I run the TailgateJoe fan club as a labor of love, crazy as that sounds with the amount of labor that goes into it! I think anyone who has been to one of my parties knows how much time, energy, love, and money goes into it. Insisting on doing the food ourselves and the quality [...]
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Here we are, the 2016 season! I am really looking forward to building off the success and turn around the Jets 2015 season was under rookie head coach Bowles. I am also hard at work making sure the 2016 season is our best yet, with some new menu items, equipment, etc to make our parties [...]
Once a year, usually around the Columbus Day weekend, we do an “Italian-American” themed tailgate. It is a crowd favorite and a highlight of the TailgateJoe season. The biggest issue with this theme is breakfast and specifically the omission of Taylor ham pork roll from the menu. The Taylor ham sandwiches are a staple of [...]
What a great day, until kickoff!! We really lived up to our rep of being the biggest and best New York Jets tailgate party at Metlife. We had 563 guests this week, our largest tailgate party ever! With extra beer tap stations and a second grill kitchen set up, we were rockin’ and rollin’ with [...]
When it comes to planning and executing the perfect tailgate, planning and time management with regard to the menu is really important. I always strive to grill up as much as possible on site, but depending on equipment, what I want to cook, and how many people I have to feed, I also incorporate some [...]
If you are from Brooklyn, Staten Island, or even Manhattan you probably know of John’s Deli and their famous roast beef sandwich. That roast beef, and more so the fresh mozzarella and midnight gravy and onions is stuff of legend. In coming up with an idea for a “cold weather burger,” lol, wtf is a [...]
For the 10/12/14 Jets game vs the Broncos we are doing a “Italian Tailgate” theme for Columbus Day weekend. I wanted to come up with something special for the burgers with an Italian twist. The obvious choice was to go the route that every diner in the country has as an Italian burger and just [...]
The schedule has been released, and it looks pretty good. Of course TailgateJoe, the biggest and best game day fan club/tailgate party for the NY Jets, will be there for all home games again this season. We are planning lots of great new menu items for this season as well, as we try to get [...]
Today I am playing around with a new cut of beef for the first time, tri-tip. It is a small roast that comes from the bottom sirloin and weighs about 2lbs per side of beef. Now, most of you are probably scratching your heads and thinking “why have I never heard of this cut of [...]
Unfortunately every season has to come to an end. It was disappointing to end the season with a meaningless game against a meaningless opponent, but the season was a success when you look at the expectations of this team at the beginning of the season. We had a smaller than usual turnout at about 100 [...]
