#OuiTalkRaw with Vaulted Oak Brewing Co-owner, Johnie Jones

Welcome everybody, to Oui Talk Raw. I’m so excited to be here today. I’m Jennifer Busco, your host, and I am here with an amazing person, Mr. Johnie, Jameson, Jones. Hi, Johnny. How are you doing today? 

I’m doing well. Thanks for having me. 

I’m so excited to have you. So we’re going to talk about you and what you do and what you are a part of. So tell us what you do. 

Yeah, I’m the co -owner of Vaulted Oak Brewing on Monroe Road. We opened up about three years ago. And so I just, we’ll get into it. But, you know, I’m one of four of the owners over there. 

And how much do you like beer? 

I used to like it a lot more, which is ironic because I own a brewery. 

What an opener. 

I’m a shelter guy. 

We’re on a roll. So you’re from Charlotte. I know that because we date. That’s true. You’re a unicorn. 

Yeah, I’m a fifth generation Charlottean, which is certainly rare. Everyone’s from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York. New York, Buffalo, yep. But yeah, my family’s been here a long time, and I don’t plan to go anywhere either. 

So you’re happy. You’re happy in Charlotte, North Carolina. And what area is your brewery located?

Yeah, so we are in Oakhurst, right off Monroe Road by the Bojangles Coliseum, not too far, about a mile from Bojangles. And we sit right across from Sal’s Pizza. 

Yes, and you and I both live in that neighborhood, and we like to call that area our bubble. So it’s more about Common Market to Caswell’s. It’s about what, two miles?

Yeah. 

A three mile bubble. And Vaulted Oak is right in the center of it, and we’re there very often. 

That’s true. 

So what I love about us is your name is Johnie Jameson Jones, and my name is Jennifer Jonnie Busco. Lots of J’s going on. You are a unicorn, and you have a lot of history here in Charlotte. Tell us about your family history in Charlotte.

Yeah, so my great, great grandfather started a construction company called J .A. Jones. They built a lot of uptown Charlotte, residential Charlotte. And so growing up, you know, I was always told this is the best city in the world, no reason to leave. It’s cool to grow up in a place where your family had a big impact on. And so I’ve always, always been a big fan of that. 

Have you ever lived anywhere else? 

Yeah, I lived in Brevard, North Carolina, for a year, my freshman year at college, and I lived in Wilmington for a couple of years after that. Other than that, no. I’ve never lived anywhere else outside of North Carolina.

And you are an ex or current service industry kid, am I right? We both are, right? I bartended for, what, 25 years, and you did? I’m much older than you. 

I did about a decade, and, you know, I’ll still get behind the bar from time to time. But, yeah, we’re both long -term service industry people. That’s actually, Vaulted Oak, kind of got its start where me and my co -owner, Kyle Arrington, both worked at Lubowski’s on East Boulevard, which is still there. So we were both there for a decade, maybe a little longer for him. And we used to, you know, get off work, and he’d talk about how he wanted to open up a brewery, and I said, let me be a part of that. 

I love it. And I think, you know, it’s not talked about enough, like how grueling the service industry is, but also the connections that you can make and the friendships that you can make. And I’ve talked about it on the show with multiple people that I have friends from, you know, 2000 that I worked with, you know, the year 2000 that I worked with, that I still keep in touch with, that I still consider you were 12.

I was not 12. 

I was 24. But yeah, like how the service industry can really help sort of foster those those deep connections with people because you do spend so much time and you’re really in the trenches when you are like bust in your, you know, bartending and working so hard. You create these these deep bonds that I think can be a lifelong, you know, a lifelong thing. 

Yeah, 100%. And that’s, you know, something that I think we took with us to Vaulted Oak is, you know, they don’t own it anymore. But the Weaver family owned Loboskies. And they were, you know, just great people. And it was more like you said, a family than it was, you know, having bosses and having to, you know, be upset about going to work every day. I was a bus boy slash food runner there for four years just because nobody quit. Nobody wanted to leave even if you got another job. You still wanted to work at Lobowski’s as much as possible. Shout out to the Weaver family. I miss you guys. We’ve tried to keep that going at Vaulted Oak and we’ve been really blessed with an amazing staff. Kind of the same thing, we’ve only lost a couple of people. That’s just been because they’ve gotten a better you know a better opportunity better opportunity, one in health care and another in sales. So it’s nice to, you know, have that same core of people through three years is pretty amazing and a little bit unheard of in the service industry too.

