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Champagne
St. Germain, elderflower liqueur
Sparkling water
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As we move into 2012, it's the perfect time to set goals, begin your new year's resolution and receive the support to make it happen!!! Why wait?! This is YOUR YEAR - Click here to schedule a FREE personal health coaching consultation with merge co-creator Eliza Schneider
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Dear Friend,
Spring has SPRUNG! With this change of the seasons come many exciting events at merge.
First of all, it's local restaurant week this week!
 We are offering these amazing deals all week: Lunch for Two
2 wraps, 2 drinks, 2 cookies (chocolate chip V, GF)
$20.12
3 course dinner
1 - A glass of fresh-made juice OR one of our wines
2- Soup OR house salad
3 - An entree off of our menu including:
Potato Kale Stew, Vegan Alfredo, Raw Pizza, or Chicken Pesto Pasta
Secondly, we are so proud of our Chef Kate Elliott who won this weekend's Nickel City Chef competition working as sous chef for Chef Chris Daigler of Encore Restaurant vs. Adam Goetz of Sample Restaurant. The event was remarkable, hosted at Artisan Kitchen and Bath, in a beautifully restored warehouse on Amherst Street. An audience cheered on the competition as the teams had one hour to prepare a three-course meal using secret ingredient local beef from O'Brien's Farm Fresh Meats and Smokehouse in Hamburg, NY. Three local judges then devoured the meal and critiqued each dish. It was such a close call as each team created amazing dishes. But Chris and Kate won with a perfect 60... breaking a three-way tie for the highest score ever in one of these competitions!
Third, we are keeping the days and nights action packed with awesome music, delicious food, and our very special Wordy Wednesdays. (See below for more info!) Fourth, check out our upcoming Spring Yoga & Raw Foods cleanse hosted by Eliza (co-owner of merge) and Cynthia Juhre, owner of Buffalo Yoga Studio.
Last... we started a FARM! Check below for more info :)
Inspirational Quote for the week:
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Special events every night!
Wednesday, March 28th 5:30: Wordy Wednesdays: Book Club
Nick Hornby's
A Long Way Down
Saturday, March 31st |
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Wordy Wednesdays
We began in January with Wordy Wednesdays. They've been a GREAT success! Come join us as we keep up the wordplay fun. We host literary events in hopes of bringing people together to share words, ideas, and inspiration.
Get wordy Buffalo!
Wednesday March 28th, 2012 - BOOK CLUB! @5:30
This will be the third meeting of the merge Book Club. Today we are discussing Nick Horby's Long Way Down:
A Long Way Down is a novel, written by British author Nick Hornsby published in 2005. It is a dark comedy, playing off the themes of suicide, angst, depression, and promiscuity. The story is written in the first-person narrative from the points of view of the four main characters, Martin, Maureen, Jess and JJ. These four strangers happen to meet on the roof of a high building called Topper's House in London on New Year's Eve. each with the intent of committing suicide. Their plans for death in solitude, however, are ruined when they meet. The novel recounts their misadventures as they decide to come down from the roof alive - however temporarily that may be April 4th, 2012 - CROSSWORD COMPETITION Compete with Chef Kate Elliott to see if you can beat her in our crossword of the day. Finish your crossword in less time than Kate and get 50% off your meal. Ask your server for details.
April 11th, 2012 - PURE INK POETRY SLAM
Hosted by Brandon Williamson. This will be a monthly event (the 2nd Wednesday of each month). $5 cover/entrance fee goes to pay the winning poet each night. The slam begins at 9, but sign up early.
April 18th, 2012 - SCRABBLE COMPETITION
$10 suggested donation to benefit the Literacy Volunteers. Bring a board if you have one and bring a friend. The side room will be reserved all night (from 5 to 10) for Scrabble fanatics. Winners can claim a prize at the bar after their matches.
April 25th, 2012 - BOOK CLUB @ 5:30
The book for April's meeting will be decided tonight at Book Club. Stay tuned or call for more information. |
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Spring cleanse with merge & Buffalo Yoga!
 When? Sunday April 15th - Saturday April 21st. As a group, we will meet each morning, bright and early 6:00am - 7:30am Where? Buffalo Yoga Studio in the TriMain building (2495 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214. Suite 418. 716-835-0703) What? Each morning will consist of an hour-long yoga class, group support, vital cleansing tips, and information about the seven chakras (energy centers in your body.) Your investment also includes a fresh-made juice each day that you will enjoy after class. Interested? Click here to sign up & find out more! Raw Foods Challenge Always wanted to try raw foods? Here's a great opportunity to have a week of eating raw. You can make yourself a smoothie for breakfast, salad for lunch, and we'll provide the entrees for dinner! Each day we'll have food available to pick up from merge (or at the yoga studio each morning if you are doing the group yoga cleanse as well.) 7 days of a Raw Food Dinner Package ($100) Click here to sign up! |
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SHOREWOOD FARM
merge's newest project.
That's right, we're starting a local organic farm for the restaurant!!!As we get more and more into the local food movement we can't help but want to jump right in and get our hands dirty! So we're starting a little farm of our own in Lake View, NY.
 We've begun laying out the cardboard for our six 6x12 raised beds. Our intention is to grow our own organic heirloom herbs and vegetables so that throughout the year we can daily we can harvest and bring in unique and specialized elements to add to your dishes here at merge. We are also growing a large field of wildflowers which will add to the decor on the tables at merge throughout the summer. We are starting small, but hoping to add chickens and a goat or two in the next couple of years.
Of course we will still work with many other local organic farms to deliver you the highest quality produce that makes all our dishes exceptional including Oles Farm, Arden Farms, & Thundermountain.
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Thank you for taking time out of your busy day to catch up with us. We are so grateful for the amazing community here in Buffalo including you - all our family and friends!
Sincerely,
Sarah & Eliza Schneider, co-creators
Kate Elliott, chef
& the entire merge team |
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