Larry Wrzosek
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A Look Back At 2023
Now that 2023 has been clapped let's look back at some highlights...
Events
Feed Fegan
CSB & Rooks Sit-Down
Trick or Treat
Catering
Burnout Nations 3rd Anniversary
Infinity Enterprises Launch
Lewis & Marc’s Pier Party
MD & Bayview Blood Drive
Infinity Golf Tournament
Downtown Drift Club's Drift King of October
Dark Inferno Halloween Party
Damon & Mina Jo's Wedding
Happy New Year & Thanks For All The Memories!
Thank you to- Belle, Emily, & Chad for their extended time & dedication
Thank you to all the Clappers staff- Mina, Joey, Asbjorn, Kira, Ania, Tony, Vivian, Ana, Jesse, Alora & Kyla
Thank you to our friends that we collab with- Kim Taek, Kim Crane, James Eriksen, Collie Fegan, Marco Davis, Lewis Langley, Tyrone Cox, Lilymay, Don Versace & The Bathshebas
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Clappers Grand Re-Opening
To follow up with all of the events we catered for the last few weeks. It was finally time to share the newly renovated restaurant.
Before we could do so there were some things that had to be ironed out.
Larry reached out to Asbjorn Schmidt & Kim Gray, who both took an interest in working at the Sandbar a few years ago. Asbo & Larry stayed in touch throughout the years so it was easy for Larry to reach out to Asbo. He was more than willing to cook for the in house events.
When it came to reaching out to Kim, Larry was very uncertain if she was still in Los Santos. Let alone interested in a job cooking for Clappers. But Larry was pleasantly surprised. Almost immediately after he messaged Kim, she reached out and was interested.
After locking down the chefs & confirming the new menu. Larry had to get the menus designed and printed up. He reached out to his long-time friend Emily Corelle to help him out. As always Emily had his back and designed the menus for Clappers.
As they have always done since the very start of our journey with Clappers, Tyrone Cox & Bayview came out to the Grand Re-Opening to to show their support which gave the night that much more authenticity. Alongside Tyrone was another one of our regulars Evan Valentine who introduced Larry, to his date, Adaline Lovelace. Filling their table was Kellie Vaeseri. Amongst Bayview and friends, a lot of people who work for the Government showed up together. Andrea Fallon, OJ Woods, Marc Ericcson, and Governor Lewis Langley! Throughout the entire night there was a friendly mentally unstable man dressed up as a horse who aimlessly wandered around the restaurant brightening up the night greeting all of the customers. Lowkey it was Vince Draco. Highkey Porkins spent the entire night drinking at the bar until he was completely wasted.
Working security was Ania, Emily, and Chad. Who were immediately greeted with a troublemaker to start off the night. They did a great job of shutting it down and removing him from the premises without further escalation. Once the doors opened all the customers were waited on by Belle, Mina, Kim Taek & Joey Malice. Meanwhile Larry floated around as a host & Chef Asbjorn prepared all of the food coming out of the kitchen. The Grand Re-Opening was everything it needed to be to share with Los Santos!
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Doubling Down Downtown
After catering for the Rizz event at Galaxy Theatre. Emily Corelle & Kim Taek reached out to Larry & Belle about catering for their
Pimp My RV event. With the momentum they were working with, Larry & Belle did not hesitate to accept the opportunity.
Initially Ania introduced Kim & Larry to each other a few weeks back at Clappers when they were rebuilding the staff team.
They both shared common interests in being creative, hosting events, and both of them being car enthusiasts.
A little before the Pimp My RV event, Kim invited Larry to the Downtown Drift Club’s Drift King event for June of 2023.
Larry, being a member of Burnout Nation and attending many car shows & drag races, thought he found his fix for cars. Forever having a need for speed. But when he pulled up to the Downtown Drift Club’s - Drift King event, he unlocked a whole new perspective for cars.
This being the first drift event Larry has attended, he was not very experienced drifting at all, especially with his Sultan.
Having his first taste of the competition was enough to draw him in further. Kim gave Larry a member medallion and welcomed him to the Downtown Drift Club with open arms.
While Larry & Kim were drifting around the observatory. Belle came up with the idea to launch the Clappers Food Truck
at the Pimp My RV event. Belle got an RV & completely remodeled the inside of it into a fully functional food truck.
At the Pimp My RV event, Belle signed up her remodeling company RV. Larry signed the Clappers food truck under his name. Amongst their RVs was a fleet of totally custom made interior RVs. From rainforest gardens to Kim's tiki bar. The creativity that went into all the RVs was impressive. But the food truck had an advantage for sure, everybody likes free food. Chad was outside the truck welcoming people to come try the hot food pumping out of the food truck. While Belle & Larry served up the food & drinks. Among all the people we served that night was Governor Lewis Langley & Marc Ericsson!
Belle won third prize with her remodeling RV & Larry won second prize with the Clappers food truck that Belle built.
A few weeks later Kim Taek pitched the idea of hiring Clappers to cater for a Beach Cookout to Lilymay Bryd.
