We had the ribs from OB’s ($8, including chips and a drink), which were tasty, and got a chicken skewer and corn cob for my son from Five Star (which came to a shockingly expensive $9). The corn was heavy on the butter, and had some kind of hot pepper on it, which was ok, but surprising. All the lines seemed to grow and shrink throughout the night.

I have to say, based on the number of kids who attended, my husband and I are despairing over getting a Decatur Pre-K spot for our kid!

All the food lines were pretty long around 7pm, which I was cool with. But Black Tie really seemed to be ill prepared and utterly confused. I ordered the smoked chicken sandwich and corn on the cob, for $9. Once I ordered, I sat in another line in front of the grill, which hit us with a huge cloud of smoke every 5 minutes. Maybe they had issues with their smallish grill, but there was no smoked chicken to be found. I got my corn relatively fast, waited another 5 minutes witnessing yelling and confusion amongst the 10 people working the tent. I opted for 2 sausages just to get the hell out of there. My foodie friend noticed that they were dripping chicken all over the shrimp skewers, in their haste to try to satisfy the hungry line. The not-very-cooked corn had a very strong taste of butter and lighter fluid. I almost threw up in the can, seriously. One sausage was edible, the other was barely cooked.

No problem. Keep up the great work! Can’t wait for the festival!