And maybe they’ll be sitting at the bar and they’ll want to open up their own restaurant or brewery. 

I would love for them to do that. 

Because that’s what you did, right? So you worked at Lubowski’s with your friends and you were just sitting around like, hey, let’s open a brewery. 

Yeah, so I would host trivia on Tuesdays and after trivia, you know, everyone leaves at the same time. It’s kind of night over after it’s done. So we’d go to Mooseheads on Montford and old school. Old school Mooseheads. 

We went there last week, by the way. 

We did. 

With Kyle.

Yeah, we did with Kyle. And so, you know, we’d go to Mooseheads every Tuesday and it would just be, you know, some delusions of grandeur talk. But definitely, you know, Kyle had a plan and he knew he wanted to do this a long time ago and a lot longer than, you know, when breweries were, you know, not on every corner of South End. 

Yeah, talk about that because three years ago was prime COVID, hashtag COVID. Yeah. Um, how did that work with opening the brewery? 

It was not easy. We were supposed to open June of 2020, uh, which definitely was, was the heart of it all. We ended up opening June 8, 2021 a year later. And even then it was still masks and mandates. But we have a great building owner who helped us out, helped us get through COVID. A lot of places wouldn’t have made it. And I’m, you know, blessed that we did. But it was also a little bit of a blessing in disguise because when we opened, one had been outside for, you know, two and a half, three years. 

And you have an amazing patio. Best in Charlotte, rumor has it.

That’s voted. That’s voted. It’s not a rumor. So, you know, it was a little bit of a blessing to get through that and open when no one had, you know, we were the new thing in town and nobody had done anything in three years. So it was a, it was a great start for us. And it was like a fresh beginning, like a new beginning from. Yeah. And, you know, we were, our bubble, you know. It’s a great bubble, but there’s not a ton going on there right now and we’re you know we’re excited to kind of change that landscape. 

Let’s talk about the actual neighborhood.

So it’s considered Oakhurst Echo Hills fringe, so it’s French Elizabeth fringe, sort of near the shantilly Elizabeth neighborhoods and then before Oakhurst or Cotswold, kind of tuck between those neighborhoods, if people aren’t familiar with that area. 

You know, Monroe Rayma is right down the road. And now that’s called Mora, which they’re doing a lot. Like, I follow them on Instagram. They’re very active. 

Yeah. They’ve got a group on Instagram and, you know, in person that does a lot of events in and around. You know, you have Edge City Brewery, which is right across from East Meck, which is a great brewery run by great people, too. And so that’s what I was saying is we’re excited about is, I always say you have Charlotte coming this way and Matthews coming this way. And we’re blessed to be right in the middle. So hopefully in the next upcoming couple of years, you know, it’s going to be a really great spot to go to all around. And so I think that’s something where naturally we don’t have a hand in controlling it, but something I think a lot of people who live in Charlotte, even if you’re new here, we do have a kind of problem of tearing down a lot of what makes Charlotte great in building a high rise or building, another 10 -story building with a couple of shops down below it. 

I’m going to be real old, everybody. I hate going to places that don’t have parking lots.

Hashtag South.

Yeah, South End for sure. 

And I love that y ‘all have a parking lot. It’s usually, you know, you can always find a spot, pull in, pull out. 

And when we were opening, we were like, this is great. We have probably the best parking lot of any brewery ever. And when it starts getting crowded, we change our minds on that a little bit. But we are in a former bank, which is also fair. 

Yeah, talk about that.

Yeah, we used to be a BB&T bank. And our real estate person back when we were looking for places. I mean, we searched all over town and she goes, there’s a building right by y ‘all. We both live right there. And she goes, but it’s a bank. So we’ll have to see if we can do that. And so, you know, we did as much as we could to keep the building as true to, you know, what it used to be.

And you still have the little shoots. 

We still have the shoots. The money shoots. 

Every time you say the drive -thru, I’m like, what does he mean the drive -thru? Oh, the drive -thru. 

