December 14, 2005
Coming Soon: Max's Opera Cafe
The Houlihan's restaurant has closed next to The Orchard Food Court. I remember eating there one or two times. For some reason, all I can remember is that they only served whole milk. What the heck was up with that? In any case, construction baracades are now up promoting Max's Opera Cafe of Skokie. This appears to be a chain out of California. According to the locations on their website, looks like Old Orchard might be one of their first non-West Coast locations.
The description from the website is as follows:
Towering deli sandwiches, gigantic salads and entree specialties plus decadent fresh-baked breads and award-winning desserts have been signature items of family-owned Max's Restaurants since 1978 with the opening of Max's Son in Daly City. Dennis Berkowitz, owner of Max's, named the restaurant in honor of his father. Max's sang a new tune in 1982 with the opening of Max's Opera Cafe in San Francisco, where the customer is entertained by servers singing opera and show tunes. Max's Diner, opening in 1985, took us back to the '50's and '60's "counter culture". Twenty-five years later, Max's uncompromising standards protecting the customer's right to a great meal have remained and fans continue to keep Max's Restaurants cooking round-the-clock.Looks like it could be fun dining experience with all that singing! Slated to open in "Spring 2006".
Posted by Tannerman at 08:58 PM | Comments (0)
October 13, 2005
Old Orchard Kids Club
Apparently, Old Orchard has a kids club now called KidOOdles. Note the double OO in the name for "Old Orchard". Clever. You've already missed "Halloween Happenings" on October 1, but you can plan ahead for two other events: "Thoughtful Thanksgiving" on November 5 and "Holiday Celebration" on December 3. God forbid we actually use the "Christmas" word in the retail realm. Can't offend, now can we? Whatever.
More info in The Orchard Food Court.
Posted by Tannerman at 10:51 AM
July 15, 2005
A Magical Night
Like everyone else in the world, Old Orchard is capitalizing on the Harry Potter craze with the release of Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince. Barnes & Noble will be running a promotion from 9 p.m. to midnight today, featuring activities for those waiting around to pick up the 6th installment in the Harry Potter series at midnight.
Westfield is also offering face painting and stuff in the Food Court and the serpent play area. In addition, the first 250 cusomters to hit the Customer Service booth (oh, I'm sorry, it's a "Concierge Center") will get a free goodie bag containing a crazy treasure map so you can hunt around the center. Not a bad idea for a promo, I must say. That runs from 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. tonight.
Posted by Tannerman at 05:10 PM