Downtown Cab Company & GOV were collaborating for a beach cookout to host a Bifta Raffle.
Alongside DJ Quiet & the raffle team, Larry manned the grill while Emily served up the hungry party people.
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Collaborating with the Bathshebas
Once Chad heard Larry was back in town he was trying to hangout like old times. So one night Chad introduced Larry to the Bathshebas who were just finishing building the Galaxy Theatre. They were so nice to show off the theater which was like nothing we had ever seen. Scoobie & Duke have such a good sense of humor. They also took a liking to Larry as well. That is when they invited Chad & Larry to go on the Gooblin King’s Bigfoot Tour with them!
Goob’s Bigfoot tour was hilarious and very informative. All attendees of the tour will never look at Los Santos the same after the Gooblin King shows them the true meaning behind some of the structures we pass everyday. At the end of the Bigfoot tour, Chad pitched the idea of having Clappers cater to the Bathsheba's Carnival in a few days. Chad is good like that, always lookin’ out for the homies. After the tour, Scoobie & Larry agreed to collaborate together. This was the first event we had catered to since our comeback, also Belle’s first job with Clappers.
After the carnival Scoobie pulled Belle & Larry over to the side and had so many kind things to say to them. We had such a fun time catering the carnival. To top things off Scoobie hired Clappers to cater their first show at the Galaxy Theatre: So you think you got rizz?
Belle, Ania, Tony and Larry catered for the Rizz event and it was one of the best events they have ever attended. All of the contestants & judges were hilarious. The entire place sold out. To the point customers were being turned away at the door due to the overwhelming number of attendees. Thank god we didn’t run out of food & drinks! Aside from the wonderful experience. This was a huge deal for all of us. The Galaxy theatre proved that they can deliver enough entertainment to catch all of Los Santos's attention. For Clappers, this was a big confidence boost to be able to feed such a large crowd for this only being our second job since the return of Clappers. What an opportunity to have all thanks to Chad Rapkov & the Bathshebas.-
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Back to Clap
During the fall of 2022 Larry Wrzosek fell into a deep depression which resulted in Clappers not opening for quite a long time. After a long snooze, Larry headed to a party where he ran into his friend Belle Blackwood. It had been years since Larry last seen her. Belle & Larry worked together at the Mirror Park Tavern back in 2019. The both of them were surprised to see each other after such a long time. Belle & Larry reminisced the whole night until the party eventually came to an end. On the walk out of the party Larry invited Belle to the restaurant. After she was done admiring the building Belle asked- "When is the next time we are opening?" Larry quickly said to her: "As soon as you decide to run it with me." From his experience of working with Belle in the past he knew she would be a great addition. To his surprise Belle accepted his offer.
The first thing Belle wanted to do was remodel the dining room. Which was no surprise. Belle always has good vision to enhance interior designs. The next day Larry pulled up to the restaurant to see Belle already bringing in new furniture into the dining room of the restaurant. Belle did all the lighting, gazebos, bathrooms, and sandstone walls. All done that same day. That would have taken anyone else all week to do. But she was determined. Belle’s determination motivated Larry to match her energy and get things going to the best of his ability.
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At first Larry made an advertisement to hire some staff, and that is how he found Revy Unohana. Then Larry reached out to his long time friend, Ania Wawzryniec, to see if she was interested in working at Clappers. Ania worked with us in 2021 at the Sandbar, our old restaurant. Not only was Ania excited to join us with re-building our staff team, but she also referred & introduced us to Tony Fontaine & Kim Taek
Ania pitched the idea of becoming business partners with Larry. Partnering up the Happy Hunter General Store as the main supplier of general goods for Clappers!
A few days later, out of the blue, Belle setup this dinner date between two very old ladies, Edith & Genie that were lovely. While Belle was seating them inside the restaurant, Larry gave Tony a call to come give him an opportunity to try out working in the restaurant. As soon as Tony walks into the restaurant the two old ladies cat-called him over for banter. After having a few laughs with the two old ladies Tony finally got away from them and instantly ordered, the already riled up old ladies, a round of drinks. Edith & Genie already had such fiery personalities naturally. So as soon as they got a couple shots in them it was like pouring gasoline on a fire. It definitively was not a great example of logical reasoning to give the two elders a couple shots of tequila. They could have had a heart attack & died on the premises. But they celebrated life that night & Tony had a big hand in that. We hired him on the spot.
Belle & Larry set up a meeting to introduce everyone to each other and go over some of the basics with the new employees. Larry thought it would be a good idea to reach out to some of our staff from the Grand Opening of Clappers. Mina Jo, Jacqueline Quinn, and Chad Rapkov. All agreed to come back after Larry's long absence. To further support & rebuild Clappers, once again.-
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If there is anything else please feel free to ask me, thanks for lookin out man!
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The Wanted
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My personal experience with this faction was always one that stood out years ago - and it does now since you came back. They have found a way to adapt to the times now but also keep the fun vibes they had back then. Glad ya'll are back and look forward to the RP ops!