Yeah, so we took that, we took the actual three lanes we were used to drive through, and we, you know, put some garage doors there. And so it’s an indoor, outdoor space, which is really nice because maybe not right now when it’s 95 degrees out. 

He hates the heat. 

But in the fall, you know, we can open those doors up. It’s gorgeous outside. Like I said, we have a great front and back patio. 

You have a lot of, it’s a clean, clean energy in there because it’s like a lot of glass a lot of plants a lot of glass a lot of plants a lot of open air family friendly so bring the kids yeah and that’s you know lots of games to play, fire pit.

I like it too because we’ve got a little bit of for everyone. It’s definitely family friendly. This isn’t the South End breweries. We have games for kids. We have plenty of space for dogs, treats, bowls, ready to go. But then we also, you know, we have our adults -only section. So if you don’t want to do all that, you can sit. 

Can you smoke cigarettes? No, right? 

In the adults only, you can. 

Oh, wow. Interesting. 

It’s outside and away from everything. 

On the side, yeah. And you also have live music. 

We do. We have live music. And again, that vamps up as it gets nicer outside because we can move them out but we love having live acts.

And they’re never too loud like they’re usually what one or two people that’s what i like about it’s like conversation level. 

Yeah, we do Crystal Fountains trio and that’s probably the most.

They’re like folky. 

That’s probably the most you know people in a band that we do it yeah it’s usually one or two people a guitar, they’re great though. Shout out to them, Crystal Fountain’s fantastic.

Hi Grant, and sometimes, here we go, I’m going to insert it. Sometimes you have Taylor Swift nights with my girl, Ellie Morgan and those are BIG nights, everyone. 

Yes. We love Ellie Morgan. 

Yes, she’ll play all the Taylor Swift songs. 

Yeah, we’re working on some Taylor Swift Live Music Bingo, still working out the kinks on that. But my daughter still has Ellie Morgan’s signature because she went up and got her autograph after the show.

Yeah, people will line up to sign her autograph and stuff like that. Yeah, it’s adorable. So what I love about us is we’re both very throat chakra centered, I believe. We both have very strong throat chakras. So why don’t you talk about like your role at Vaulted Oak and then also what you do with like the trivia.

Yeah. So my role is pretty much on the entertainment side because outside of the service industry, you know, I like to call it an MC, not so much a DJ. 

Why? Tell us why. Well, I feel like DJing is like uptown club music. That to me is a DJ. An MC is more of a host. So hosting, you know, our trivia nights on Tuesdays.

Tuesday, 7 p .m. 

Yeah, music bingo, Thursday, 7 p .m. 

Tonight? This is live. Yes, tonight. 

Tonight. So I do the, I do the host in some, you know, booking the bands. That’s kind of a role. A lot of us play. If we know someone great, we’ll try and get them in. But I would just say the entertainment aspect of the brewery is kind of my bread and butter. 

We like to have fun. Sometimes too much, you and I. We do. Who do you think is more wild? You or me. 

I’m going to say me. 

I think I agree. 

I think you would say me too. 

I think I would say you too. You can just handle your stuff a little better than I can.

You handle life a little better. You’re bigger guy. 

Next question. 

Okay, so let’s talk about the beer, even though I don’t drink beer, but I do drink your Prosecco on tap, which is delightful. 

And you like the seltzers.

I like the seltzers. I mean, it is a brewery, so go ahead. Let’s please, talk about the beer. 

Absolutely. So, you know, I like us because we’ve got a little bit of everything, not to diss some other breweries, but, you know, a lot of it is just five IPAs. And I love us because we’ve got sours, dark beers, IPAs, blondes, pales. But, you know, our bestsellers that certainly if you’re coming out, I would recommend trying, is the C -Notes, which is an IPA, and our East Side Sun, blonde, those are definitely going to be our two staples. And I think a flagship beer is important for any brewery, and it’s made a lot of them, you know, good money, like Mountain Candy. But I think diversity is important and having a wide range of selections for people who might not like, you know, the 8 % IPA. And something we’re really proud of is we have a beer almost always on tap that we donate our proceeds to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s research. So right now it’s DeLorean Fuel. We try and name them all after something Michael J. Fox or a movie. So right now it’s DeLorean Fuel, but the Michael J. Fox Parkinson’s is something that’s near and dear to our hearts at Vaulted Oak. So I’m a big fan of that. 

