Archive for April, 2007

Thanks, City Pages! Here’s what they had to say…

Yes, you’re right, that was Wilde Roast Café’s flourless chocolate torte splayed lasciviously across the cover of last September’s Bon Appetit. La Bête Noir, they call it, and even though this isn’t a family newspaper, perhaps it’s best left at that. Except to say that it’s every wicked bit as smooth and dark as that exercise in food porn made it look, and Wilde Roast, the Nordeast coffee shop/wine bar/bistro/salon where it’s on offer, is filled with the broad-minded and the discreet, who usually have far better things to talk about than the weak-kneed, stammering first-timer licking ganache off his fingers in the corner. (No, you don’t care how much it costs.)

Join us for What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton, one of the sexiest, funniest, and most controversial playwrights in the English language, presented by the Burning House Group at the Minneapolis Theater Garage May 10-27. And we’ve got some special offers for Wilde Roast Cafe customers:

• get $2 off the ticket price when you mention “Oscar.”
• Opening Weekend 3-for-2 ticket special
• email oscar@wilderoastcafe.com for your chance to win 2 tickets to the opening and second weekend. Emails need to be received the Thursday before the show so we have time to get them to you, no later than May 17.

More details about the show here: www.burninghousegroup.org

Each time Scott comes and replants the urns I think they can’t get better.  You need to come check out our magnolia tree while it is blooming.  Thanks Tangletown Gardens!

On Saturday, May 12th at 8pm, folk singer-songwriter Adrienne Nightingale (adriennenightingale.com) will be stopping by the Wilde Roast Cafe to delight us with her heartfelt and emotional songs.

For the past two weeks I was working on getting certified in Wilderness First Responder (WFR). It is between a First Aid and EMT (it took 80 class hours). Larry and Jerry (left side) were the NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) instructors, and they did a great job of teaching and testing our skills.
Thanks Classmates!

Don’t forget this Thursday (4/26) is Dining Out For Life. We are giving 35% of our breakfast and lunch sales to the Aliveness Project. It would be a good time to try out our new menus (the lamb burger is yummy).

The DRIVE 105 Van will be here for lunch giving away things and broadcasting for the cafe.

We are also giving 35% of our boxed lunch sales that day. So, treat the whole office.

L.A.-based singer/songwriter Natalie Wattre will be in town and performing at the Cafe on Tuesday, June 12. From her myspace profile:

“Natalie Wattré has got to be one of the most interesting and amazing vocalists that I’ve heard. Her raspy voice just pours on the passion and soul. Her grit makes her already great music even more memorable and mind-numbing.” - TheGlobalMuse.com

Mark you calendar for Dining Out For Life.  The Drive 105 VAN will be at the Wilde Roast Cafe on Thursday, April 26th around 10:30am for lunch.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DONATE IS YOUR APPETITE!

Atlanta-based out singer/songwriter Mike Rickard will bring his honest, personal and humorous music to the Cafe on Saturday, August 11 at 8pm.

“I am a feeling sensitive person and I first began writing as a way to deal with my feelings. I think that sensitivity shows in my writing. But I can be totally irreverent and absolutely could not live without humor. I’ve always felt that I’m a little left of center; that I don’t quite fit. And you know what? I’m fine with that.”

More info about Mike at www.mikerickard.com

Help Camp Heartland win $10,000.  Vote every day and help them win: votecampheartland.htm

Voting closes on April 15th.  Camp Heartland is for kids impacted by HIV/AIDS.