The Contented Cow

Shaking things up … or shaping things up? Next P&P

Bruce Morlan — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:54:49 +0000

We are not meeting formally for the Labour Day weekend, but a topic presents itself. Last month, Bridgewater Township declined to approve the annexation of farmland just west of town (the Gil-Prawer farms). So, given the information on the Bridgewater Township website and the comment by Township Board Chair Castore, what do you think? We hope to take the results to the Bridgewater Township Board of Supervisors meeting on the 8th September, 2010.

Please check two boxes.

In the first four, pick the one you agree with most
In the remainder, pick the one that describes where you vote.

And thanks for your support.

We're going Lowbrow and High Octane on Saturday!

The Contented Cow — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:21:09 +0000

There's gonna be a back alley rumble!

The Lowbrow • High-Octane 5 (Car Show+Art Show) will take place this Saturday, August 28th at The Contented Cow from 5 p.m. to midnight.

The event, organized by Corrie Erickson and Nick Sinclair, will be old cars, hot rod art, live music and a free show!

Drive your hot rod on down to the back lot adjacent to The Contented Cow Pub. This year's show will be held in the back lot adjacent to the Contented Cow Pub, right by the Cannon River Walk.

Classic Cars
Hot Rod Art
Live Music by Lusurfer & The Anonymus
Free Show!

…and more!

Buy a souvenir button for just $3 and get a chance to win a piece of original art by Corrie Erickson or Nick Sinclair!

Vintage Band Specials at the Cow this week

The Contented Cow — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:45:02 +0000

Vintage Band Festival Program

We're not only hosting a number of Vintage Band Festival events this week — we've got breakfast and lunch specials during the week too!

Chapati will be hosting a $10 American breakfast buffet (Fri-Sun), Butler's will be having a $10 soup / salad / sandwich lunch buffet (Thu-Sun) and The Contented Cow will have a special $10 Burger plate (Fri-Sat).

All of these are open to the public. So stop by and enjoy ALL the special events this week — good food, good music!

Thursday, August 5

11 am – 2 pm – $10 Soup / Salad / Sandwich Buffet lunch at Butler’s Steak & Ale
11:30 am – 2pm – Lunch Buffet at Chapati
12:00 noon – Lunch, Learn, and Listen Concert: Chestnut Brass Company at Butler’s Steak & Ale
3-6 pm – Contented (happy) Hour at The Contented Cow
4-6 pm – Early Dinner Specials / Happy Hour at Butler's Steak & Ale
8:30 p.m. – Copper Street Brass Quintet at The Contented Cow

Friday, August 6

7:30 – 9:30 a.m. – $10 American breakfast buffet at Chapati
11 am – 2 pm – $10 Soup / Salad / Sandwich Buffet lunch at Butler’s Steak & Ale
11:30 am – 2pm – Lunch Buffet at Chapati
12 noon – Lunch, Learn, and Listen Concert: The Dodworth Saxhorn Band at Butler’s Steak & Ale
12 noon – 2:00 p.m. – $10 Burger/Brat lunch at The Contented Cow
3-6 pm – Contented (happy) Hour at The Contented Cow
4-6 pm – Early Dinner Specials / Happy Hour at Butler's Steak & Ale
8:30 p.m. – Sheldon Theatre Brass Band at The Contented Cow

Saturday, August 7

7:30 – 9:30 a.m. – $10 American breakfast buffet at Chapati
11 am – 2 pm – $10 Soup / Salad / Sandwich Buffet lunch at Butler’s Steak & Ale
11:30 am – 2pm – Lunch Buffet at Chapati
12 noon – 2:00 p.m. – $10 Burger/Brat lunch at The Contented Cow
3-6 pm – Contented (happy) Hour at The Contented Cow
4-6 pm – Early Dinner Specials / Happy Hour at Butler's Steak & Ale
1:00 pm – Lunch, Learn, and Listen Concert: Tschecháranka – Butler’s Steak & Ale
8:30 pm – Lake Wobegon® Brass Band – The Contented Cow

Sunday, August 8

7:30 – 9:30 a.m. – $10 American breakfast buffet at Chapati
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 pm – $10 Soup / Salad / Sandwich Buffet lunch at Butler’s Steak & Ale
1:00 pm – Lunch, Learn, and Listen Concert: Kentucky Baroque Trumpets – Butler’s Steak & Ale
3-6 pm – Contented (happy) Hour at The Contented Cow
4-6 pm – Early Dinner Specials / Happy Hour at Butler's Steak & Ale

All of us at 1001 Solutions – Butler's Steak & Ale, Chapati, Pan Pan Cafe, The Contented Cow and The Kitchen @ 1001 — are proud to be sponsors for this great festival. Join us for some fabulous music this week!

There's music in the air at the Cow tonight!

The Contented Cow — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:00:42 +0000

There will be lots of music in the air at the Cow tomorrow night!

Members of the American Choral Directors Association are in town for their summer conference at St. Olaf College this week. They will be having an "Afterglow" at the Cow on Wednesday, August 4, 2010, beginning around 9:30 p.m.

