The Red Herring

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2009-01-08T16:06:00.000-08:00

hey folks!

I haven't updated in a long time because the herring is of coarse closed down for break.

Right now I am getting ready to work on some t-shirts for fun. I ended up charging 10 dollars for them and if you like the design then I will make you one.

I'll put a picture up when I finish one.

I'm excited to see everyone soon.

Love,
Ally

2008-12-11T08:52:00.000-08:00

TODAY AND 2MoRRo are my last days of work this semester!!!

COME IN AND SEE ME!

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2008-12-03T13:14:00.000-08:00

the red herring is going to be broadcast ed worldwide on channel 7 at 5:30 tomorrow.

Cool huh?

I feel like crap, so I'm not going to write anything else though I could.

Love,
Ally

FUN RAZOR

2008-11-28T23:12:00.001-08:00

Hey Guys,
We are having a fund raiser this weekend on Friday the 5th, some friends are going to play a show at a house on Lincoln and Stoughten.
You should check out the following bands...
Nate Henricks and The Lost Boys
Morgan O'rien and the constellations
Steph Plant
Tracey and Trisha (from Tall Tale)

(I need to find there myspace urls, but I will assure you it will be good music)

I'm going to send out an invite on facebook but I want to get some buzzers buzzing about it. I hope to see you all at the show. I think there may be a dance party at my house afterwards.... maybe.

Please don't make plans FRIDAY and come and support the red herring.

UNITY COMMUNITY!
ALly

THAnKS A GIVING

2008-11-28T23:12:00.000-08:00

The cooking class thanksgive extravaganza!

2008-11-21T13:01:00.000-08:00

Dear Lovelies,

Last night we had our last cooking class of the semester. It was a beautiful gathering of people and food. I am so excited for next semester's class!

I would like to thank Anthony for making the most delicious seitan turkey in the world and for all of his hard work and dedication.

Stephanie your pumpkin pie was so yummy and I would like to Thank YOU for teaching.

Chad, you are the man. Green bean casserole, wowzers.

Peter, thanks a million for everything you have done for the herring especially dreaming up the cooking class. It was an ultimate success. You are GREAT!

It was really nice to see 20 or more friends sitting at one table eating yummy food, smiling, and happy. I felt a warm and special feeling.

I love everyone that came to the cooking class and the teachers. So if you haven't came to a class make sure you do so next semester.

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We had another very busy, very successful day at the herring. Our all you can eat soup Fridays seem to be taking off in the best of ways. A line was wrapping around the restaurant yet again.

All of us are working so hard to make this restaurant great, so please come and see us.

HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Love you so much,
Ally

STEADY FREDDY

2008-11-20T11:30:00.000-08:00

Hey Friends,

We had another steady day of business at the herring. I guess I made a little bit of a slip up with giving out some information about our financial situation, so I'm going to post a message Chad wrote to all of the members of "save the red herring" group on facebook to clear that up.

Bryce is playing with someones cell phone. If you have lost your cell phone come in and get it, there are going to be some new pictures saved to it, sorry about that, I can't stop him.

Ok, read the message below if you haven't yet.

Love you all,
-ALLLLLLLY

From Chad Knowles, the Manager

1. Update
2. Keep Eatin at the Herring!
3. Act!

1. Update

Everybody thank you thank you thank you!. Thanks to everyone that made an effort to get people in today! thank you so much everybody that came in today! I made tons of food this morning, and I thought that I had it covered for the largest amount of people I could have expected, and I was WAY wrong. I have never seen so many people in there for lunch before! Please understand that we spent all day in shock, attempting to keep it up with a line that seemed to never end. from this day forward I promise that We will never run out of food like that as long as I am the manager. That's a big one. I could have made at least one backup entree, but We made a jump from a line of 15 to a line that went around the whole dining room, and quite frankly I'm just glad that I made enough to support half of it reasonably.... There's no way I could have expected that, and with three days to reach my goal I was weary of spending the money to be ready for that. It could of made or broken us!

