Grey Horse Tavern Celebrates Debut of Their "Rolling Kitchen"

On Sunday evening, Bayport's Grey Horse Tavern debuted their Rolling Kitchen, a massive trailer which will be home to the restaurant's new farm-to-table catering company on wheels.  

Though the celebration was planned to include an outdoor  acoustic  show in the newly fashioned backyard beer garden, the Falco Brothers and Friends moved their music indoors, not letting any rain spoil their bluegrass parade.

 The restaurant's parking lot, where the rolling kitchen was located, was crowded with a line of umbrella-strapped patrons, and an eclectic menu of fresh and wholesome gourmet goodies was served window-side on paper plates.

With hearty plates full of short rib tacos and bratwurst sandwiches, tempura fried green beans and tandoori chicken, soaking wet and more than satisfied guests made their way into the Tavern for some knee-slapping, guitar-picking, fiddle fun. 

The Falco Brothers, which is composed of Andrew (also of the Infamous Stringdusters), Thomas on guitar and vocals and Patrick on bass, invited friends Ron Feinberg (fiddle), Dave Gross (mandolin) and Jennifer Falco (vocals) to join in the performance. The group kept the crowd on their feet, playing nothing but good old American music. 

Fran Falco, the mother of the band, danced and sang along as her boys entertained the masses. She explained to me that her boys, who hail from Garden City, grew up playing together.  "The music, the bond they share, it's such a wonderful thing to see them so close," she said.

The band played numerous songs, ranging from Irish folk music to Grateful Dead classics, and jam band originals; the fun they were having while playing was more than contagious, caught up in the dancing, swinging and two-stepping of their eclectic audience. 

A mix of young and old; a baby in a stroller, a bride and groom and their bridal party, parents and grandparents and twenty-somethings alike; the crowd was diverse, but the music and the food brought them all together.