Lisa Jeffries Nobling – Raleigh, NC

Tag: Downtown Raleigh

  • Tobacco Road… Officially Open!

    I say officially, because by the time I finish this post and it hits your Google Readers, it will be after 11:00am.

    Last week I was very fortunate to be invited to the sneak preview of Tobacco Road Sports Cafe – many thanks to the Amra brothers and Amy for that! I took Nick, Adrianne, and Joey along for the fun and we all had a great time and everyone enjoyed their (well thought out) selections from Tobacco Road’s awesome menu and the service was faaaaantastic.

    If you get a chance to check it out this week (heck, even today!) – be sure to do so. Here’s a word from Rommie about the opening:

    We have been busy finishing training and putting the finishing touches on the menu and decor of Tobacco Road Sports Cafe. I just wanted to send you a quick note to let you know that we officially open today at 11 a.m. We will now be open from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday – Sunday.

    I hope you can stop by to check it out. There are plenty of parking spaces in the garage behind our building. Parking is free, you just need to get a token from us to exit the garage. Also, disregard the “Lot Full” sign–someone is supposed to fix it this week.

    Our menu is posted online here.

    The new website should be up this week with photos and more information.

    We will send updates on great deals at Tobacco Road, exclusively for email list members, later this week. Thanks for your patience and your support!

    Be sure to get on that email list (right in the top/right of the homepage). Good things come to those in the know! That should be my new tagline.

    PS – Note the good advice on parking. There are NO excuses to not make it downtown.

  • Monday Confession: I Twitter

    Not religiously by any means… I haven’t downloaded any type of Twitter app, so I only get updates when I want to by checking in via new Crackberry‘s fully-functional real browser, but I’m am nonetheless on Twitter.

    (Let’s be honest, what kind of marketing girl would I really be without personally trying out all the mediums so I can give my clients the best possible first-hand knowledge?)

    However, this week alone I have had two cool experiences that give me a fun reason to half-recommend Twitter… at least once in my life. So here ya go…

    Email that came to new crackberry on Thursday while I was at the bar (and proceeded to get REALLY excited about):

    Hi, Lisa Jeffries.

    Zac Brown Band (zacbrownband) is now following your updates on Twitter.

    Check out Zac Brown Band’s profile here:

    http://twitter.com/zacbrownband

    You may follow Zac Brown Band as well by clicking on the “follow” button.

    Best,
    Twitter

    Made. My. Week!

    Then again this morning, quick check in on Twitter (thanks to a new follower I wanted to check out):

    ashtonmae: Tobacco road is open! about 17 hours ago from TwitterBerryWell butter my biscuit! Looks like Raleigh’s newest best place to do lunch has been putting in some major overtime!

    So if you Twitter (of if you decide to give it a shot now), feel free to follow me… I like to think you’ll enjoy the randomness (and I do mean random) that is contained in my Twitter updates.

  • Tobacco Road… Coming Soon!

    I was able to get a glimpse into the new Tobacco Road Sports Cafe yesterday on my way to lunch with Tyler yesterday at one of my favorite hidden gems of Raleigh: Rockford. The TVs are in the windows (a cool feature for Glenwood South) and tables are being set in. After briefly chatting with Brian Amra a week or so ago, it seems that early January is when the doors will open.

    I can’t wait!

    Be sure to check out their blog – which was just updated yesterday by Brian – and get a look at the menu… it’ll make you hungry for Tobacco Road basketball and Tobacco Road food at the same time!

    Full Disclosure: Lisa S. and I discussed the need for a restaurant/bar called “Tobacco Road” long ago (in the old Damon’s location in the heart of Wolfpack country nonetheless), but these guys beat us to it.

    If it was anyone else, I might be a little jealous, but I obviously love Amra’s and know that Tobacco Road Sports Cafe will be nothing short of FANTASTIC and run by a family who really knows how to run a good business.

    12/22 Update: Ashton says it’s officially open on Wednesday!