On that note, Today, including a catering order made by a wonderful gentleman, I am pleased to report that We reached 1000$ in one day. we did it right? wrong! I'm SUPER pleased with this, but at the same time ALL that this means is that We now have food. well, We will have food, when I can order it. So anything from thursday and friday (which is all you can eat soup day by the way) Goes towards quality. Not only will I buy the lentils I planned on buying, I will purchase some things that you will enjoy as well.Hows about something a little better than lentils, like tofu for example, or ice cream or WHATEVER. It takes that thousand to get staples. Now I'm going to step it up a notch or scream BAM! so to speak. how about soup in a to go container, not just a coffee cup with plastic wrap. Hows about you tell me before the 28th WHAT YOU WANT. ice cream? Spanikopita? Quiche? If you tell me now your reward will be satisfaction, And who doesn't love satisfaction?

2. Keep Eatin at the Herring!

NEW GOALS! Today we met our goal of 1000$ to make a food purchase, while leaving money for payroll. YEAH! The next goal is utilities. Yeah I know, we use electricity, and gas, and pest control, and we have a phone, and sometimes we use water. Its kinda crazy, but If I could cook with a campfire I would. I mean, that would be rad. un-realistic, but rad.We OWE 3700$ for our inability to pay our utilities and other stuff as well of course. My goal, is to keep you all coming in because I love seeing your beautiful faces. We still need donations, we still need support, we still need volunteers more than we have in a long time, but mainly we need your business. We need to pay back our loans and end the school year with at LEAST 2000 dollars towards opening up next school year. I'm Thinking of the prospect of a savings account or SOMETHING, so that you can donate towards immediate operations, OR reopening costs.
Chadknowles@gmail.com. Email ME!!! tell me why you are, or aren't a customer!

3. Act!

As a final note, please keep inviting your friends to join this group! And then, get them to eat at the Herring! Make sure to tell your professors as well!

The Red Herring not be confused with Red Lobster

2008-11-19T13:42:00.001-08:00

WE MADE OVER 1,000 Dollars TODAY!

Also Chad and I just did a little interview for the Daily Illini. I guess it's being published tomorrow or Friday, so check it out.

I've heard the Buzz has our backs as well, all of this publicity is very very encouraging.

Chad is also been contacted about doing some catering and I am on the first stages with creating a cooking class for children that will hopefully be up and running by next semester.

In the near future we are going to have some new art up by no other than Matt Harlan and possibly Kate Lamy. I am super stoked for that and can't wait to pretty our walls up, though they are already very beautiful.

Some of you have asked about "SAVE THE HERRING" T-shirts, I started an order form that I can't find so I believe that I'm going to have to start a new one. If you already ordered a t-shirt please come sign up for another one, I'm going to do my best to make them awesome.

GOOD VIBES!
Ally....s.s.

INSPIRATION

2008-11-19T12:43:00.000-08:00

WHOA!!!!!

2008-11-19T12:30:00.000-08:00

Dear Beloved Customers and FRIENDS!

Today was the busiest day The Herring has Seen!

I'm pretty sure we did over a 100 for lunch and....

I haven't counted down the register yet but Bryce just informed me that there is over 1,000 dollars in that sucker.

I can't believe it!

I want to cry, laugh, shout, and DANCE!

The Red Herring staff is going out to eat because we RAN out of food!

Fiesta Cafe here we come.

SO MUCH LOVE SHOOTING OUT FROM MY FINGERS AND TOES,
-Ally

P.S. We still need you and want to see your beautiful faces so do come get some food.

The RED HERRING DOWN LOW

2008-11-17T13:24:00.000-08:00

Hello FRIENDS!

I decided to start a BLOG about the red herring.

Here you will find cold hard facts about the restaurants financial situation. You will also find upcoming events, a feed of ideas that are circulating, pictures, happiness, love and hopefully some positive words about the fate of the red herring.

We have had a couple of very encouraging days, though I just found that I am quite bad at counting down the cash register, I am happy to report that we have broke $400 dollars both last Friday and today. I am hoping and preying that we can break $400 all week and the rest of the semester and forever.

Alright I'm probably going to get a little teary when writing this,

All of you are all blowing me away with your ideas, motivation, and compassion. Hearing my friends, my customers, strangers, talking about saving one thing that is worth saving is very moving to me. I hope these good vibes and this energy continues to flow.

Everybody come out and see us this week.

PEACE LOVE UNITY COMMUNITY,
Ally