5 P.M.: Crowds pack in to The Cabin for food, memories
Homecoming is a day of memories, food, football and old friends.
But to the employees of The Cabin, 930 W. Broomfield St., this day means some serious business.
“Right now, we’re cranking it. We’ll (make) 100-120 pizzas in a hour,” said general manager Leon Drake. “It’s one of my busiest days. We have to staff 15 to 20 percent more staffing.”
The crowd packed The Cabin wall to wall from 5 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, so much that people were forced to stand.
While it was packed, many of them were enjoying the tasteful art of 25 year-old pizza cook Josh Borgerding and his fellow coworkers.
“We take pride in our food. We try to make the same (pizza) for everybody,” the Mount Pleasant resident said. “That’s a huge thing that we push for. I am actually a teacher in Saginaw, (but) I like it so much I work here.”
While the cooks are flouring the dough and spreading the cheese, bartenders were busily filling the glasses to the brim with the foam and fizz of their patrons’ favorite drinks.
But for 25-year-old bartender Chad Miller, Homecoming is not all about the drinks. It is more about the stories.
“You hear a lot of stories about how this place was in their day,” he said about the alumni. “It’s a great job.”
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