  • P.D.C. – Amra’s

    Just after writing this post about how Red Hat was making a very festive (and pretty. darn. classy.) move with their holiday party, check out this email I just got from the Amra’s family:

    A gift for you, Happy Holidays from Amra’s

    Lisa,

    This is Samson. Amra’s is sponsoring Samson on behalf of our Amra’s guests. Samson is a Rottweiler-Shepherd mix that is in foster care through Best Friend Pet Adoption. Our sponsorship will help cover the cost of his food and medical expenses for the next six months. Although we hope that he’ll have a permanent home and family before then.

    SamsonThe holidays are here and for most this means a time of giving—finding those perfect gifts for friends and family as well as giving to charities, financially or donating your time.

    During these economic times many charities have experienced sharp drops in donations. One way to still be able to donate to your favorite charity and give a meaningful gift is by sponsoring. Click here or visit BFPA online at http://cts.vresp.com/c/?Amras/48f55554e7/64adddf889/6912f621d2 to see the 48 cats and 37 dogs available for sponsorship through BFPA. Just click the “View Cats/Dogs to Sponsor” button, click on their name to learn more about them and click the “Sponsor” button located in their profile.You can dedicate your sponsorship to someone, with your dedication text appearing on their profile. BFPA will also send an acknowledgement on your behalf via email or snail mail.
    Happy Holidays,
    Brian, Alex and Rommie Amra
    amrasraleigh.com
    919-828-8488    They sure know how to win MY heart! Just look at that sweeeeeet face!

    Adrianne and Joey – go get him for Sweetie! Then she’ll have a Tank of her own 🙂

  • Best Holiday Party EVER

    This seems like it’ll be a hoot. Well worth a Saturday night in Downtown just to see this for yourself.

    The Official Santa Rampage
    Who can argue with a hundred Santas?

    Time and Place: Saturday, December 6, 2008 at 8:00pm – Raleigh, NC
    Street: Glenwood South

    Dress in a Santa Suit. Go bar hopping. Spread cheer. BE 21 OR OVER.

    Wear a Santa suit!!! Bring prezzies or little gifts if you want to. Bring cash for bar tabs. Santa does not pay cover. The more the merrier. Ho ho ho!

    Santa apparel is mandatory. A Santa hat is not enough. Get a Santa suit. Make a Santa suit. Steal a Santa suit. Buy a Santa suit. If you don’t have any money, be creative. If you don’t have any creativity, slap yourself three times and ask your mom to help you. Glue cotton balls to red long johns. Already have a Santa suit? Make a spare so Santa can assimilate strangers.

    Pay your own damn bar tab.

    The answer to important questions that may arise:
    Q: Who’s in charge?
    A: “Santa”

    Q: What organization are you with?
    A: “Santa”

    Q: What are you protesting?
    A: “Shitty holiday parties”

    Q: How did you get here?
    A: “A sleigh and eight tiny reindeer”

    Q: Where are you going?
    A: “I’m only allowed to tell you if you dress like Santa”

    Here’s the facebook invite and a great New Raleigh article (with video). Put it on your calendar!

  • Special COUNTRY Concert Tomorrow!

    Tomorrow, Sunday – November 30th, Buckhead Saloon will be hosting a special country concert featuring Warner Brothers recording artist Whitney Duncan!

    Tickets are only $5.00 and the show is at 9pm… if you’re a Carrie Underwood or Faith Hill fan you are going to LOVE Whitney so come join!

    Check out her current chart-climbing single, “When I Said I Would”:

    And one of my personal favorite holiday songs, “All I Want for Christmas”:
    PS – RSVP “attending” to the event on facebook by midnight tonight and I’ll enter you to win a pair of free tickets! Not on facebook? Leave a comment and I’ll still include you in the drawing 🙂

  • skirt!: Presents for the Pantry

    Congrats to skirt! After Work for raising almost $500 at their November event for Triangle Family Services with their silent auction of tree skirts!

    Go ahead and put their December event on your calendar now and bring some friends – it’ll be a fabulous time:

    Wear your favorite holiday skirt and bring your non-perishable food items to 518 West Italian Café on December 16th for skirt!’s holiday bash!

