Catering...taking on a life of it's own.

Well we have been keeping very busy this summer. Long time customers and friends of ours (from football Saturdays) asked us to cater a high school graduation party for their son Noah. Up until this time we have never catered for a “personal” party. Noah's party went off with out a hitch, we had great weather and the family/friends were FANTASTIC. We were honored that they even asked us. No.9 would like to wish Noah the best in his higher education endeavors. Oh...and we expect to see you at every Michigan home game!

At Noah's party we also had a chance to  meet a gentleman that worked for Sesi Automotive dealership. During some small talk, he mentioned that he was having a party and If I would like to cook (he just didn't have time)...so...we said...SURE! Another fantastic family. Everyone was very laid back and a good time seemed to be had by all.

We have perfected our grilled marinated chicken and this may be making an appearance at the University of Michigan football games.  

And cant forget the grilled peppers and onions

We may have to start a catering section of No.9 hamburgers. In case you are wondering why we don't have any pictures of our hamburgers or cheeseburgers at this event...well, if you have ever eaten one of our burgers, you would know that they go pretty fast. They went so fast there was no time to take pictures of them.

R&D Status

We wanted to pass along some of the things that are going on in the R&D department (research and development) a.k.a...my kitchen. We are trying to decide what we are going to have as a desert. Our fried Apple Pie is still in development, we already have the cookies done. Our cookies flavors: Oatmeal-Raisin cookies and Butterscotch cookies. This past weekend we wanted to try something different, Cinnamon Rolls! This is still in development. Although the cinnamon rolls came out looking pretty good and taste wonderful, the cinnamon rolls were bigger than my face...Sooo, we need to scale it down. The next morning, I decided to have a cinnamon roll with a cup of coffee. WOW! The tasted better the next day, they were still very soft and went well with coffee. We will probably move the cinnamon bun to the breakfast side of the menu. So far, the Deep Fried Apple Pie is dominating the desert s. here are some pictures of the Cinnamon Rolls.

THE GAME!

Well, this post is a bit late. I have fully recovered from that event. It was absolutely BANANNAS! It was a sad day. Saying goodbye to the seniors is never an easy thing. This goes out to all of “My Kids” that I have been feeding for the past four years. You are all great people and I was a pleasure serving you. Make sure you all come back for homecoming next year. I wish you all well on your future endeavors.

FIRST TIME IN THE BIG HOUSE

This past weekend was my first time in the BIG HOUSE! Our burger stand is the closest we have ever gotten to the U of M football stadium. Although Michigan lost to PSU this past Saturday, this past Saturday was one of the best that I have had in a long time.

I FINALLY MADE IT INTO THE BIG HOUSE!

We sold out by the end of the first quarter. I purchased tickets for my 11yr old son and I...they were good seats but the only problem was they were not together. I figured we can just sit in the student section...WRONG!

We went through gate 9...(Yeah...I know...how ironic) and asked one of the event people where the student section was. The event staff pointed us in the general direction. As we walked through the tunnel, we could just feel the energy...I have never seen so many people in one place in my entire life! Well, as we stood there awestruck...the Event staff quickly brought us back to reality and told us we had to move. I showed him our tickets and he said we were in the wrong section...I said I know, I just want to sit with the students...he was not hearing any of that. One of the student must have seen what happened because as I was trying to figure out how I we were going to stay together and see the game, a student handed me two tickets and told me to enjoy the game.

So, my son and I were able to stand in the rain and cheer with the students. At that moment, there was no place on earth that I would have rather had been, smelling of a fully dressed burgers, standing in the rain with my youngest son, screaming at the top of our lungs with the students.

Opening new "Nine Spots"

Well...I am back. I have to apologize. I did a very noob thing and lost all of my log in information to this blog. Then the unthinkable happened, this blog climbed up the google chart. I figured I better get to finding the information to log in and tada...I'm back.

Lots of things have happened since the last post. We now have a twitter page.
http://twitter.com/nineburgers. We welcome all of our customers to follow us. We will send gameday updates through twitter.

We are working on opening our first No.9 Hamburger location on the University of Michigan Campus. We will keep everyone updated on the grand opening.