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0:05: Something flavored vodka. I’m almost out of blueberry. I want to get rid of it. Blueberry Smirnoff vodka.
0:16: Even before we got the place, this was the spot where I’d always be like, “Hey, guys, want to go to Little Joe’s?” Just like, it would be, like, the group chat.
0:22: I’d be like, let’s go out. Where do you want to go? Let’s go to Little Joe’s.
0:25: And of course, not everyone agrees. They’re like, let’s go to someplace more fun. I’m like, “Little Joe’s is all the fun!” It’s awesome!
0:30: Yes. Yes.
0:33: Every time we would come here, we’d always, you know, at the end of the night, we’d have a few cocktails in us, and we’d say, you know, this place with a little bit of money could be really cool.
0:41: It’s a funny way to put it, but I always like to joke that what we’ve done is, like, my love letter to this bar and to this neighborhood, because it’s been here since 1946. It has this really cool, rich history. And like, I really loved it.
0:54: So if someone else was going to come in, they were probably going to rip the heart out of the place. I wanted old timers to come and be like, “It’s my Little Joe’s, just cleaner and elevated and nicer.”
1:05: And people who had never been here before, just to feel that sort of history, you know, and have a place where people could come and hang out.
1:11: But like, you know, when we took it over, one of the bathroom’s toilets was held together by duct tape, and the sink was falling off the wall. It was at a weird 30-degree angle off the wall. Yeah, so it needed some love.
1:25: Question three: When Peter forms the men’s choir The Quahog Men, what 1960’s song do they perform that becomes a hit in the show?
1:33: It is the oldest bar in Little Italy. It has survived through a lot of things. It’s the character of the older establishment that we haven’t gotten rid of. That it’s still very charming, and it’s quirky, and different instead of, you know, it’s not antiseptic. It’s not like, just, you know, yeah.
1:51: But part of the fun of the neighborhood is that things have stayed — there’s some things that have stayed around for a long time.
1:58: It worries, I mean, it worries me. It’s like, we’ve been here for a really long time, but we haven’t been here for a really long time. Seeing places come and go is always that scary thought of like, oh gosh, what if, you know, we’re the people who don’t make it?
2:10: It’s just the best place to be.
2:11: It’s the best. Why would you go any other place?
2:15: Got everything you need. Now — I mean, it does! It has everything!
2:20: It’s just fun. I mean, it’s a place where everyone is welcome, and everyone has a good time.
2:27: Since we did Bob’s Burgers, let’s do Family Guy next.
2:33: I really want it to be a place that could create community. And so what, what I saw as valuable was not a place where you have to get in and out, and there’s a ton of reservations and stuff.
2:44: But it was a place that you could hang out and watch a football game or, you know, be part of the community and see people you know.
2:49: And we’ve got awesome staff, and they just enjoy hanging out and talking and they’re always, always nice to — you’ve met a couple of them, and they’re just good people, and we’re really happy they’re with us. You know? They really help make Little Joe’s, Little Joe’s.
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