September 2010
I don't know about you, but I do know that to me there often seems to be nothing but bad news everywhere you look. On TV, in the newspaper, and even on the Internet: depressing, depressing, and more depressing. It is not that most of us with any kind of a brain thought things would be rosy, but there was a feeling that if we work hard better days would come. Crazy floods, oil spills, a country divided on so many issues, war, global warming - GLOOM and DOOM - wahhhhhhhhh! Well that is where we here at Sarah Street come in. Everyone needs to enjoy good music, good food, good friendships, and to many of us good sports, to get through the BS that surrounds us on daily basis. These may seem like minor parts of life, but without them, how could we possibly deal with the rest? We take our role in helping to supply these stress releases with a lot of heart and pride and this month is full of many examples. I have been trying to get SPOKEN MOVEMENT to do a show here for years and on Labor Day Weekend you can see them both here on Friday the 3rd, and on the STROUDFEST main stage in the Courthouse Square at 1 PM. They will have the rap/spoken word artist Ill Spoken showing why he is the talk of the town in NYC as well as Mary Ella, one of the best soul and hip hop vocalists doing the singing/speaking. The band behind them is full of Sarah Streets music history icons, and these guys are known as some of the best musicians on the East coast. Please come out and see what I think is cutting edge awesome. Sarah Street will never be a "gangsta" hang place, but we support great music of all kinds and SPOKEN MOVEMENT is great music. STROUDFEST also has the POCONO DUO BAND opening at 11 am, followed by BOBBY SYVARTH and his full rockin band at noon, then the above SPOKEN MOVEMENT, followed by UNIVERSAL REBEL, then DREAM OF FIRE, and finishing the show the JONAH SMITH BAND. Jonah will also be playing here Saturday night after STROUDFEST. You can see JONAH and BOBBY on the Sarah Street Video collection here at the Grill and on YouTube. We will be making more live videos at STROUDFEST for replay here and on the Web of all the bands playing that day, so make sure you are there so you can brag about it when you see the replay for years to come. * Speaking of the Web: the Sarah Street phone App is almost done, as well as a redo of our web site. You will be able to pre order food for take out or eat in, listen to samples of the band playing, watch videos of the same and much more on your smart phones. Our web site, which has always been a good one, is being redone to be one of the best around. We want our customers to have fun as easy as possible, and these advanced tech improvements will help make that happen * Speaking of happy customers: the NFL is back, and no one does it better then the Grill. The season starts off on Thursday September 9th with Favre and the Vikings taking on the Super Bowl Champs, the Saints. We will also have Bobby Syvarth and Tim Carbone that night, and we will coordinate there performing time with the game as best we can. We will have the game on with sound the entire time on our 5 new large HI DEF monitors on the second floor and plenty of opening day game fun everywhere. Sunday will have every game except for the two games the opening Monday night. Every Sunday night we will be giving away some kind of major prize between the 3rd and 4th quarter like: real NFL Helmets, bikes, TV's and other cool stuff. Miller Lite pitchers for $6.50, 35 cent Buffalo Wings, HI DEF, more TV's and more room to watch them, lots of prizes = WE ARE READY FOR FOOTBALL! Besides Football, Monday will also feature Quizo, hosted by Ryan Long up on the second floor. The game will be on two of the large HI DEF monitors, and the other two will be used to post the Quizo questions, show trivia music and movie clips and give Ryan more ways to make an already fun trivia contest even better. On Monday, September 20th, the Saints Vs 49ners game features a really cool prize of EAGLES VS REDSKINS tickets for Donavan's first return to the Eagles nest on Oct 3rd. These are great seats including a tail gate party for a huge game, so plan to be here that night - or as I have said before, plan on being here many nights! After all, it our job to help make this World more fun, and gosh darn it, we are going to do it! * Plenty of other great music things happening this month too, just check our calendar, our web site, our phone App, our Facebook, Twitter, or just stop in and see it live. Peace and Love All, and stay as happy as possible.
Questions, comments, responses: dave@sarahstreetgrill.com
August 2010
Sarah Street is a little sad and a lot proud that Beth Miller is now a full time employed registered nurse! Beth has been a big part of SSG for the fifteen years we have been around, and I knew her five years longer then that. Although no longer a "scheduled" employee, her bar employee number is untouchable, and you will still see her filling in once in a while. If we had a SSG Hall of Fame, and maybe we should, Beth would definitely be a member. Well as Beth departs, Kevin Salamone returns. Yes, Kevin is back behind the bar and will be doing some shift managing and house promotion. He will be bartending Monday nights (our game night and Monday Night Football!!), Wednesday night (open mic night) and Saturday night (a night of some of our best bands) as well as front of house managing on Friday nights. Welcome back Kevin! * So Sarah Street is going Solar. In these days of it being important to think Green, we are proud to announce we will be installing a good sized solar energy unit, enough to generate at least 10% of our power usage. From what I have found out, I highly recommend that anyone that has the space looks into doing the same. My parents are generating more power at their home in a month then they use in a year with their solar panels, and as all good kids should do, I am following their lead! I will keep you all updated as to when these solar panels will go into use and what issues come along with the project as it moves forward. * So as I often point out, I am a MET fan. They are always an interesting story, and it is certainly a big deal when they actually win, because they often don't. I am loyal to the team, but very disappointed in the management of the new stadium, Citified. In fact, I have a much better time going to see them play in Philly, Baltimore, and although I have not been there yet, I am sure Pittsburgh. These parks are also new, but they are still about baseball. Citified thinks it is a Broadway Show - the seats are very expensive, and security is tighter then the White House. My girlfriend got us tickets on my birthday behind home plate. The seats were large and comfortable, and the view fantastic, but they were $230 face value. Our row was full and stayed that way, but rows in front of us emptied as the game went on. People, including us, wanted to move up a row or two: to take photos, have a little more room, be able to put their things in a empty seat, but they were not allowed to, and were talked to like they were bad school kids. This is all people who were already in that section, as there is NO WAY someone from a cheaper seating area could ever get down there. In my opinion, this is not the way a baseball stadium should be run. If someone leaves the game, their seat should be open for someone else to move to. Okay, not until the last couple of innings. Okay, if they come back, move the people out of their seats. Okay, if it is a whiner season ticket holder that freaks if anyone is in their seat, have the same security person work that section and keep that seat open. Otherwise, CHILL OUT! I never have heard of someone in the correct section being told to move out of a empty seat in any other sporting event I have ever been too - and I have been to a lot. I will be going back to Citified, but not often, because I prefer to watch my team in other teams parks. * August is full of great live music on our stage, as it is every month. We will also be doing a benefit for our local little league teams and kids on Monday the 23rd. 10% of all sales that day will go to help the kids play, and there will be raffles, pool and dart tournaments, and more. If you want to donate something to help in the raffle contact our GM Chris Gavalas here at the Grill. * Mark on your calendars now that STROUDFEST in happening the first weekend in September on Saturday the 4th. I have put together what I hope to be the best main stage show yet. There will be rock, and spoken word with amazing funk, eclectic jamming, and great soul R&B from 11am until 7pm in the Courthouse Square. I will give more detail in next month's letter, but plan to be there now! * Whoops, I almost forgot to plug the Wine tasting, and Christy C would give me an angry look if I didn't remind people to attend it on the last Tuesday of every month. It is a bargain, and it is fun - great food, five different wines, and always a good group of party people for $20 in advance or $25 the night of (tip not included). I have made three of four, and they really are great. See you at the Sarah Street Grill. Peace all.
Questions, comments, responses: dave@sarahstreetgrill.com