That’s awesome. So you’re family friendly. You have good beer. You can order sales pizza anytime across the street,  which you should.  First of all, hashtag sales, I mean, I don’t want to say it, but one of the best pizza places in Charlotte. But the secret is what? What’s the secret?

I know the secret. Well, not even being friendly neighbors, Sal’s Pizza is the best pizza in Charlotte, in my opinion. The trick is you want to wait 15, 20 minutes before you eat it. You have to open it and vent it a little bit. Give it a little vent and that thing comes out hot. 

Otherwise, the cheese just slides off. 

That thing comes out hot. So give it about 20 minutes and eat it. And pro tip number two, South’s Pizza is the best reheated pizza. So if you don’t finish it, take it home with you, pop it in the oven and it’s just as good. 

And you have a system down where you just get a little tent or a little table tent and they deliver it rates to your table, which is so awesome for us lazy Americans.

A hundred percent. We’ve got food trucks usually Thursday through Sunday. But during then and just during the week, yeah, we’ve got these little tents that’ll say purple triangle or blue square. 

What’s your favorite food truck? Just whisper it. 

That’s not fair. That’s not fair. It’s going to be it’s going to be Taco Gringo. Just because we’ve got a great relationship. We’ve got a great relationship with all of our—

You love it all. You love a lot. 

Taco Gringo, They’re great people. Congrats to y ‘all. They just had a baby a couple weeks ago. And I got to say, I’m going to get in trouble here, but Poppycocks, too. 

The chicken. 

Delicious, hot Nashville chicken. It’s fantastic. 

Well, the bad news right now is that my shirt is backwards. So if anybody’s reading it, it’s not actually KOA for whatever. How do you say it backwards? That’s the bad news. The good news is you all of Vaulted Oak love community. Talk about your place in the community and how you’re very community centered. 

Yeah, and I think we’ve already touched on, you know, how we are family friendly. And a lot of that is the Oakhurst area. Everything around there is very much single family, you know, a couple of kids and a single family home. But we also, you know, are big on fundraisers big on community events. 

You have exercise classes and stuff on Saturday mornings? 

Yeah, yoga on Saturday mornings. We do kind of work out. It’s like a boot camp with your dog, so it’s a little double down on that again. 

What will they think of next?

I know 100 % and so again fundraising events we do a lot for the animal hospitals up and down Monroe Road, which there are quite a few of them. And just, again, you know, when you go to South End or something, I keep bringing that up, but you have the benefit of having the foot traffic and the multiple places to go. On our side of town right now, that’s not so much the case. So we appreciate every person that comes in. 

It’s like a destination. 

For the most part, you’re coming to Vaulted Oak. You’re not hopping around. And so we really feel that it’s important to, you know, give back to the community, hold these events, do what we can just to support the people that support us every day. 

I mean, I think a perfect Saturday in the bubble in the fall would be a Checkers game at four, vaulted oak at six, and then Smokey Joe is for music. Well, it’s all within like 0 .3 miles. Did I miss one? 

I would say Vaulted Oak THEN, Checkers, Vaulted Oak again, pick up your car, maybe stop by Smokey’s on the way home. And some Sal’s pizza in there too. 

Yeah, just put it in the back seat. 

Yeah, we’re a mile away from Bojangles. I’ve done the walk.

It’s closer than a mile, isn’t it? 

Door to door. It’s like going from our front door to their front door. It’s about a mile. 

Wow. 

It’s not bad at all, though. Most of it’s parking lots. You don’t even notice.

You don’t even notice. 

We do have that parking lot, so feel free to, you know, leave your car, walk down to the game, come and see us afterwards. And just, not just Checkers, everything that goes down there. Oven’s Auditorium is great for shows as well. 

Yeah, they have like the medium guy was there. The guy that’s the medium on Netflix was at the other space. Yeah, so there’s all sorts of walks of life. And I’ve known you for, well, I met you July 23rd, August 21st, but we just met behind the bar. But we’ve been dating for nine -ish months.

Almost 10. 

And I do, I have heard you talk about, like, you have, like, good relationships with other breweries in Charlotte, which I think is, like, a really, a big deal. 