To honor the conference attendees, The Contented Cow and the 1001 Solutions family — Butler's Steak & Ale, Chapati, Pan Pan Cafe and The Kitchen @ 1001 — are making a donation to the ACDA's F. Melius Christiansen Endowment Fund.

The Cow goes Vintage (Band Festival) in a big way

The Contented Cow — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:00:20 +0000

This week, Northfield once again welcomes the Vintage Band Festival, bringing more than 100 free concerts by 25 American and international historical bands in just four days!

All of us at 1001 Solutions – Butler's Steak & Ale, Chapati, Pan Pan Cafe, The Contented Cow and The Kitchen @ 1001 — are proud to be one of the sponsors for this great festival. In addition to hosting some events, we'll be providing some of the catering/meals for the musicians.

The official Vintage Band Festival pin

Here's the events that will be taking place at our venues. We especially draw your attention to the four "Lunch, Learn, and Listen Concerts" to be held at Butler's Steak & Ale. These will feature performances and presentations by various bands. Butler's will feature a special menu during these lunchtime events. For the full schedule, see the Vintage Band Festival web site.

Thursday August 5

12:00 noon – Lunch, Learn, and Listen Concert: Chestnut Brass Company – Butler’s Steak & Ale
8:30 p.m. – Copper Street Brass Quintet - The Contented Cow

Friday, August 6

12:00 noon – Lunch, Learn, and Listen Concert: The Dodworth Saxhorn Band – Butler’s Steak & Ale
8:30 p.m. – Sheldon Theatre Brass Band – The Contented Cow

Saturday, August 7

1:00 p.m. – Lunch, Learn, and Listen Concert: Tschecháranka – Butler’s Steak & Ale
8:30 p.m. – Lake Wobegon® Brass Band – The Contented Cow

Sunday, August 8

1:00 p.m. – Lunch, Learn, and Listen Concert: Kentucky Baroque Trumpets – Butler’s Steak & Ale

Join us this week for some fabulous music!

Presenting the Cow's new ATM

The Contented Cow — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:58:31 +0000

The Contented Cow's new ATM

We're happy to announce that The Contented Cow now has an ATM on the premises for the benefit of our customers!

Yes, your bank may charge a fee. Yes, the ATM management company will charge a fee.

BUT —

The Contented Cow has decided NOT to add another fee to the ATM that would have benefited The Contented Cow.

So while your bank and the ATM company may charge you for using the ATM, none of the fees go to The Contented Cow.

We're happy to offer this service for the benefit and convenience of our customers. We hope you find it helpful.

You can find the new ATM in the "Snug" – our fireplace room — conveniently located between the outdoor decks and the bar.

We hope this will be useful for you. And, yes, we are considering installing more ATMs in other 1001 Solutions venues — for the benefit and convenience of our customers.

Let us know what you think. As always, we appreciate your business!

No topic, no host, we’ll try again next week.

Bruce Morlan — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:00:26 +0000

I am not able to be at P&aP this week, but maybe next week we’ll try to talk about regional planning.

Cheers!

Bruce

It's Crazy Daze music at The Cow!

The Contented Cow — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:13:10 +0000

Here's the lineup for 2010's Julyfest:

Thursday, July 22

5-7pm Sam Daly
8-10pm The Options
11pm-1am Michael Morris

Friday, July 23

5-7pm The Big Strong Men
8-10pm Area 51
11pm-1am The Favorite Child

Saturday, July 24

5-7pm Barb Piper
8-10pm Rice County All-Stars (RCAs)
11pm-1am Peter Diggins & Friends

Come on down and enjoy some great music this weekend at The Cow!

Sweet Jazz on Friday at the Cow

The Contented Cow — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:00:41 +0000

Sweet Jazz

Sweet Jazz will be playing during Friday's Happy Hour at The Contented Cow.

Sweet Jazz is:

Christina Schwietz (vocals)
Peter Webb (keyboard),
David Miller (drums, flugelhorn, melodica)
Muriel Carpenter (bass)
joined by Steve Kelly (saxophone, clarinet)

Perennial favorites Bonnie & the Clydes will be playing from 8-10 p.m.

Saturday's music includes Joey & Brian at 6:30 p.m. and Dime-Store Watch from 8-10 p.m.

World Cup Final on Sunday!

The Contented Cow — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:21:30 +0000

It happens once every four years — the World Cup. Where football is really FOOTBALL.

It's even better watching it on a large screen TV with other enthusiasts. And that's where the Cow comes home…

Join us at The Contented Cow this Sunday for the final game between the Netherlands and Spain. It is perhaps the most exciting match between these two European countries since the Eighty Years War. That one ended with the formation of the Dutch Republic.

Here at the Cow, we may decide to officially remain neutral. The Dutch have good beer. The Spaniards produce good wine. For our part, we'll have pre-match drink specials available starting at 1:00 p.m. The game starts at 1:30 p.m.

So bring your flags, facepaint and scarfs — but leave the vuvuzela at home! — to enjoy a pint or two during the game. And, gentle readers, we remind you that — at the Cow — the game is called “football”, not “soccer”.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLL!

…and some female fans want to thank the Washington Post for "End of the World Cup means a sad farewell — to hot soccer bods." [Gallery]