We dumped 5 tons of sand in the middle of the street behind PYT at the Piazza at Schmidts. 100 strong we ate clams, lobsters, mussels, crabs and the greatest corn bread ever!

A lot of work went into pulling this madness off and I have a lot of people to thank for making it happen:

• Tommy Up and the amazing staff of PYT for giving us their space for a day and lending a million helping hands.
• The Piazza and Tower Properties for letting us take over for the night.
• JP Boudwin, Zack Driver and Kevin Ludwig for cleaning up the sand when we were done
• Michael Campagna of Ava for making sure we got the goods to make the meal for the masses
• Bart Mroz and Jesse Middleton of Open Chefame for choosing me to film this live monstrosity of an episode (and footing the bill)
• Brian McElaney for filling his nice clean car with  a half ton of live seafood and taking photos of the event.
• Paul Ritchey and Joe Williams for filming and editing the episode
• Leroy Conroy, Jesse MacPherson, Mike Matzik, Matt Phillips, Rebecka Weidman, and Leonard Wimbush: A kitchen dream team that I hope will make my future restaurant a success.
• and especially Dan Platt, who helped me keep my sanity and helped pull the whole thing together