    $5 naughtinis and nice-tinis will be available, and at the end of the night we’ll tally up sales and find out if skirt! readers are naughty or nice…

    The food drive benefits the Inter-faith Food Shuttle – a GREAT local organization!

  • My Bar’s Gone Crazy

    Note: I have no idea how we can afford to do this, but I’m not asking questions.

    This is the email I just got from Julie, our Sales Manager… and I’m really excited:

    “We are going to start doing a crazy weekly drink special trying to boost people’s attitudes about the bad economy…therefore we will be having $2 GREY GOOSE drinks all night this Friday! Now you have no reason to sit at home on the couch and say you can’t go out because it’s too expensive 🙂 This week it’s Grey Goose, next week it could be Patron, so stay tuned.”Put your party pants on Raleigh people!

    PS – Feel free to forward this to your friends with my contact info, should they need any more info or want to contact me to ask questions, get on the members list so they can skip that step at the door, etc. (NCSULilWolf at Gmail -dot- com).

    PS #2– I will have “Be My Guest” passes and can put anyone on the guest list for any Friday and Saturday THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR as a special holiday incentive. Take advantage of this now!

    Just please try to let me know before… oh… 11pm when you’re at the front door.

    I will be glad to give any of you as many “Be My Guest” passes as you’d like in advance as long as you promise not to waste them! (There are some of you who should just keep them in your purse/wallet at all times.)

  • Beer-League Skee-Ball? I’m in!

    This is something that Brian – the Brewskee-Ball master of Raleighwood has been working on for quite sometime… and I’m REALLY excited about tonight! Any of you locals want to grab a few teammates and come out? It’s going to be a lot of fun 🙂

    Join us TONIGHT at Buckhead Saloon for the kick-off of Brewskeeball – the beer-league skeeball event of the fall season!

    What is Brewskee-Ball?

    Glad you asked. Check out this brief video:

    That’s right folks – skeeball, the game we all loved to play at Chuck E. Cheese’s and the fair, combined with beer and a little bit of competition and you’ve got yourselves some Brewskee-Ball!

    We’ll be opening up Skeeson I registration to the public beginning next week, but we’re holding a “V.I.Skee” party this Thursday night (11/6/08) at Buckhead Saloon at 8:00pm. This party will give you a chance to register your team and guarantee a spot in Skeeson I before the rest of Raleigh gets in on the action.

    How do you register you team?

    Three easy steps:
    1 – Come up with a clever team name.
    2 – Submit skeemates names and email addresses. (3 rollers per team)
    3 – Pay the registration fee. Registration fee is $20/person and covers your official Skeeson I Brewskee-Ball t-shirt, trophies, championship glassware, trading cards (yes, I said trading cards), the website, scorecards, etc.    That’s it! After that you just check the website for the schedule and updated stats!

    www.brewskeeball.com/?pk=39

    The lanes will be open all night for FREE SKEE, but be sure to get there at 8! At 8:30 we’ll draw random teams for a 2 on 2 tournament. The winners of the tournament will be featured on an inaugural issue of the Raleigh edition of SKEESPN the magazine!

    And, as if that wasn’t enough, there will be complimentary beer (courtesy of Brewskee-Ball) from 8 – 8:30.

    Be sure to email Brian@BrewSkeeBall.com to reserve your spot for the V.I.Skee Party!

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, come one come all for a little game we like to call – BREWSKEE-BALL!

    Let the Good Times Roll!

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    {January 8th, 2009 Update}: Brewskee-Ball will be played at The Bassment (just under The Pourch) on Glenwood South for the rest of the season. Hope everyone enjoys the change in venue!

  • Great Coverage for the Boys!

    A while back I posted about the September 19th (919 – get it?) launch of TriangleBlvd.tv.

    Tyler is one of my favorite people to work with – I’m super stoked that the Technician gave the TriangleBlvd boys this great feature:

    Graduates launch the Triangle’s first Web television network
    Trio of N.C. State’s own provide advertising through the establishment of a ‘video yellowbook’    Read the full article here! And then join the TB facebook page, too 🙂