Yeah. And a lot like that service industry we talked about, you know, I can, you might not get this reference. 

Is it a movie? 

No, it’s sports. I kind of acquainted to like a coaching tree, where a lot of breweries or brewers work for, you know, work under each other or spread out, you know, start their own thing. But, you know, Edge City, Petty Thieves. I’ve worked at Heist Brewery doing their trivia for 10 years. And it’s very much that service industry feel and love and supporting each other, even when we opened. I remember breweries giving us plastic cups because we couldn’t keep up with the people that were there hundreds of dollars in plastic cups. And they’re like, we know what it was like to open, you know, get through it, enjoy it. 

That’s so sweet. 

You know, people helping out just with, I mean, anything, extra, you know, extra kegs if you need some beer on tap, helping out sales, distribution. It’s a great community to be a part of, it really is. 

And you are featured in other restaurants, correct? Like the Vaulted Oak beer? 

Yeah, absolutely. Restaurants, bottle shops, a couple bars. You know, Caswells is our great friend, John. It’s definitely important that we have our beer in -house. You don’t want to run out of beer at your own place and have it elsewhere, so that’s something you have to be mindful of. It is awesome that people, whether they know you or not, want to give you a shot and want to put you in their places also means a lot to us.

So let’s talk about that big huge project that’s going in next to y ‘all the Oakhurst Commons, which my girl Addie is opening up a health club there, and a bunch of other things.

And I don’t know too much about what’s going in there, but it’s a great mixed use development space. 

It almost seems like an optimist hall, but maybe a little bit smaller, if anybody’s familiar. 

And I’m hoping that’s exactly what it turns out to be, because that’s what, you know, that’s what that area needs. Another great thing about the brewery industry is it relates to, it’s not really competition. You know, people want to go to multiple breweries or people want to go to a brewery, then eat or eat and then go to a brewery. 

Because that area will be more desirable in general. 

Exactly. Kind of like I was saying, you know, if you’re coming to Vaulted Oak, you’re pretty much coming to Vaulted Oak. If there’s more going on around us, we love that. And we can’t wait. Not just that, but, you know, it’s kind of like those dominoes start to fall, hopefully. You know, the more stuff that’s there, the more people want to open up other stuff there. And just like Flight. Flight opening up tomorrow? 

I think it’s August 2nd,

Yeah. I think it’s tomorrow. 

Which is a new wine bar right in the Elizabeth area in our bubble. In our bubble. Next to Cronkleton. 

Yeah, right behind Cronkleton. 

Spent a little time in there. We had a grand old time. Oh, yeah. He was wild. 

Yes. 

So, switching gears. If there’s somebody out there watching that is thinking about or has always wanted to open a brewery, like, what would you say, like, your biggest challenge was or is advice that you would give? 

Well, hopefully you won’t have my biggest challenge because it was COVID. So hopefully that’s not a problem. I would say time, effort, research, you know, we used to sit outside of places, you know, with the clicker with how many people drive by you know.

Wow. Do you all own the building or rent?

We rent the building but the people we rent from have a piece, if you will. They’re part of the business and they’re great people who helped us out tremendously to open. They painted our building black put the pea gravel down. We’re really fortunate. If you open the right way, it will go well. You know, if you rush it and, you know, kind of half -ass it, if I can say that. 

I think you can. Speaking of “pee” gravel, your bathrooms always smell so good. How is that possible? Who is in charge of the bathrooms? 

It’s so funny. You say that because it was actually me. A friend of mine was over one time at the brewery and they said, we have this, you know,

we have these, I don’t even know, the diffuser sticks. 

Oh, mm -hmm. 

The diffuser sticks. And they said, would you be interested in put them in your bathroom? I said, yeah, let’s go for it. And we always get complimented on how the bathroom.

Smells so good. I just want to, like, hang out in there. 

You can. 

It’s amazing. Speaking of bathrooms, we’ll be right back after this quick break. 

Hey, everybody. We are back with Oui Talk Raw. I’m your host, Jennifer. I’m here with Johnie Jones, co -owner of Vaulted Oak Brewing. I have really enjoyed my time getting to know how you operate at the brewery and getting to know all the staff and just the regulars. Let’s talk about your regulars. You have great regular customers. Hashtag Jim Beam. We love you. 

