Making a conscious decision of where your money is spent can make a huge impact on our local community. Help keep Topeka unique and colorful  and support local business. A new initiative and website has emerged – www.shoptopcity.com with a list of local restaurants, businesses and more. Visit the website to learn more about each [...]

A triple threat in Thunderbird Square demands attention when their forces of power combine to create an amazing monthly Wine Wednesday dinner.  Ice and Olives, a specialty and artisan store featuring unique goods and must-have cocktail party items has teamed up with Lakeside Wine and Spirits (conveniently located just to the north) to create a wine [...]

SHOP LOCAL. SHOP LOCAL. SHOP LOCAL. Great events happening Downtown. Mark Twain once wrote, “The report of my death was an exaggeration.” The same could be said of downtown Topeka. Although a couple of notable downtown businesses have closed or moved, others have opened, and longstanding downtowners keep moving forward, providing unique shopping and dining [...]

Thanks to Topeka Beer (follow them on Facebook and Twitter @topekabeer) and Beer Street Journal, seveneightfive has been informed of this new beer, only available in select states and cities. Cheers for Topeka, as you can get your thirsty hands on a bottle at Jac’s Liquor World (5200 SW 21st) for a limited time.  Only [...]

Halloween Parties for seveneightfivers. Updated Monday, October 22 Have party info – send to seveneightfive@gmail.com Friday, October 26 Dutch Goose: A seveneightfive tradition.  Costume contest, prizes, free stuff, shenanigans. This neighborhood bar is always a must-stop on the Halloween Party train. The Boobie Trap Bar: My Father’s Gun/ Confined in Flesh/ Ewreckening/ Death of the [...]

Abigail’s 2701 SW Plaza Dr | 246.6866 $2.5 Domestic Bottles $3 Bloody Marys $3 Mimosas Open Blues Jam | 9p Dutch Goose 3203 10th St | 354.8474 $3 Domestic Headaches $2 Domestic Pints or bottles 75c Tacos Joletta’s 600 NW Paramore | 232.5511 $3 Big Cans Free Poll | Noon – 5p Karaoke | 7:30p [...]

The Ortega brothers, Topeka natives, are hitting up the music and entertainment scene in the month of April, making this one family who are making things happen in the Top City. Roger Ortega, a Topeka native, has spent the last few years in New York pursuing his musical career and is on the brink of [...]

Tailgators’s Pub and Grub has teamed up with Breakthrough House to host a Battle of the Bands competition. The top two winners will open for Vandelyn Kross at Topeka Performing Arts Center on May 5.  All proceeds benefit Breakthrough House, a local organization that assists adults with mental illness. Look for a full article, “Bars [...]

Make a date at the Kansan Grill Friday night, February 24 at 8p for a musical pairing as delicious as a rice crispy treat dipped into the Golden Corral chocolate fountain. Okay, not tempting you with that one? How about Bordeaux and Roquefort. Too bourgeois? As delicious as candy corn mixed with salted nuts. That’s [...]