TAYLORS, SC – The smell of great American food, being surrounded by friends and family and the sound of a TV commentator yelling, “Heʼs on the 20, the 10, the 5, TOUCHDOWN!” Itʼs the perfect tailgate scenario, and FATZ® makes it easier to have the ultimate tailgate experience with the top 10 tailgate tips for the 2011 football season. FATZ®, located in Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and the Carolinas, offers a pig skin pig out with its 2011 Tailgate Menu, featuring the Babyback Ribs Party Tray, FATZ® Slider Sandwiches and the World Famous Calabash Chicken® Tray, to name a few.
To make a tailgate as memorable as
the food, FATZ® offers the top 10 tailgate tips to get fans pumped
and ready for an exciting football season:
1. Plan Ahead - Get the food and
drink menu planned and prepared a couple of days before so there is
no stress on game day.
2. Double Check Equipment - Make a
checklist so the little things arenʼt forgotten, like FATZ®
tailgating food and drinks, jumper cables, toilet paper, portable
grill, lighter, charcoal, ice, water to stay hydrated,
umbrella/ponchos, utensils and sunscreen.
3. Bring Extras - There are always
people stopping into tailgates… friends of friends, Bobʼs brotherʼs
cousin and so on. Make sure to have enough for all.
4. Show Pride - Hang a flag, have blow-up mascots, use
school-colored utensils and decorations that show the spirit of the
tailgate.
5. Check Stadium Policies/Secure
Spot - Donʼt wait until the day of to make sure that your spot is
still there from last year. Do a little research on the rules of
the stadium and the surrounding areas.
6. Tents - Tailgating gets hot,
rainy and snowy, so use a tent to protect the tailgate.
7. Plan Pre-Game and Post-Game
Partying - Make sure to have enough time to get the tailgate
exciting before the game (three to four hours). And, be prepared to
come back and celebrate a victory afterwards (one to two
hours)!
8. Be Friendly and Mindful of the
Surrounding People - Everyone is here to have a good time, so make
some new friends, not enemies.
9. Donʼt Forget About Entertainment
- Key essentials of entertaining are having music, a football,
tailgating games and a TV.
10. Leave Area Clean - Clean up
after yourself so that next weekʼs tailgate area is ready for
another memorable weekend.
FATZ® started with humble
beginnings in 1988, in Spartanburg, S.C., and spread from one peach
shed to a sensation across the Southeast with its varied,
reasonably priced menu, ample portions of quality food and upbeat
service in a comfortable atmosphere. Today, FATZ® still believes in
the same ideals that originated in that fruit stand 22 years ago
and strives to deliver warm, friendly service with housemade,
quality ingredients to create a "home away from home" for every
guest that walks through the door. Whether itʼs the Wings Party
Tray or FATZ® Slider Sandwich Trays, all of these mouth-watering
meals will be the highlight of the tailgate.
For more information about FATZ®,
please visit www.FATZ.com and become a Facebook fan at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/MyFATZ.
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About FATZ®
The first FATZ® opened in a converted peach shed in Spartanburg,
S.C., in November 1988, and now has 48 restaurants throughout the
Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia. FATZ® a subsidiary of
Cafe Enterprises, Inc., ranked No. 34 in the 2010 South Carolina100
list of the state's largest privately owned companies by South
Carolina Business, has also been named one of the nation's top 400
restaurant concepts by Restaurants & Institutions magazine for
the past seven years, most recently ranking No. 245. In 2008, Chain
Leader magazine included FATZ® in its "Top 50 Chains Under 50
Units." For more information, visit www.FATZ.com.
