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Entertainment & Stuff Pomfret, Connecticut ® “To Bean or not to Bean...?” #61 Volume 15 Number 4 October - December 2011 Free* Café Mastiffs - Tahsha, Stella & ??? rom 1993 - 2003, our Café mascot and official Our second English Mastiff, Stella, arrived in the fall of “man’s best friend” was an apricot 2002, in time to learn the ropes from Tahsha. When F colored English Mastiff named Tahsha passed, Stella moved into the Café mascot posi- Tahsha. She graced the Café wearing a tion gracefully. Like Tahsha, Stella was great with our tag that read, “Please Do Not Feed Me.” patrons and their pooches, and children visited the cafe Tahsha amiably accepted the attention of just to see her. Stella lounged in the garden outside the our customers, both young and old. For front door until we finally just turned it into a lawn. If the most part, she also welcomed our Tahsha Stella settled on the patio, our patrons customer’s canine companions. She transformed many stepped over her to gain entrance to the large-dog skeptics into instant admirers. One of the restaurant. Stella earned the honor of more notable stories of Tahsha’s legacy describes her being featured on one of t-shirts before hearty nature. One day Eileen saw the UPS truck back she passed away in August of 2009. At up over her head and then she saw Tahsha rise the time, it was difficult for us to unscathed! Our beautiful Tahsha will live on in our Stella embrace the idea of having another hearts as one who was a loyal companion to our parents Mastiff. Two years have passed and it may be time for a when they were elderly and a devoted and gentle play- new Mastiff on our patio. Check out our next issue of mate to our young children. We are grateful for our time Bean Soup for a puppy picture and come in to meet her. c with her as she lived out her long life among our extended family. The Café Cash Card ~ Quality Since 1989 ~ he first Café Cash Card was introduced in 1997. The appearance of the card has changed since then, he Vanilla Bean Café has been operating for Tbut our card still works like the gift cards available over 22 years with a focus on quality across in most stores today. Café Cash Cards may be purchased the board. This means that our menu items are in any amount at the restaurant or online and are reload- T able - add to the card balance at any time! Cards may be carefully and skillfully prepared with real, whole, minimally processed ingredients including fresh used to purchase any menu item at Vanilla Bean Cafe. A (locally sourced) produce. Our emphasis on quality bonus of 10% is added to the card reflects our philosophy of caring about the health of balance when you our families in the communities we serve. We are a purchase a card family owned and operated restaurant; not a chain. for $100 or more. When you order, we prepare your food right here on The card must be the premises. We presented to serve delicious, Real redeem it at the fresh and healthy time of purchase. food to you and Good The Café Cash Card makes a great gift for friends and your family every family members and is ideal for students at the local Whole schools. Café Cash Cards have no expiration date. c day. Enjoy. c FOOD Sign up on our mailing list at www.TheVanillaBeanCafe.com The Vanilla Bean Café Things we would like you to know... The Vanilla Bean Café opened in 1989 with 16 seats. The Café is owned by the Jessurun Family. The Café is open 361 days each year - we close on: Easter Sunday, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day Business Hours: Mon - Tue - 7:00 am - 3:00 pm Wed - Thur - 7:00 am - 8:00 pm Friday - 7:00 am - 9:00 pm* Saturday - 8:00 am - 9:00 pm*† Sunday - 8:00 am - 8:00 pm *We may close early during colder months. †Entertainment night - serving dessert, beer & wine until 10:00 pm. Stella, the English Mastiff you may have seen around the Café, passed away in Nov. 2009. Web site: www.TheVanillaBeanCafe.com E-mail: [email protected] Address: Corner of Routes 44, 169 & 97 “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” Pomfret, Connecticut - G.K. Chesterton Phone: 860-928-1562 Music booking: Maria Sangiolo [email protected] Art booking: Kayla Murphy [email protected] Bean Soup ads: Barry Jessurun [email protected] “Obstacles cannot crush is an information and me. Every entertainment newsletter obstacle yields published by The Vanilla Bean Café. to stern Compiled and written by: resolve. He who is fixed to * Barry Jessurun ? a star does not Mary Murtha Dudley change his + Layout & Design - Barry Jessurun + mind.” - Leonardo © COPYRIGHT 2011 by Barry Jessurun, All rights reserved da Vinci The Vanilla Bean Café Pomfret Connecticut 06258 Our Sister Restaurant Accolades and