Hi, Jim Beam. Yeah, again, just the support we get from people is crazy. We appreciate it because there’s so many places you can go and so many different things you can do.

How many breweries are in Charlotte do you know? Is there a number? 

Well, it’s skewed because you know you have greater Charlotte area. I think the it’s upwards of 50 60. Whether it’s breweries or other things, you know, there’s so many things you can do in Charlotte. So to have people come back each and every day sometimes to have people come back so often and treat us so well and to be a part of our growth is awesome. I mean, it really is. 

And I do think going back to what we were saying earlier about the service industry, how you do create those connections. You can also create those connections like as a patron like as a customer like you have people that are you know creating their own family on the other side of the bar. 

Yeah absolutely. I mean probably 50 % of the people I hang out with nowadays are people I’ve met through Vaulted Oak. I mean that’s you know it’s those friendships are way outside just customer you know employee/customer. 

100 % so where do you see the future of Vaulted Oak? Will there be any growth any new locations where do you see where do you see Vaulted Oak going or are you just happy where you are?

I think we’re certainly happy where we are but that doesn’t mean we can’t be excited about growth. We have talked about a second location we don’t know if that’ll be in Charlotte or elsewhere or when it’ll happen, but it’s definitely been on the table. To be completely honest, we kind of saw ourselves as saying, you know, we’ve kind of fallen into this comfortability, and a lot of that was just coming out with the same beers we’ve been doing. And we’ve recently just in the last, you know, month or two kind of revamped our passion for coming out with new beers, trying new stuff. If it doesn’t work, try some more new stuff, you know, see what the people like. 

And I’m sure people give you feedback. My girlfriend did the other day she was like yeah this beer— I was like girl.

That’s fun too because every time the seasons change, you get to play with stuff, obviously darker beers in the winter. 

Do you do pumpkin beers in the fall? Is that a cheesy question to ask? 

No. I think we did a pumpkin version of our East Side sun blonde. What we like to do is take a lot of our you know um beers and kind of put a twist to them.

So like a lemon bay version of something or a lime pitter -patter -pilsner. So we’re always playing with that. And so I think the future is you know mixing up beers, getting exciting new stuff out there. And then yeah, hopefully down the road expansion and distribution I think is a big part that every brewery wants to be a part of. 

And you host private events at your current location, correct? 

We do. 

You’ve even done weddings there, right? 

We’ve done weddings, birthday parties, corporate events, reunions. So if you want a party, we’ve got plenty of space to do it. We’d love to have you. And, you know, we have that indoor space. We have that outdoor space. There’s plenty of room for you. So just reach out to us. We’d love to help out. 

I love it. Okay, well, let’s shift gears a little bit. So we’re beginning to close a segment and we’re going to close with some games. So we’re going to do a couple’s partner game. How well do you know your partner? 

I think your questions are going to be harder than mine. 

We’ll find out. So we both have six questions that we’re going to ask and then we have them written down on our index cards. Are you ready? 

Yeah. 

Okay. My first. Okay. I’ll go first. Okay. Since I’m the host. What is my favorite Taylor Swift song? 

Champagne Problems.

Ding, ding, ding, ding. What is my least favorite Taylor Swift song? 

Oh, I should know this. 

The one you always pass forward. Think about it. 

Is it Shake It Off?

Ding, ding, ding. 

This was not, we do not know the answers to these. 

He wanted, he tried. 

I tried. I was going to go through your phone while you were sleeping, and I decided I would be legitimate.

He does know my password, too. You do. You know my pass code. Okay. What is the phrase that I say when I have Oliver, but I want to say, what the F -U -C -K? But I can’t say that because I have Oliver.

Flipper Dip. 

Ding, ding, ding. What the flipper dip. Oh, this one’s going to be interesting. How do you spell my middle name? 

J -O -N -N -I -E.

Jesus. are you going to propose to me? Oh my God. Okay, what is my favorite food?

I’m gonna say pizza with Hawthorns ranch. 

Oh my gosh yes. Last question. You ready? What sports did I play in high school? 

Softball. 

One? There’s three. 

Three? Softball. I want to say track. 

Soccer volleyball softball. Okay. So you got five out of six. 

Not bad. 

Who’s buying lunch?  

