![]() One that happens to be attached to a shapeshifting speakeasy ( Allusion ), at that. Which might make one wonder how the sandwich plays in a sit-down restaurant setting in downtown Colorado Springs. Henry described the spiedie as “the cornerstone of county fair style events” and it’s easy to imagine them at backyard barbecues and church potlucks and such. ![]() Since its popularity rise several decades ago, the spiedie has earned its way onto top sandwich-style lists and even spawned an annual festival. ![]() Filling food you want to eat when you’re dead tired and have no energy for complex cookery. That gave me fresh perspective on appreciating the spiedie for how it came to be and how it has culturally evolved. Which is to say I believe I inadvertently role played, walking in the shoes of Henry’s sample worker. Balancing on boards, ascending and descending ladders, scraping off old sticky substances only to reapply new ones, taping skylight mounts, caulking crevasses, sweating, cussing, complaining about my sore low back, and of course, enjoying the camaraderie born out of a generous mate suffering with me the whole way. The reason I thought back to this is on the days between my visits to Kelley’s I spent a dozen hours on the roof of my greenhouse/sunroom patching leaks from the recent rains. Say, from HVAC labor: arriving home tired, heading out to the front porch with a cooler of cheap beers (like Genesee ) and hauling along bread rolls to hold grilled meat cubes meat likely prepared the weekend prior.ĭinner. He painted me a picture of an average guy getting off work in Henry’s hometown of Binghamton, New York. Thoughtback is a lifestyle app that helps users in gathering, structuring and recollecting their thoughts anytime, anywhere. ![]() He described the spiedie sandwich as blue collar food. After my recent visits to Kelley’s Spiedies - which replaced Rooster’s House of Ramen in early March, 2023 - I thought back to something chef/owner Mark Henry told me at that time. ![]()
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