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Title: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: squirtthecat on March 26, 2011, 07:18:22 PM
Otherwise known as "Restaurant Depot".   ;)

Foodservice supplies, stacked to the ceiling!

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6HNzGEsvI/AAAAAAABVb0/-XEKUh6tg3I/s800/20110326134205.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6HKxR93aI/AAAAAAABVbk/yFoH2UPxe0M/s800/20110326132834.jpg)

5 gallon buckets of everything imaginable...

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6HMP77UQI/AAAAAAABVbs/qr1H3ggQxKE/s800/20110326134143.jpg)


A walk in 'cooler' many many times the size of my house.

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6HPb-lo8I/AAAAAAABVb8/zKzDk818AFM/s800/20110326134241.jpg)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6Hujw3aSI/AAAAAAABVe4/q2zhg_5pwWQ/s800/20110326140458.jpg)

And quite a bit cheaper than Sam's Club, as they deal in bulk only, and isn't open to the general public.


Let's go on a tour!
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: squirtthecat on March 26, 2011, 07:21:27 PM

Goya goodies.

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6HQtRpI9I/AAAAAAABVcE/OZW8KaVvI6A/s800/20110326134608.jpg)


Gallon jugs of Crab Boil.

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6HSM4KTBI/AAAAAAABVcM/rGQFR2vS4Dg/s800/20110326134617.jpg)


Enough tomato sauce to keep Deb in pizza mode for 100 years.

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6H2BAbjuI/AAAAAAABVfk/Q3f2cMirEek/s800/20110326142345.jpg)
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: squirtthecat on March 26, 2011, 07:25:32 PM

Now on to the cooler...

Crates of Jalas.  (and 50 pound bags of carrots and much more I didn't get a picture of because I made a beeline to the..)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6HTehN4nI/AAAAAAABVcU/I3hJjD49ViE/s800/20110326134905.jpg)


Meat!

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6HVSrilLI/AAAAAAABVcc/ilJ7HuO1krU/s800/20110326134949.jpg)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6HWdFa5BI/AAAAAAABVck/o-u0rQRpBtU/s800/20110326134959.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6HXlOyLuI/AAAAAAABVcs/GBwhN1q-W78/s576/20110326135040.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6HZGrA3GI/AAAAAAABVc0/TrDtL7q4n5E/s800/20110326135120.jpg)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6HaboKGtI/AAAAAAABVc8/WT4esHRBCA8/s800/20110326135136.jpg)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6HcQ_-RjI/AAAAAAABVdI/3S3U7t1QU8k/s800/20110326135238.jpg)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6Hd2EAJEI/AAAAAAABVdQ/2abue-sEX-4/s800/20110326135248.jpg)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6HfVGkn5I/AAAAAAABVdY/ZZY2SSsbSQg/s800/20110326135322.jpg)

This looked interesting..

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6Hg9VpURI/AAAAAAABVdg/rND0tDUnSTc/s800/20110326135443.jpg)


Prime!

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6HiL7b7JI/AAAAAAABVdo/-VUJjmT3XG0/s800/20110326135536.jpg)

Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: ronbeaux on March 26, 2011, 07:25:42 PM
Tilt!
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: squirtthecat on March 26, 2011, 07:29:48 PM

That was the individually packaged stuff...     There were cases galore.

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6HjoibewI/AAAAAAABVd0/Nyn3ornlTnw/s800/20110326135735.jpg)

Whole lambs.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6Hk-AZR_I/AAAAAAABVd8/-KmxJxk5x9Y/s800/20110326135831.jpg)


Pulled pork sammy fixings for all my friends!

(70-80 pound cases of bone in pork butts)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6HmKuClEI/AAAAAAABVeE/BNvtDDodFjw/s800/20110326140021.jpg)


Over on the discount cart were a couple 20+ pound hamzillas.

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6Hnt7PMqI/AAAAAAABVeM/YvLDBFcPkAs/s800/20110326140104.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6Ho7pxkcI/AAAAAAABVeU/7KxjdIB2edE/s800/20110326140114.jpg)


Chicken pieces/parts, stacked to the ceiling.

