a traveling guy you know you know that's all right but you almost go on the show must go on and we have gone on the hurricane you know i was able to get over to the van why it's all on monday but  during the storm and tony stayed with me because tony was an evacuation zone so we worked together on the you know the theater and we were in constant contact with the folks over at the operation center because both of us service backups to the people of that that really did such a good job during the storm and people you have no idea the conditions they were under and they really did a great job in preparing and afterwards as well as our fantastic utilities department and police departments that were out there really you know bringing us back to speedo without a doubt without ago but i lost power at my house at nine o'clock at night new in the evacuation zone never lost power i was fine when you go figure i got here but i got to the and part of the point to share which is a little on ing that when you drive under came down and then i walked through the theater and we had some water that literally went through cracks of windows in my office i have my office and monica's office next to me no idea where it just water came through somehow and it was just there but you know that was it was just we very very very well by gosh you know the stage the theater just in perfect condition and our crack staff is getting everything together you know the biggest problems i heard were with people like we talked about monica van buskirk our foundation director she slipped and fell you know before the hurricane and one of her shoulder my neighbor slipped and fel l dave he fell in his nose got broke his nose knocked out some teeth i fell over backwards trying to pull my cement umbrella stand my hard head you know but that was where we heard most of the issues but we're so grateful the band ways will is rescheduling our tony bennett concert and then are on sale which was supposed to be the day before the storm we rescheduled to last week later than what we're talking about but we're going to have some intermittent on sales during for a requisite to get you back and get those records back to while but we were so grateful you all stayed safe and hunkered down and did whatever he needed to do if you got out of town i in chicago and diana krall but before our shows kicked off well we have a couple of events that really are great for the community one is the cultural alliance the arts and cultural lions of sarasota on october twenty third has their arts award and i was lucky enough years ago to win an award and it wasn't so much to the artists to the school people and to the educators as well as the philanthropist of this community and then later this year we're going to have the principals luncheon on december the sixth here keep checking because we you know that the tickets are held for the performers and they sometimes release the last minute you can get the best seat in the house at the minute so check and then another show that's really doing killer business is chicago  again that's another one where there aren't tickets right now but closer to the event because i brought me some bad tickets ticket really once and then the one that we're really excited about is so you think you can dad i'm watching this i think next week is the final they announce the winner on believable season hasn't been great fantastic because i heard they sort of return back to their normal which isn't yes with a little taste of the all stars and all that but that combination and that is coming on november  unbelievable what he could really all of them they're all and then some of the all stars are coming as well who are coming to it it's a great show that it's one of the highest energy shows we have all year and please come and see this especially if you kids this is a great fantastic it's just it is it's just so i'm going to be here on november fifteenth same issue and then i will be here the next night because november sixteenth tell us about that straight no chaser oh my gosh what a group they are so much fun  you know it was my girlfriend from high school that i went to like sixth grade with turned me on to this group years ago and i thought wow oh it's amazing it is and there's no instruments nothing nothing all the sound comes out of them it's amazing and folks as online or call us nine five three three three six eight our next yes has arrived in the building and smell of food i can smell the food that is going our way because this is one great new restaurant and we season is upon us and city of sarasota residents are urged to have an emergency plan and be prepared before the storm make sure your disaster supply kit is well stocked with water food medicines extra batteries for flashlights and portable radios first aid kit and supplies for infants children and pets electricity baby out for several days so be sure to get cash and fill your car with gas also know if you live in a flood zone and be aware of evacuation routes near issue having a plan and being prepared to help keep you and your family safe in the event of an emergency for hurricane preparedness guide and information on shelters any accusation routes welcome back to at the ben ways will i marry ben saul and i'm having a really hard time right now because i'm sitting here with mark benton the managing partner of the metro diner and you brought some amazing looking food oh my gosh tell everybody what we're that is our shrimp ingrid's we do it a little bit different now so instead of the traditional grits everybody's used to we bake the grits and we bake into the sausage roasted red pepper and gender cheese in there and then we bred it and fry it and then we make a shrimp sauce with a large shrimp a little bit of bacon a little bit of growth onions peppers kind of top over poured on top of the great cake so there's no real reason to explain any further to anybody why you're the hottest new looks amazing if you're going to have a cheat day this is the exhibit no but we're really excited to have you here your new sponsor and that's wonderful but how many locations does the metro diner have we just opened our thirty eighth location outside of l vegas oh my gosh and so what are some of the locations we a few on the las vegas area we've got some in the indianapolis area a couple in north carolina spread throughout florida where here in the in the sarasota braeden to there and we've got this one that we've opened july fifth we're going to open one on university in logwood ridge early part of next year and then one very close to me and then one down in venice a month or two after that wow it's very hard to talk because the smell is fantastic but i know that you are also part of your franchise was part of the show diners drive in and di you tell us a little bit about that yeah guy fieri went to our original location in jacksonville and they filmed the show in two thousand and ten and he came in and they did a couple different of the entrees they featured our