Dog Lane Café - Celebrating 7 Years in December
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BeanSoup Information & Entertainment Serving TM & Vanilla Bean Café Calendar Northeastern Connecticut #93 Issue 23 Number 4 October - December 2019 Free* Dog Lane Café - Celebrating 7 Years in December his December will mark the 7th anniversary of for everyone from early morning to late at night. The our restaurant that is in Storrs Connecticut, menu and the daily specials emphasize seasonal, local T right next to UCONN in Storrs Center. The and freshly prepared food, all made to order. You can restaurant has been well received sample from our wide variety of from people who visit the area for sandwiches, grilled items and freshly work, education and business. tossed salads or help yourself to cof- Our managing partner, Steve fee at our self-service coffee bar — Smith, along with General Manager where you get to make it the way Tiffany Siefert and the entire man- you like it. In the past 7 years we agement team, have done a fantastic have worked to fulfill on that offer, job of hiring, training and educating and we have been embraced by the our staff so that we are able to fulfill community for doing so. on our offer in a timely and consistent manner. Steve If you haven’t taken the time to visit the area is also a great ambassador for the restaurant and the recently, you will find that it has changed a lot. Storrs surrounding area. Center has been fully developed with many new busi- In 2012 we set out to offer the Mansfield/Storrs nesses and apartments, along with a new town square. area a European/American café, offering something As the saying goes at Dog Lane: Come. Sit. Stay. c We Thought You Should Know GVH Passport ctober 1st, the State of Connecticut imple- et four stamps at each of mented a new 1% additional Sales Tax on our four Green Valley G Hospitality restaurants O restaurants. That means the consumer at restaurants will be paying 7.35% sales tax. The State and earn a $100 gift card to a has also implemented a 10% Spirit Excise Tax that GVH restaurant of your choice. will be passed onto restaurants and package stores in Twenty-five dollar miniumum wholesale costs. Not only that, but beginning at the spend on each visit and other same time, the state Minimum Wage increases from rules apply. Ask for one at any $10.10 per hour to $11.00 per hour. It will increase of our restaurants and let your every 9 months by $1.00 until it reaches $15.00 per adventure begin. c hour on June 1st of 2023. In 4 years, this will increase the minimum wage by 48%. This will in turn cause menu prices to increase a minimum of 25% in that time frame, but most likely more than that as the increases incurred by our suppliers are passed along to us as well. Throughout this time, we will hold true to our commitment to high quality, hand-prepared foods at all our restaurants. We will implement price increases throughout this time to keep up with this rapid rising cost of business, that is being brought to you by the State of Connecticut. c Sign up on our mailing list at GreenValleyHospitality.com The Vanilla Bean Café VBC Accolades and Awards wants you to know... The Vanilla Bean Café opened in 1989 with 16 seats The New York Times “The food...is freshly made, well The Vanilla Bean Café is owned by the Jessurun Family seasoned and extremely tasty.” The Vanilla Bean Café is a member of The Boston Globe Green Valley Hospitality “...great food - homemade soups, sandwiches, burgers, and the best fish cakes around - in a We open 361 days a year. We close on: relaxed atmosphere.” Easter Sunday, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving & Christmas Day Yankee Magazine Editors’ Choice - Best of New England Business Hours: Connecticut’s Best Country Café - 2011 Monday, Tuesday 7 am - 3 pm The Hartford Courant Wednesday, Thursday 7 am - 8 pm “This is a place that serves excellent food and Friday 7 am - 9 pm* brings in some of the better performers on the Saturday 8 am - 9 pm*† New England coffee house circuit...” Sunday 8 am - 8 pm* “The Vanilla Bean Café in Pomfret is one of *We may close early during colder months. those rare places that truly has something for everyone... †Entertainment night - Oh, yes - the food is truly delicious, too.” we serve dessert, beer & wine until 10 pm The New London Day ««« Web site: www.TheVanillaBeanCafe.com “The soups are homemade and delicious, the E-mail: [email protected] sandwiches unusual and served on breads that are positively delicious...” Address: 450 Deerfield Road Pomfret Center, Connecticut 06259 www.VisitingNewEngland.com “the Vanilla Bean Café is one of those places you Phone: 860-928-1562 simply don’t want to leave.” Music Booking: Maria Sangiolo www.HiddenBoston.com [email protected] “This impossibly funky Connecticut restaurant is full of character (and characters), and is truly Art Booking: Kayla Densmore in a class by itself.” [email protected] Recipient University of Connecticut’s Bean Soup Ads: Barry Jessurun Nozko Family Business Leadership Award [email protected] “Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of Book Your Next Event life bringing peace, abolishing strife.” - Kahlil Gibran In The Wine Cellar @ 85 Main he Wine Cellar at 85 Main has received many is an information and entertainment newsletter. T accolades since its opening. The downstairs function room at 85 Main was completely ren- * Compiled by Barry Jessurun ? ovated in 2015 and is available for private parties, Written by Barry Jessurun business meetings, special events Edited by Maria Sangiolo and regular dining when it is not + Layout & Design - Barry Jessurun + booked for a private party. Contact Dawn at 860-928-1660 or send an © COPYRIGHT 2019 by Barry Jessurun, All rights reserved Green Valley Hospitality Pomfret, Connecticut 06258 email to [email protected] for more information and available dates. c About Green Valley Hospitality reen Valley Hospitality (GVH) is the man- agement and marketing company that over- G sees our 4 restaurants (The Vanilla Bean Café, 85 Main, Dog Lane Café and Fenton River Grill). GVH company was founded in 2015 to cre- ate a streamlined approach to management and a more focused approach to marketing. Most of the work handled by GVH are the tasks that would keep the managing partner of each location in the office, and not on the floor managing the restaurant, overseeing staff and keeping the focus on overall quality. All GVH restaurants also focus on educating our staff and engaging with our local communities. Through training, access to continuing education programs, and creating a friendly and rewarding environment, our staff are provided with a place where they can enjoy working. For our guests, this means immediate, friendly and courteous service by well-trained and educated staff. c “The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.” - Marcus Aurelius “Beethoven tells you what it’s like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it’s like to be human. Bach tells you what it’s like to be the universe.” - Douglas Adams October Entertainment Friday - 4 - Open Mic Hosts - Faith Montaperto & Peter Lehndorff - Feature - ch’Chunk - is a band with a modern take on classic swing. They perform classics as well as originals. Saturday - 5 - Roy Book Binder Roy has the goods: the original, the bare-knuckle, “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying the low-down . blues. Who can say they were goodbye so hard.” - Winnie-the-Pooh friends with the Rev. Gary Davis, Pink Anderson and Robert Lockwood? And toured with Arthur Big Boy Crudup, Hot Tuna, JJ Cale & Bonnie Raitt? Roy can. He has the stories, the licks, and the mystery of timeless music in his fingers. He’s been featured on a PBS special and interviewed by Terry “Helping Gross on “Fresh Air.” He’s also a regular at Fur Clients to Peace Ranch, where he teaches along with Jorma Mind Their Kaukonen. When he brings his ‘Tour Bus’ to town, Business.” a one-man blues-fest ensues. He plays and he enter- tains, feeding us music and stories, and the evening is a celebration for us all. We’re privileged to have “Do one thing every day that scares you.” Roy here to preserve–and extend—the tradition of - Eleanor Roosevelt great American blues music. Saturday - 12 - Don White There is no one-word description for what Don White does. He has survived and thrived for more than twenty years, bringing his audi- ences to laughter and tears in his live performances, studio recordings, and on the printed page. He is a storyteller- comedian-author-troubadour-folk singer-songwriter. He is a walking challenge to the phrase “file under.” Best to just sort him under “Don White.” Equal parts comedian, storyteller and song- writer Mr. White’s performances have earned him a dedicated following for over twenty years. “White is a riot on stage, a bona fide crowd pleaser. One of the most popular acts on the circuit. He plays an audi- ence the way Leo Kottke plays a 12-string.”- The Boston Globe. “…there is an honesty and self-dep- recating wit in his material that is an immediate tonic.” - The Boston Herald “People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more humble in moments of success and less defeated in times of ravail.” - Bob Newhart “If music be the food of love, play on.” - William Shakespeare October Entertainment Friday - 18 - SING: The Quiet Corner Song Swap Saturday - 19 - Pretty Saro Pretty Saro is a contemporary acoustic quartet hail- ing from Berklee College of Music in Boston.