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6HxwewhHI/AAAAAAABVfI/4KoyT7jDUiM/s800/20110326141807.jpg)


Pig in a box!

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6Hy56oN_I/AAAAAAABVfQ/8QPPmLObKB8/s800/20110326142047.jpg)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6H0TLsUSI/AAAAAAABVfc/58fQsAx99QA/s800/20110326142055.jpg)


10 pound blocks of cheese.

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6HwDKPXKI/AAAAAAABVfA/8i6cZ7k8sEs/s800/20110326140537.jpg)


Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: squirtthecat on March 26, 2011, 07:35:14 PM

I walked out with a Turkey boulder (2.20/lb) and a box of latex prep gloves, before I headed to..

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6H4FSZkVI/AAAAAAABVfs/4gdWtz0h-PQ/s800/20110326144307.jpg)


And my field trip ended shortly after that.   Had to drop a car at the airport for MrsSTC to drive home (she's in Jupiter, FL)

Didn't look like Jupiter in STL.   More like the North Pole.

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_CbvAIVzmFFM/TY6H5cFRbLI/AAAAAAABVf0/xPZhC6PBPQA/s800/20110326154627.jpg)


Anyway, it was a fun recon mission.  And I'll be headed back again for sure. (with more than a small suitcase to carry stuff in)
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: hal4uk on March 26, 2011, 10:08:13 PM
Dad-naggit-darnit-gummit-shucks!!!!
I MUST GO THERE.
MUST GO.
Awrighten.
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: squirtthecat on March 26, 2011, 10:12:15 PM
Quote from: hal4uk on March 26, 2011, 10:08:13 PM
Dad-naggit-darnit-gummit-shucks!!!!
I MUST GO THERE.
MUST GO.
Awrighten.

I need to renew our KCBS membership! 

(that's all it takes to get in - they give you a day pass, which they unceremoniously shred when you check out)
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: muebe on March 26, 2011, 10:24:26 PM
OMG!

So that is what heaven looks like ;D
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: Habanero Smoker on March 27, 2011, 01:50:42 AM
Very interesting store. I have one that is about 65 miles away. I may make a day trip out of it and check it out.
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: 3rensho on March 27, 2011, 02:31:07 AM
OMG indeed!!!  That is one amazing store.
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: deb415611 on March 27, 2011, 04:01:27 AM
Wow!!  that is wild,  I think there is one about 45 minutes from here.  

I read on another forum that they will give you a membership with any professional designation/license - I will have to see if mine works (not that it's remotely food related).  If not it might be time to join KCBS


You want the 6-1 tomatoes for your pizza  :)  I don't see them in that pic but I'm sure they are there
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: FLBentRider on March 27, 2011, 04:28:10 AM
Wow.

I would have chained myself to something...
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: lumpy on March 27, 2011, 06:53:44 AM
I just wet my pants :o
Think I have found heaven.
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: beefmann on March 27, 2011, 07:42:32 AM
to bad the depot is not open to the people
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: squirtthecat on March 27, 2011, 07:47:11 AM
Quote from: deb415611 on March 27, 2011, 04:01:27 AM
Wow!!  that is wild,  I think there is one about 45 minutes from here.  

I read on another forum that they will give you a membership with any professional designation/license - I will have to see if mine works (not that it's remotely food related).  If not it might be time to join KCBS

Any business license will work.  I know of a guy on another forum who used his lawncare business license to get a membership.    It's definitely worth looking into.
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: squirtthecat on March 27, 2011, 07:55:01 AM

I didn't get a picture, but it would be cool to try..

Gyro 'cones'.   Made of Beef & Lamb.

(http://www.greciandelight.com/media/products/images/c744831c_e1a4_4e2b_acb4_a5943bbe4563__cones.jpg)

I think they were 10-15 pounds each.    Anyone up for a vertical rotisserie mod in their Bradley?
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: KyNola on March 27, 2011, 08:35:41 AM
<sigh> Utterly speechless!

