Ciro's & Sal's Employee Reunion 2008

PICK UP!!!!
ANNOUNCING THE CIRO & SAL’S ULTIMATE EMPLOYEE REUNION
Whoever you are, wherever you are, if your are receiving this message, you once trudged down the clam shell alley way of Kiley Court and entered the world of Ciro & Sal’s. You left your other life behind--suspended--and joined the rest of us in that dim, dark, magical space. It may have been in the 50s, the 60s, the 70s, the 80s, the 90s, or the 00s; it may have been one season or decades. You may have been in the kitchen or on the floor; line cook, middleman, sauté, pasta, salad or dessert person, dish or pot washer, bartender or service bar, hostess, busboy (busperson), waiter (waitron), cashier, or cleanup, or manager……..but you were there. You remember the smells- garlic, espresso, red sauce, wine, and perhaps wood smoke in the offseason…..the tastes- Al Burro, Nocce di Vitello Bolognese, Pesce ala Giousue, Umido, Zuccini Misto, Romanelli, Foriana, Cozze alla Cozzi…..the sounds- on the floor, Verdi, Puccini, Vivaldi (maybe a bit warped from thousands of playings), along with the crashing of dishes in the bus buckets, and “Behind You!” and “Comin’ through!”; in the kitchen, the clatter of pots and pans, and plenty of screaming; the steaming of the espresso machine, the banging of the swinging doors….the sights- the straw Chianti bottles overhead, the candlelight, the polished wooden tables, the slate floor. You remember the stations: Siberia, Home, Corner, Triangle, the Cage, and the Third World; the individual tables: Corner Round, Mirror, Suicide, Table 10 and Family Table…..
Yes, you remember, because you were there. Being part of the ‘Ciro’s family’ puts you in a select group of people, a community of souls on this earth. And here is your opportunity to reunite with that unique group.
This year, 2008, in the month of May, on the weekend beginning Friday the 16th, you are invited to participate in an ultimate reunion of people, food, drink, fun, laughter, memories and happenings to celebrate the experience we had together, to remember many who are no longer with us, and, of course, to pay tribute to Ciro (who, coincidentally will turn a young 87 years old on May 21) and Patti. Whatever else you do in this life of yours, CELEBRATE WITH US NOW!

OK Folks,
If you received this announcement, we obviously have your mailing address. But how about all the mailing addresses that we don’t have? Please help us out with this. If you have any contact information that would be helpful, or have names that have been missed, please email us at info@ciroandsals.com.
We are hoping to see as many of you as possible. This is a celebration of friends, and weren’t we all friends at one time? Your RSVP is important to us. In addition to the restaurant’s need to plan for this event, it would also be helpful to the Planning Committee to have an idea of how many folks might attend. We’re trying to think up some activities for Saturday afternoon……..maybe sailing, a dune tour, a picnic? And please let us know if you will be at Bubala’s for cocktails on Friday the 16th.
It’s going to be a big party! And we hope that you will be part of it. Send in that RSVP, and MAKE YOUR RESERVATION as soon as you can. If you are coming singly, make a reservation and let us know what year you worked with us. We will group contemporaries together to fill the tables and get everyone in. You can also reach the Planning Committee through info@ciroandsals.com.
Maybe you even have our phone numbers in some old address book.

We will be happy to hear from you!
Fondly,
The Ciro & Sal’s 58th Reunion Planning Committee,
James Brizzi • Marie Pace
Dennis Minsky • Lauren Richmond

P.S. If you have any old photos, memories, or mementos, please bring them along. We’re going to try to build a scrapbook commemorating all of the great years we shared and the friendships that began at Ciro & Sal’s.