THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, February 15, 2019 Page 3 dine drink gather enjoy THE NORTH SHORE'S HOTTEST NIGHTCLUB! IN THE MUSIC HALL IN THE MUSIC HALL Friday, February 15 IN THE LIGHT Saturday, February 16 VALENTINE'S PARTY WITH WILDFIRE Free Roses for the Ladies! Led Zeppelin Tribute IN THE MUSIC HALL Saturday, February 23 IN THE MUSIC HALL Saturday, March 2 THE JOSHUA TREE U2 Tribute Band with Special Guests STONE TEMPLE POSERS A MEALTIME CONVERSATION PIECE: Artie Perrin, general manager of Kelly’s Roast Beef in Saugus, stands near one of two horses mounted inside the restaurant that were once part of the old carousel that stood on Revere Beach – the birthplace of the first Kelly’s Roast Beef restaurant. (Saugus Advocate Photo by Mark E. Vogler) ASKS | from page 1 A: Yes. The first day, I was here. I was a slicer at the time. Q: And now … A: And now I’m general manager. Q: So, you are pretty much top dog at the Kelly’s in Saugus. A: At this restaurant, yes. Q: So, what’s the biggest challenge in running a place like this? A: Employees: You want to get the right employees that know how to treat customers. That’s the biggest challenge right now. Not too many people are applying because everybody’s working. The unemployment rate is so low … everybody has a job, so it’s tough to get full-time employees right now. Q: So, for a restaurant like this, how many employees do you have? A: Right now on the schedule, I probably have 95. Q: Ninety-five employees, so how many on any given shift? A: On a day like today [Sunday] about 26 people. Q: So, on an average shift, you’d have 26 people? A: Yes. On a Saturday, we could have 32. Q: So, that would be the busiest day? A: Yes. Q: And what would you estimate the number of customers come through here a day? A: There are thousands of them. Thousands. Q: What’s the capacity in here? A: 238 seats. Q: It’s always been 238 seats? A: Yes, always. That’s how it was built. Q: And what is the specialty here? A: The roast beef – that’s our specialty … the roast beef and our seafood. The freshest seafood around, and it’s delivered every day. Q: And overall, Kelly’s has been in existence since … A: 1951, down in Revere: July 3, 1951. Q: July 3, 1951, right before the Fourth of July. A: Right. The owners – Frank McCarthy and Raymond Carey – no one has ever done it. They are the original people to make the roast beef sandwiches. No one had ever done it before, so they started a good thing. Q: Tell me more about this restaurant. It looks like you have a nice meeting facility in the back here. A: Yes, that used to be the kid’s room, but people can come in, and if they want the room, all they have to do is order off the menu, spend at least $200 and they have the room. We don’t charge for the room. Q: You have to book that ahead of time. A: Yes. They can get it catered from our catering menu or come up here and just order off the screen, and then we can bring it into them. Q: So, for $200 of food, they get to use the room. What’s the size of the room? A: There are 19 seats in there, but there’s a lot of room in there for kids. We’ve had 40 people in there. They just open the door and put reserved signs around the table, and they can sit around. We’ll do anything to accommodate the people. Q: What’s the most interesting thing you can tell me that happened at this place over the years? Any famous celebrities who have been here? A: I know there have been. There are a lot of hockey players who have been in here – you know – Boston Bruins. I ASKS | SEE PAGE 4 SKATING CENTER www.Roller-World.com | 781-231-1111 ATM on site Located Adjacent to Rite Aid Pharmacy in Saugus Plaza, South Bound Route 1 MBTA Bus Route 429 FREE WI-FI - 2 WIDE SCREEN TV’S SCHOOL VACATION WEEK Sunday thru Thursday * 12 - 8 p.m. Admission $7.50 includes Skates Friday & Saturday * 12 - 11 p.m. $7.50 Arrive after 6 pm $8.50 Adult Skate Tuesday * 8:30-11:30 p.m. $8.50 BOWLING ALLEYS - ARCADE Skates included in Price Blades $3.00 ATTENTION! School & PTO GROUPS Win a Trip for 2 to Las Vegas Bellagio Hotel Jet Blue Air 5 Days / 4 Nights Your school PTO can raffl e the trip to make substantial money for your group. Call for details. ~ BIRTHDAY PARTIES ~ $11.50/Person, min. of 10 kids. Price includes Adm. + Roller Skates. Cake, soda, paper goods, 20 tokens for birthday person plus 100 Redemption Tickets and a Gift from Roller World in one of our private BP Rooms. Bowling Alley & Arcade Available. IN THE MUSIC HALL Friday, March 8 LIVIN' ON A BAD NAME Bon Jovi Tribute IN THE MUSIC HALL Saturday, March 30 KISS FOREVER Kiss Tribute Band
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