I’m really hungry and order two, they write Josh and Josh x 2,” he said.
I laughed and wanted to know more, so he explained, “When they first opened up they had a menu, but I just ordered what I liked. I was an instant regular, going over for about 4 cups a coffee a day. Then they came out with a new menu with the “Josh” on it.
Some of Josh’s friends have sandwiches named after them too. “The Ford,” named after Ryan Ford, has sausage in it. Another one is called “Tim Pesto.”
“Is his last name Pesto?” I couldn’t help asking.
“It used to be just “Tim” until Tim started asking for it with pesto. Then it became “Tim with Pesto,” and finally just “Tim Pesto,” Josh said.
“Have you ever been in the café and heard someone order a “Josh,”’ I wanted to know.
“Yeah, that’s how it got on the menu in the first place. People started ordering it.”
Tim Pesto is getting ready to open a brewery in the Wedge building, the same building the Clay Space Studio is in, Josh told me.
“Then you guys will really have everything you need right there!” I said.
Post notes: The photo is one of the doodles made while talking with Josh on the phone. To read more about Josh and his pottery click HERE and scroll down. This weekend the Clay Space Studio will be part of the River District Artist’s Studio Stroll in Asheville where Josh’s pottery will be among the arts displayed.
November 5th, 2007 11:56 pm
I like the doodles. I wonder how it feels to have a sammich named after you?
November 6th, 2007 2:35 am
LOL, LOL…How Wonderful anout that Sandwich….And it sounds very tasty! I will have to ttry that soon! (Making it for myself, of course….)
It reminds me of The Carnegie Deli in New york, where there are lots and lots of things on the menu named after famous entertainers who frequented the place over many many years….And I bet that’s how they got their names, too!
I keep forgeting to mention Colleen, that the entire Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip Series can be rented or bought! I am really excited to see it all again and without commercials or waiting a whole week!
November 6th, 2007 8:08 am
Food with a story, the best kind.
How cool, to have a sandwich named after one.
November 6th, 2007 9:34 am
that’s great! i may have to go order a ‘josh’ next time i’m in asheville! 🙂
November 6th, 2007 11:14 am
Yum! Sounds like a sandwich I’d order…remember the order Jack Nicholson made when he wanted a cheese sandwich and they didn’t have that on the menu? So he ordered (I believe) a cheeseburger but leave off the burger.
Food for thought, though, to have a sandwich named after you.
November 6th, 2007 11:19 am
how very cool !!
November 6th, 2007 12:15 pm
Just lovely!!!
And the doodles too – I always do that when I speak on the phone. 🙂
November 6th, 2007 1:45 pm
Love the story and the doodles. I had a customer in the other day and he had a friend with him. As he left, I thanked him by name. His friend looked shocked and asked him, “She knows your name?” “Yeah, she knows me, man,” he replied. I love knowing my customers, adding the human touch, if you will. Josh’s life seems to have a lot of the human touch to it. : )
November 6th, 2007 3:11 pm
I’d like a Rollie burger please? How cool to have a sandwich named after you!
November 6th, 2007 6:02 pm
I remember his father wanting cream cheese on everything. I think it is funny how children pick up there likes and dislikes even when they don’t see each other anymore……..does he like Mayo??? xo
November 6th, 2007 7:15 pm
Lovely. I want a sandwich named after me too. But what will go in it? lol I also doodle like that.
November 6th, 2007 7:19 pm
Both Josh and Dylan hate mayo, which they also got from their dad. I like it okay. I always buy cream cheese when Josh comes to visit, and cheeze-its. A cream cheese sandwich was the first think he ate when he was in three and in the hospital after getting hit by a car.
November 6th, 2007 7:36 pm
I love that sandwich story. I would never have thought you had children who were already independent, judging by your photo. Josh is obviously an accomplished artists, must run in the family and you must be very proud of him. I love collage too. I have stack and stacks of magazines I’ve been saving up for just that purpose. You’re (and Josh) are inspiring me to get to it. Thanks.
November 7th, 2007 9:02 am
Your son must live in a place called Stars Hollow… “Stars Hollow is the fictional small town (population: 9973) in the U.S. state of Connecticut that is the setting for the CW series Gilmore Girls.”
November 7th, 2007 9:07 am
That’s cool. You know you’re a valued regular when they name a sandwich after you.
November 7th, 2007 9:13 am
Tabor, his life does seem made up to me at times, stranger than fiction. Whenever he calls I get my pen to take notes because he always tells me so much interesting stuff that I want to remember.
What would your sandwich be?