Blackout Cheezers & Pizzas

After spring break 2003, Mad Munch, Inc. really got on a roll.  Monday-Thursday nights we were cranking out 2 for 1 grilled cheeses by the dozens.  We had regulars who would order every night.  

Who would want to eat grilled cheese every night?  I thought, but people were doing it.  Hell, I was eating a lot of them myself.  

It was around this time that, Elia, one of our regulars, started calling them, "Cheezers."  The name stuck & he kept calling for his favorite: the $2 Hot Ham & Cheese.  We also added sliced turkey to the menu.  I created the $2 Turkey, Ham & Cheese & I named it the "209 Melt" after my room number.  

My friend Marlo, would call every night around 8pm & order a Pepperoni Pizza & a PBR for a whopping $6!  The pizzas were great, we bought them at Aldi for $1.99 each & sold them for $4.  Cheese, Sausage or Pepperoni.  They took a little bit longer to cook than a Cheezer but they were twice as much in sales.

Things were going great until one night in my room the power stopped & the lights went out.  I walked out to the hall & it was dark everywhere except for the backup safety lights.  

"Alright, I think we blew a fuse," the RA said, "Let's go check the breaker."  I followed him downstairs & sure enough he flipped the switch & power was restored.  

"That's weird," he said.  "I wonder what tripped it?"

"I have no idea," I said & went back to finish cooking Marlo's pizza so I could deliver it to him.  That was the beginning of Lincoln College's discovery of Mad Munch.