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newsletter #13 -- tango video, burger thursday & reggae

Hey Everyone,

Spring is here and like the budding flowers that are beginning to dot the lush green meadows, our memories of good times past are quickly springing back to life. (God, that's a beautiful sentence.)

The spring of 1994 was a bittersweet time for us. It was the end of high school, a fun, but utterly pathetic period in our lives.

Our graduation marked the happy culmination of a sad 7-year run of consecutive weekend nights spent at Anthony parent's house playing mini-basketball, watching COPS re-runs with Uncle Faris, and eating hand-packed burgers. And we were happy because it also meant we were going to graduate, which in Anthony's case was never a definite thing. (He has a learning disability.)

But, at the same time, we were sad when we got those diplomas because we really loved mini-basketball, COPS re-runs, and hand packed burgers.

And again this past month, 11 years since our last day of high school, we were torn by those same bittersweet feelings.

March was a glorious time to own an air-fryer. Early spring's warmth freed our customers from their offices. And even more importantly, we received the best press we've ever gotten.

The Phantom Gourmet showed our rap video, the Boston Globe Magazine awarded us "Best of The New", and a local-access cable TV show called "Date Gourmet" aired a reality-TV dating show that was filmed at b.good and could very well be the saddest and funniest date ever filmed. Check it out at http://www.bgood.com/xytv.php. (To us, this date is hilarious. But, we're sick and enjoy watching people make fools of themselves.)

So b.good, like those meadow flowers, is once again beginning to bloom. But, just like high school graduation, pleasure came laced with pain that hurt more than saying good-bye to mini-basketball, COPS, and Uncle Faris.

While the press told the world that we're good at making lean burgers, the press' cameras told the world that we're not good at making our faces look attractive. Those cameras revealed that we're the wierdest looking "healthier" fast-food duo in the history of earth. Part way through the Phantom segment, we actually realized that we do not look like human beings and that we look more like some weird cross between a bird and little apes with big noses.

Since it's not looks but burgers, fries, and a rap video (mostly the rap video) that got us press, we've decided to stay focused on making great food and crazy videos.

So, when we heard that Dan, a b.good customer, had written a song about b.good to play on his accordion, we began to shake with excitement. Well, Jon began to shake and Anthony sort of just moved a little.

Dan's band, made up of Megan (our once-tango-instructor-customer) and Alice (our spinach-eating champion), has created a musical and visual masterpiece of sweet accordion ambiance. Although slightly scary and a little dark, the love of b.good and accordions comes through loud and clear.

Click here http://www.bgood.com/tango.php to watch the first tango video in the history of "healthier" fast-food. (Oh, my sweet tango.)

To celebrate this theatrical accomplishment, we're giving away free burgers to you, our newsletter subscribers. So, print out this newsletter, come to b.good, and eat free cousin oliver burgers anytime between 6-10 pm this Thursday, March 31st.

Please remember to bring your OWN newsletter with you. Violators are subject to paying for a cousin oliver and then being forced to eat it while wearing Chef Tony's chef's pants.

To go along with the free burgers, we're giving you free music. b.good customer and master reggae artist, Matt, and his reggae band is returning for a 2nd consecutive newsletter night appearance.

And wait there's more... we're also supporting b.good friend and colleague, Judy Collins (she manages the restaurant, balances our books, and basically makes sure that we don't run the business into a flaming inferno of financial ruin). Judy's running her 1st Boston Marathon for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. She'll be looking for all your loose change Thursday night.

As always, if you know anyone crazy enough to want to watch a tango video or anyone who just wants the free food that comes with this newsletter, tell them to sign up at our website.

Anthony & Jon