meatloaf which we make from scratch oh  the square it's hollow bread stuff french toast we mix cream cheese bananas hazelnut syrup and brown sugar oh my god and then dip it in french toast better and grill it and then we make a blueberry compote that we pour on top of it i tell you my group sales director what you've gone there you go back instantly again and again that's the whole idea i have family that lives down there go you know you're out there when so what else what are the kind of food do you do you have is it if it's at all things like this or you have steaks and  we do it's a traditional diner food you know so the southern comfort food we do breakfast all day we have a great omelet probably our most part of the dish we do is our chicken and waffles so we brine our chicken for twenty four hours you marinate it for twenty four hours and then com and do you run any specials other than the lucky people that come to see our shows we do we have a blackboard specials we run every day on grading for breakfast and lunch and then we change and run different ones for dinner well i swear i will be a customer right away this would be great even for take out to people take we do a lot of takeout yes because you know living that close on the way home from the theater i can stop in and if i tell a little bit about yourself i'm originally from the breynton area wow kind of grew up here spent the last eight years kind of away with a different restaurant group and joined joined metro diner and opened up the store and how to months brings is the managing partner realize that they were opening in sarasota perfect right and it's a kind of come back home and they you know they they move they move to spec home and my wife and i are back home where we grew up and happy to be here that's fantastic and if we had more time i would ask you all about what it takes to open a store but well we'll talk about that next time you're here but if you have a shot of this food i think you will understand why this is going to be the hardest place in town to get in so we thank you very much mark for coming in for me having diner and i be half of all of our  the participation of residents and their local government is very important to the well being of any community volunteer advisory boards and committees are a great opportunity for local governments to engage their citizens in the process of crafting policies and tackling issues the city of sarasota has over twenty five advisory boards and committees with numerous opportunities for our citizens to volunteer their time and expertise from parks and recreation to public art to the historic preservation board just to name a few many advisory boards require some experience in particular fields or professions and some only require residency in the city of sarasota but more information on the city of sarasota is advisory boards visit sarasota f l dot gov and click on the government tab there you can find a list of all city advisory boards and vacancies and you can even download an application  is the week of the hurricane that was my timeshare week down in key west and myself and my sister were supposed to be in key west needless to say hopefully the hotel is still there yes i you know so i hope but you know that was that was not a great vacation though being in my house in the dark in the heat oh my gosh but we're so grateful to f p and l and all the people that got everything back to normal back to normal and like i said just fantastic it really is a great ceremony one consecutive top forty hits crazy i know while i've never asked them they've been here a couple of times i've got to ask them this time what does three dog night mean that's that's going to i don't know but i do know it's very clever decorations together than you know i mean my gosh you know you have so many christmas ornaments oh it's crazy which i almost ruined a whole bunch of them one year i was tony's for a christmas party and he had a nephew too many trees too many trees that's why but you know it is good that i can decorate but this twentieth anniversary reunited with david bonior peter white rick braun and then i don't know much about selena albright all i can tell you is every time dave cause brings that a new person along they are talented oh my gosh so you get all the christmas shows from from our jewish friend dave cause that throws in a hanukkah so it really makes me the regular christmas carols and then they sing irish care or it just it just takes you away in the whole of the location oh it's just you know we've had them a number of times and really you need to come to this one because it's december the second and it just puts you in the right mood it makes you feel good about giving to other people and they are amazing steak to ireland several times and it just takes me back and i love it there w much but leann rimes she has sung some of the great hits out there you know how do i live without you can't fight the moonlight and you light up my life but she's decided to do a christmas album and so i think this is going to be and talia i mean leno is fantastic i've met her once in fort myers i was at the red lobster in fort myers and she was the booth behind me and i got here and she was a young girl then and she was just talking about what it was like to be a star and everything but so i finally i went around and introduced myself you know because she was playing at the arena i think it was this is where she played it you know now otherwise i would have really talked her up but she's fantastic and that definitely and you don't have to you know celebrate christmas to come and have a good time to wax enjoy and have great night now we have brought back a show that we've had here before and it sells out all the time it's crazy i don't know  ember the fifth we only have one show i tried to add another one just couldn't and of course this is about the story of buddy holly's life we've every time we bring it back it's gone south so it's like this well that is going to be a fantastic season for us as we said come down to the box office you know we're located right on the bay front and we're in great shape here and right now hurricane you can call us dime five three three three six eight or online tony benn ways will dot org make sure you get or make sure you get our site sites because let me tell you we have some people you know even with the tony bennett which i'm absolutely working on rescheduling that date right now it's looking like it might be in february people bought tickets from some third party reseller and they won't give them a refund oh my god it's so much money and they make these these sites look like our site so make sure it says the official there are ways they do everything they can to trick people and the tickets aren't that cost and i mean i had someone that spent nine hundred dollars for a tony when you're all in the back in they were in the last row yeah so so please buy your tickets on our official site or come to the box office children know we're really