Here’s the thing. Sometimes the fries are good here, and sometimes they’re not quite as good. Some nights you get crinkle fries, sometimes fatter fries, sometimes traditional fries. Cinco de Mayo is not big on tradition or keeping anything the same. And these fries are… OK. Much better with something else than just a big plate of them, for sure.
You might also notice our first female guest, Stefanie. We peppered her (no pun intended, although pepper in ketchup is GREAT with fries) with a bunch of questions because it was so different to have a female guest eating with us, and she was up for it. Makes for some good conversation, and she’s definitely more pleasant to look at than the four of us. So overall it’s a win/win.
-devin
Tonight’s menu: the number 59 – french fries.
Episode 58: They’re Hot Tonight (Keith: Part II)
Tonight’s blog entry comes to us by way of our very special friend Keith Paugh. What follows is his own unvarnished account of the night:
Whether I like it or not, I always get the pre-party jitters before such measurements and feats of capacity. I brought my milk jug in a mix of hope and fear that the chile would be a scorcher. You want the stakes to be high… You want to preform equal to the task… And you want it all to make for some good internet computervision.
Now that I have my hat, I can say that while super “burny,” at no point did I want to throw up, which is sort of a bummer. I would have thrown up for you, viewer. I would have thrown up where both cameras A & B could see clearly, and I would have made a show of it. I might have washed my mouth out with milk and then thrown that up, too, just to have a button to cut out on.
Instead I took that pepper out like Adam Richman, and now I rep my home team free and clear.
Thank you, Cinco. You didn’t make me puke.
-Keith
Tonight’s menu: the number 58 – bacon egg sandwich.
Oui oui, Dave!
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
What better way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo than to eat at Cinco de Mayo. So that’s what we are doing. Come join us (Devin and Chaz, at leats) at Cinco at 6pm. No ratings, no videos, just food, folks, and fiesta.
Episode 57: A Cold Wind
This night was probably doomed from the start.
We started bickering about some dumb question about how many people use ATMs before we even got to Cinco. Then, the restaurant was packed, and we had to sit outside in the freezing wind while all the “fun” people were inside. And when we got our food, it turned out to be a weird sandwich. Any one of those things by itself would have been fairly minor, but when they all combined it was just more than our little crew could handle.
-chaz
Tonight’s menu: the number 57 – ham & egg sandwich.
Episode 56: Naked Woman
Part of me thinks this episode is best without a blog entry even, but…
It struck me as pretty funny. Everyone is eating tacos and then is seemingly talking about a naked woman outside the restaurant very casually. As if it were something that happens not every night, perhaps, but every now and then. (If you listen carefully you’ll hear that Todd references a guy’s t-shirt before this conversation.)
For some reason I wasn’t very interested. And it’s not cause I’m “above that” by any means. I think my mind must have been somewhere else.
Apparently it was in some dark theater space off Broadway with Katharine McPhee, some British director guy and a bunch of chorus girls and boys rehearsing some song about Marilyn Monroe. I can’t say Smash, on NBC, is a good show or that you will like it, cause many people won’t. That being said, I have watched every episode and like some of the songs. And apparently it’s interesting enough to distract me from some dude’s naked lady t-shirt.
-devin
Tonight’s menu: the number 56 – chicken taco.
Episode 55: Ghost Face Chazzer
Todd raises an interesting question. If I were to be completely clean shaven, would anybody recognize me? I actually wonder about that fairly often, and sometimes I wonder if I would recognize myself. It has been a few years since I’ve seen my chin.
Since none of us can know for sure until I actually shave someday, I guess the next best thing is to watch this game show style video Dave made a few years ago. Play along at home, and let us know in the comments below how many you get right. The first highest point total wins, and I will personally buy the winner a meal at Cinco de Mayo.
-chaz
Tonight’s menu: the number 55 – beef taco.
Episode 54: The Squeeze
This was easily the SECOND most offensive thing that was discussed tonight and therefore the only conversation suitable enough for the episode. I’m guessing out of the 100 people that watch us, 20 of them will never watch again. However, I also predict that we’ll pick up 20 new viewers drawn in by our new scatological direction. So, goodbye 20 cute girls and hello to the 20 homeless men and/or 12-year-old boys googling “poo squeeze” at the Apple store.
Please note: we neither endorse Todd’s actions nor encourage performing unsanitary acts for the purpose of gaining money. We also do not encourage you to get just a plate of rice at Cinco De Mayo. It tastes fine, but when are you going to eat just a place of rice? The same night you get just a plate of beans? Exactly.
-dave
Tonight’s menu: the number 54 – rice w/ special sauce.
Episode 53: They’re Watching Us
Hi, Louis! Hi, Maria! Hi, Gustavo!
That was a special shout out to our three favorite employees at Cinco De Mayo. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that they’re watching these episodes. We are discussing and rating their work after all.
So, while I have your ear, Cinco Employees, allow me to speak directly to you:
Thank you for being friendly and hospitable and allowing us to intrude on your workplace with our cameras. And while we don’t like all of the food there, there are lots of things we will crave long after we’re done with this project.
We’re having fun doing this. We hope you are too. See you tonight!
-dave
Tonight’s menu: the number 53 – chile relleno.
Episode 52: DON’T SAY IT
Those of you who pay attention to every little detail of 88 Nights will find a seeming inconsistency in tonight’s episode. During the intro segment, Dave shows a green tamale on his plate and then a red tamale on the plate of the person to his right. I was the person on his right, and yet during the episode I am clearly shown eating a green tamale.
Busted!
Not busted! I was extra hungry and went back for a second tamale. In fact, it is your anal-retentive quest to find flaws in tonight’s episode that has been busted!
-chaz
Tonight’s menu: the number 52 – tamale beef, pork or chicken.
