We've got lots of areas to tell you about this week. Many upgrades and enhancements are afoot! If you were here Friday night, you got to hear the new sound system. Jon is our resident sound man and he is thrilled with the new upgrades. This coming Friday is Open Mic Night and all is set up to make it easy for anyone to simply plug in and play. If you have an itch to perform or know of someone you'd like to hear, please let us in on your secret! We want to keep you entertained as well as well fed. Our special thanks go out to Cody Mustion for installing the new speakers! Yeah, Cody!!!
Attention Vegetarians!! We are really making an effort to provide you with quality meals you'll embrace. In addition to the egg salad sandwiches and guacamole tacos we've already had, we have added spinach salad, garden salad, stir-fried veggies and brown rice, a grilled veggie sandwich and a baby artichoke and eggplant sandwich. Please help us to get the word out to other vegetarians in the area. If you are a carnivore, you can add chicken, salmon or trout to the spinach or garden salad for an additional charge.
Bruce has been busy creating some new in-house pickles. Many of you are pickle fans and know that they are not only tasty, they are good for you. He has created two varieties thus far—a sweet/sour one and a dill one. Both are refrigerator pickles. They are made from sliced cucumbers and are served in our "fruit" cups. An order is $ 0.75. Give them a try. I think you'll be delighted.
We are teaming up wth the Avenue Theater to offer you "dinner and a show". We are open at 5pm on Friday nights. Plenty of time for you to get a nice dinner before attending a 7pm show. If you show us your tickets for a show that night, we'll give you 10% off your meal. This works for Civic Center, and Glass Sword shows, as well. Often, we have reservations for later but between 5 and 6pm we are usually fairly quiet and can get you fed quickly. I do encourage you to let us know ahead so we prepare adequate food for all and have it ready early.
We are targeting some of our marketing toward office lunches. We've all had to attend luncheon meetings and usually the fare is pretty boring! We want to change that. We are in the process of putting together a standardized catering menu. It will include salads that can feed a crowd as well as some of our signature sandwiches like Tuscan chicken salad, egg salad, guacamole tacos and maybe even the Romans. You'll be able to simply call up and say, "I need a Greek salad with chicken that will feed 4, 6, or 8." It'll come in a disposable/ recyclable aluminum pan with dressing on the side and a pair of tongs plus paper plates and plastic silverware. As long as you order enough for 4 or more of one item, you'll get special pricing. Instead of $5.99/pp (per person), it'll be as low as $4.50/pp and not higher than $5.50/pp. We'll need some lead time. We can take your order as early as 8:00 am and no later that 9:30am for that day's lunch. With an order for 8 or more, you'll get a plate of cookies, too.
Did you know that we have special parking for to-go order pick-up? You can park at the foot of our back stairs and come in our back door. (Our stairs are the wooden ones) What are you waiting for? Tell your office manager. If you pay ahead by phone, or are paying by check, we'll even meet you at the car and deliver it to you. This might be handy in rainy weather.
Did you also know that we are happy to take your call-in order for eating here OR to-go? If you are in a tight time constraint, call your order in and we'll have it ready when you get here. Our order line is 417-505-0302. You can also call to get the daily special update and park nearby in the parking lot between Bank of America's drive-thru bank and the end of the Arcade.
Just today, I placed an order for 8 new 2-top tables. I can hardly wait! They should arrive this week, sometime.Your continued support is allowing us to take the baby steps we need in order to grow. The chairs are next. As the weather improves, we'll be bringing the round tables outside and adding umbrellas. You should be able to see a courtyard developing with potted plants and an inviting atmosphere. So much more aesthetic than a used car lot!!! (If you are a new customer, you might have missed our food trailer location on Broadway.)
Now to this week's flavor journeys—
Monday~ antipasto salad (Italian beef {similar to corned beef}, red onion, swiss cheese, tomato, black olives, bell pepper and pasta with a tangy worchestershire/ lemon-based dressing.) Linguine with white clam sauce and baby artichoke/ eggplant sandwich. Chicken Noodle Soup.
Tuesday~ Vietnamese Tamales with red curry sauce. Antipasto salad, baby artichoke sandwiches, chicken noodle soup.
Wednesday~Butternut squash soup, baked raspberry chicken with garlic new potatoes and side salad.
Thursday~ Thai chicken noddle salad over mixed greens, ham & portabella quiche, butternut squash soup.
Friday~Lunch—Ginger chicken lettuce wrap, Miso soup
Dinner—Chicken and Artichoke pasta; Teriyaki Salmon strips with stir-fried rice. Includes side salad.
There you have it! We hope to see you this week. You are what makes us succeed. Thank you.
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