Downtown businesses offer specials to community
Businesses are offering sales and increasing hours of operation for the Homecoming game and parade traveling down Main Street.
The Bird Bar and Grill, 223 S. Main Street, will offer its annual Homecoming breakfast Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until the parade ends.
The special includes sausage gravy and biscuits, breakfast casserole, and choice of a Bloody Mary, a screwdriver, champagne or coffee and juice for $5.
“We don’t usually have a full house, but it is tradition for some people to come in, get breakfast, and sit in here or go outside and watch the parade,” said Deb Gay, Bird employee.
At Mountain Town Station Brewing Company and Steakhouse, 506 W. Broadway St., there will be a combined Homecoming and five-year anniversary celebration all week long.
“Homecoming is always fun for us,” said *Jim Holton, owner. “We are always extremely busy. Alumni come back and realize what they missed out on when they were in school so they come to Mountain Town Station.”
Mountain Town will also have their truck and caterers in the parade where they will be giving out T-shirts.
“We want to make our customers happy so we intend to have fun because that is what life is for,” Holton said.
The Empty Keg Party Store, 122 E. Pickard St., will offer keg specials as well as weekly specials on all beer.
“We took several special orders for cases of champagne already,” said *Kevin Unger, owner. “We will also special order any type of keg beer students need.
“We supply the tappers and a barrel to put the keg in if they need it. We have ice, cups, and will do anything we can to help people with all of their party needs.”
Special orders are not a problem, he said.
“I have always said that if anybody needs anything special, just call and I’ll work with them to get what they need,” Unger said.
Rubbles, 112 W. Michigan St., will have two bands playing this weekend.
The Original Brothers and Sisters of Love perform Friday and Tripper performs Saturday.
“We will be open after the game Saturday and we will have hopefully what can be called victory specials,” said Tom Minelli, owner.
Shaboom Pub Club, 106 Court, will open at 10 a.m. Saturday with no cover charge until later in the night.
“We are opening early and providing night club-style entertainment with excellent food,” said *Shawn Bauer, manager. “We will be serving some of the finest burgers and pizza in town.”
Little Dickens Book Shoppe, 110 E. Broadway St., will have two authors doing book signings following the parade until noon.
The first is Robert C. Mills who wrote “Deer Camp: An American Tradition” and the second author is Deborah T. Parsons, writer of “ I Live Next Door to My Neighbor,” full of humorous school bus stories.
The Red Cross, 714 E. Wisconsin St., will participate in the parade and is trying to get an emergency response vehicle in the parking lot where people will be tailgating so they can hand out information and collect donations.