All right. I’m going to start with this one just because it’s funny. 

I’m nervous. 

No, this is a, this is a gimme. What substitute for a cuss word do you always say that now I say all the time?

Marone? Substitute for a cuss word? What’s it rhyme with?  

It was literally your question. 

Oh, flipper dip. Flip or dip? You do say that all the time with the flipper dip. You should try it, y ‘all just say what the flipper dip if there’s kids around.

Who is my favorite baseball player? 

Chipper Jones, all right all right. Next up. Do these get harder as you go along?

I don’t think so. Name one, bonus points for both, of my favorite movies. 

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 

No. I said that was top 10.

Harry Potter. 

Oh, my goodness. Horrible. True romance. Everything Everywhere All At Once. 

You’re so cool.

What is my least favorite city? 

Philadelphia. Sorry, Philadelphia. 

There we go. No apologies, Philadelphia. All right. I got two more. What do I call my living room table? 

Dad? 

No.

Wood? No. Big Wood? It’s a dead man table. 

Dead man table. 

I knew I said dad because your dad’s. 

Oh, wow. 

Sorry.

Okay. We’re going there. All right, good. 

Is that it? Is that it? 

No, I got one more. I say it, but you’re actually awful at it. What do I say you are absolutely terrible at? 

Parking.

Parking. 

Ding, ding, ding, ding. We need some bells in here. 

Good finish. 

Okay, we’re going to close with one little quick more thing here. Oh, no. Death Row Meal. So we love to play death row meal here at rBeatz. So you get an appetizer,

an entree aside, a dessert, and one drink of choice. It could be one bottle. But you have to use the bubble we’re keeping it in the bubble keep it in the bubble all right so what’s your appetizer in from where? 

Oh okay, appetizer I’m going tachos from Caswell’s starting out with tachos from Caswell’s. My meal my main entree is going to be a T -bone steak from Cronkleton. It’s huge, I think they do it on Tuesdays.

You get one side from anywhere in the bubble. 

My side is going to be, let’s see. Can I count, is it garlic bread? 

Sure. You’re gonna die, it doesn’t matter.

I’m going to do garlic knots with ranch from Sal’s. Okay. Keeping it, keeping it, you know, in the family.

Dessert? 

Dessert. I don’t know of any really good desserts. 

Cronkleton has a good pecan pie. Do you like pecans? 

I’m not a pecan pie guy. 

Ice cream with that expensive ice cream shop, the milkshake shop. 

Yeah, I’m going to get a $20 milkshake for dessert. 

And then you get a drink or a bottle, one of something. 

I’m going to cheat here. I’m going to go grab a bottle of wine at Flight, which opens up tomorrow. flight and then real quick i’m going to run across the street and do a fireball at Caswell’s.

Because you’re dying, you want to be present when you die though you don’t want to be too… Why are you in jail why are you in death row? 

Oh man I don’t know. 

Because you have the best brewery in Charlotte and it’s just like illegal. 

I’m in jail because I drank a gallon of Sal’s Ranch, and that should be illegal. 

We have a lot of shoutouts today, don’t we? On the show, Oui Talk Raw. Well, thank you so much for coming. So you lead trivia, music bingo. You also officiate weddings. So your throat chakra is nice and bright and big and blue and strong. So how can people find Vaulted Oak to see their events and you to see if you’re doing anything special?

I definitely like to, you know, rep myself. But, oh, you know, I’m on @Triple J face on Instagram.

Johnny Jameson Jones. Johnny Jameson Jones. Lots of J’s at this table, y ‘all. 

And (at)Vaulted Oak Brewing, I would definitely recommend following us because, you know, and like I said, especially as the weather gets nicer, we do stuff all the time. Whether it’s trivia, music, bingo, live, you know, music, acts. We had a Shakespeare company out last week. I would definitely say follow us because we got stuff going on all the time and we’d love to have you, especially if you’ve never been, come out and see us.  

Yeah. Check out the social media because our girl Madison runs it and it’s super fun. She’s creative and great, right? 

Yes, she’s fantastic.

All right, Johnie Jameson Jones. This is Jennifer Jonnie Buscoe here. Signing off on Oui Talk Raw. Thank you so much for coming. Love you. 

Thanks for having me. Love you too.