and if you want to escape to a beach
somewhere you don't need to hop on a
plane no you do not you can cozy up to
the warm sand and enjoy the summer Sun
right here in downtown Detroit in Campus
Martius that's what I'm talking about
joining us right now
Jordan Hoffman the executive chef at
Parc writing Campus Martius great fight
you guys have there thanks for joining
us there's an amazing spot there's no
place better to celebrate summer in the
city than write-down Campus Martius it
really is all going on down there so
you've got Park down there a fine dining
restaurant and then also the fountain
where a lot of this great food that
we're doing here today can be found I
love a fountain I just want to put that
in there it's off to great places and
totally different vibes absolutely it
really we get to capture everybody
that's down there it's such a diverse
crowd especially for those Friday beach
parties you know the the atmosphere is
fun everybody's there there's a whole
vibe of it's fantastic and it's such an
all-inclusive environment absolutely
like you said there is something for
everyone and there is actual sand there
they're chairs that you can lounge on
tell us about the the beach party yeah
the beach party so every Friday we
feature live reggae music we featured
great food from the fountain
fantastic drinks we've got fantastic
frozen drinks so for you that are out
there this weekend that it's gonna be
hot so you might as well get yourself
some frozen cocktails
we've got a great strawberry one we've
got an awesome mango one and they really
help you cool out your reggae nights are
amazing but we'll talk about that
off-camera all right so I look about
what you brought in today so what we're
gonna do right now is we do a awesome
barbecue program down at the fountain we
just got a brand new big barbecue pit
that's locally constructed by a great
company that hand makes all their pits
and so what we're doing here is we're
doing brisket so we're gonna smoke our
brisket for about 12 hours we rub it
with salt start by rubbing it salt and
pepper and a couple extra little
ingredients spices then we smoke it over
live hardwood we use oak and hickory
we're gonna slice this brisket we're
gonna finish it off with one of our
custom house-made sauces we're gonna do
a little bit of onion on there we're
gonna do a little pickle
and that is let's do this let me have
you lift it up so we can get a shot of
it before you put the it's a you can
just tell though I uh one thing that I
have trouble with brisket isn't
sometimes it's a little dry to me well
this is how nice right it's really moist
that looks great
what about is something a little bit
lighter like a salad one of the things
that you can do at home that you know
during the summer you've got tons of
great produce you've got tons of great
food that's available maybe you've got
some leftover chicken from the barbecue
that you did this weekend you know go to
the market see what's great and simple
summer salads done fresh daily or you
know you can do them and the last couple
days that's part of your lunch that's
part of your dinner it's really simple
so let's pick a few things that we can
put into our summer definitely green
that's some baby arugula there okay I'll
do beets yep we've got some nice local
beef I love these this is Israeli
couscous it's it's kind of like a pearl
pasta also in there is a little bit of
quinoa yeah you can really do anything
you pasta beans grains vegetables
everything and it's just you
it's whatever goes whatever is in the
refrigerator whichever coming out of
your garden whatever you're doing and
it's really really simple so what kind
of what you've got there we're gonna
take one of our vinaigrettes that we've
got we've got a dill tarragon
vinaigrette we're just gonna pour that
energy and kind of dress the sides and
then fold your yes I got this I got this
maybe we finished that with some fresh
cucumber um a little bit of fresh dill
dill is a fantastic summer summer herb
it really lightens things up has a
bright flavor to it and maybe a little
bit of fresh corn because we see corn in
the markets all the time right I'm about
it alright Friday beach parties at
Campus Martius run from Friday until
9:00 p.m.
throughout the summer you don't want to
miss that I've been out there it's so
much fun it's nice to be yes thank you
so much joining us well thank you so
much ladies for having me and come down
to the beach and see me come out to
campus Marcus's come to Park enjoy the
everything that's going on and downtown
Detroit down there absolutely and