Awards The New York Times “The food...is freshly made, well 85 main mainmain seasoned and extremely tasty.” American Fusionn Cuisine with Fresh,Fressh, Local, Organicc Ingredients Award-Winning DowntownD Dining ini a Contemporaryy Atmosphere The Boston Globe “...great food - homemade soups, sandwiches, Quality Downtown Dining burgers, and the best fish cakes around - in a relaxed atmosphere.” Yankee Magazine’s Travel Guide to New England “Editors’ Pick” 1997, 2003 & 2004 Seafood SSteak Sushi Raw Bar VeVegetarian “One of the outstanding reasons to visit Full Bar with Artistic Flairr Extensive WineW List New England.” Gift Cardss Available PrivateP Dining Room Connecticut Magazine Readers’ Poll “Plated“Plated PPerfection”erffeection” Windham County - Various years enjoy our WorcesterWWoorcestteer TTeTelegramelegram & Gazette,Gazettee,, 2010 raw bar, sushi, Best Family Dining - Best Sandwiches lunch, dinnedinner,r, or “B“Bestest MMacac n’n’ CheeseCheese in CCT”T” Best Desserts - Best Business Lunch late nignightht bar menu CT Magazine 2010/2011 served daily Best Vegetarian - Best Outdoor Dining 11:30am to WWinnerinner of 6 BBestest of CTCT AAwardswards 11:00pm CT Magazine ReaderReader’s’’ss ChoicChoicee Yankee Magazine “B“Bestest Bar”Bar” StatewideStatewide Runner-Up Editors’ Choice - Best of New England 85 Main St. Putnamutnam CT tt www.85main.comwww.885main.com tt 860860.928.1660 Connecticut’s Best Country Café - 2011 “The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spir- The Hartford Courant it; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and “This is a place that serves excellent food and sparkle in its brightness.” - Percival brings in some of the better performers on the New England coffee house circuit...” Festive Tea Events “The Vanilla Bean Café in Pomfret is one of those Gifts that WOW rare places that truly has something for everyone... Oh, yes - the food is truly delicious, too.” Gallery Shoppes & The New London Day 330 Pomfret St. (Rt. 169) Pomfret Center, Connecticut ««« (one mile south of the Vanilla Bean) “The soups are homemade and delicious, the WED - SAT 11-5•SUN11-4 sandwiches unusual and served on breads that 860-928-5492 • CelebrationsShoppes.com are positively delicious...” “Some people handle the truth carelessly; Others never www.VisitingNewEngland.com touch it at all.” - Anonymous “the Vanilla Bean Café is one of those places you William M. Maykel, D.C., D.I.B.A.K. simply don’t want to leave.” Diplomate www.HiddenBoston.com International Board of Applied Kinesiology “This impossibly funky Connecticut restaurant Painless whole body chiropractic care - given with low is full of character (and characters), and is truly force respiratory adjustments to maximize patient comfort in a class by itself.” and response, for both acute injuries and chronic problems Recipient University of Connecticut’s www.drbill.meta-ehealth. com Nozko Family Business Leadership Award Nutritional diagnostic testing, and detoxification programs, 31 Auburn Street 1 Washington Street; Suite 206 Check the hallway by the restrooms - our Hall of Auburn, MA 01501 Wellesley, MA 02481 Fame - for more articles, letters and awards. 508-832-0768 781-239-1115 The Vanilla October Entertainment Bean Café Connecticut’s Best Saturday - 1 - Lui Collins Country Café Folk singer/songwriter Lui Collins has been per- forming, writing and recording since the 1970s, earning international acclaim for her music. A native Vermonter, Collins’ early music education included classical studies on piano, violin and French horn, followed by a major in music theory at the University of Connecti- cut. Lui abandoned formal music studies after three years of college, in favor of the vibrant folk music scene of northeast Connecticut. The Boston Globe “Know what your val- has described Lui as “one of New England’s first and ues are and then stick brightest stars,” and Sing Out! Magazine calls her with them. Don’t let “incomparable.” Renowned guitarist Dave van Ronk people talk you out of called her “one of the best guitarist-arrangers I have what you know is heard in years.” right.” - Flip Saunders Friday - 7 - Open Mic Hosts - Faith Montaperto & Kala Farnham. Fea- ture - Erik Balkey - He was once a mechanical engineer working in NY, but eventually Erik Balkey hit the road as a touring and recording artist. He has written over 300 songs and has been recognized in over a dozen national songwriting contests. Saturday - 8 - Dan Stevens At the young age of sixteen, Dan Stevens’ romantic streak was ignited by his first guitar “Time is the river. We are the islands. Time washes teacher in small town central Pennsylvania around us and flows away and with it flow fragments of who told him stories about the lives of our lives.