SAN JOSE, Calif. – Amid the sound of sizzling steaks on their famous, open-area charcoal-fired grill, the servers in formal tuxedos at Original Joe's swear they've never heard it louder in the 60-year-old San Jose institution than on Saturday night.
The San Jose Sharks had just won the first Stanley Cup Finals home game in their 25-year history, in overtime, and even the older men in tuxes, some of whose service at Original Joe's predates the team's existence, let out hearty cheers, according to the restaurant's manager, Gary Pomeroy.
"It was pretty crazy in here," Pomeroy said the morning after, as a quieter crowd dug into heaping plates of steak and eggs and other dishes from an expansive, old-school menu.