Ok, one thought.  Next time grab one of those "pigs in a box".  We know someone who happens to own a Stumps and there's a big event going on in your parts come June! :D ;)
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: squirtthecat on March 27, 2011, 08:49:40 AM
Quote from: KyNola on March 27, 2011, 08:35:41 AM
Ok, one thought.  Next time grab one of those "pigs in a box".  We know someone who happens to own a Stumps and there's a big event going on in your parts come June! :D ;)

Now there is an idea...

Those guys were around 55 pounds each.    Good old Iowa pigs.

http://www.lynchbbq.com/roastingpigs/cookingmethods.html

Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: NePaSmoKer on March 27, 2011, 09:21:55 AM
Quote from: squirtthecat on March 27, 2011, 07:55:01 AM

I didn't get a picture, but it would be cool to try..

Gyro 'cones'.   Made of Beef & Lamb.

(http://www.greciandelight.com/media/products/images/c744831c_e1a4_4e2b_acb4_a5943bbe4563__cones.jpg)

I think they were 10-15 pounds each.    Anyone up for a vertical rotisserie mod in their Bradley?

This is how they slice it down in Tijuana  ;D
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: hal4uk on March 27, 2011, 09:25:05 AM
We need to figure out the specifics on membership...
I do have a corporation.   ;)

Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: squirtthecat on March 27, 2011, 09:26:11 AM
Quote from: hal4uk on March 27, 2011, 09:25:05 AM
We need to figure out the specifics on membership...
I do have a corporation.   ;)

You need a business license issued by the State of Illinois.
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: standles on March 27, 2011, 09:27:42 AM
Quote from: squirtthecat on March 27, 2011, 08:49:40 AM
Now there is an idea...
Those guys were around 55 pounds each.    Good old Iowa pigs.
http://www.lynchbbq.com/roastingpigs/cookingmethods.html

Or here is how we did them when I was in school.  Bigger than 55# though

http://www.utc.edu/Research/SimCenter/hawgs.html
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: hal4uk on March 27, 2011, 09:34:22 AM
Quote from: squirtthecat on March 27, 2011, 09:26:11 AM
Quote from: hal4uk on March 27, 2011, 09:25:05 AM
We need to figure out the specifics on membership...
I do have a corporation.   ;)

You need a business license issued by the State of Illinois.
How many "cards" will that get ya?  ----MrsD has a "business licence".

Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: squirtthecat on March 27, 2011, 09:39:01 AM
Quote from: hal4uk on March 27, 2011, 09:34:22 AM
Quote from: squirtthecat on March 27, 2011, 09:26:11 AM
Quote from: hal4uk on March 27, 2011, 09:25:05 AM
We need to figure out the specifics on membership...
I do have a corporation.   ;)

You need a business license issued by the State of Illinois.
How many "cards" will that get ya?  ----MrsD has a "business licence".

That she does!

I didn't see a card up close, but they have a barcode on it that you scan on the way in.  And again when you check out.   

I guess she could try going this route and seeing what comes of it..

(we might have to be 'employed' by HDD as unpaid interns)   ;)

http://www.restaurantdepot.com/Member/NewMembership.aspx


Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: NePaSmoKer on March 27, 2011, 10:42:34 AM
I do think that if you are a card carrying member of the KCBS you can join.
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: Quarlow on March 27, 2011, 02:31:39 PM
HOLY CARPI am pretty sure that is heaven which makes this suck even more cause I am positive I won't make it to heaven and I sure can't get into that store either.  ;D
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: GusRobin on March 27, 2011, 05:42:25 PM
hmmm - now how can I convince the wife we need to move?
Title: Re: I got a day pass to Valhalla today...
Post by: hal4uk on March 27, 2011, 07:06:08 PM
Quote from: GusRobin on March 27, 2011, 05:42:25 PM
hmmm - now how can I convince the wife we need to move?
RD.  That's a NEW one!
It's usually neighbors that convince us to move.   ;)