For one delicious week, August 14-20, 2011, you can, “Devour Downtown.”  Sponsored by Downtown Topeka, Inc. and Capitol Federal Savings, this week-long event has participating downtown restaurants offering great lunch and dinner specials in an effort to bring Topekans out to enjoy their downtown.

With so many delectable restaurants downtown to delight your taste buds, “Devour Downtown” is a great way to discover them without emptying your wallet. Through events like, “Devour Downtown,” DTI hopes Topekans will add downtown to their list of great places to go for lunch or a night out on the town.

Check out some ofthe participating restaurants:

Blue Planet Cafe | 110 SE 8th Ave. | 785-783-8883

The BreakRoom | 911 S. Kansas Ave. | (785) 215-6633

Bosco’s Urban Cuisine | 435 S Kansas | (785) 232-6726

Celtic Fox | 118 SW 8th Ave. | (785) 235-2138

El Mezcal | 511 SW Topeka Blvd. |(785) 357-0956

Arturo’s | 105 SE 10th Ave. | (785) 233-9000

Globe Indian Cuisine | 117 SE 10th | (785) 354-1500

Hanover Pancake House | 1034 S. Kansas Ave. | (785) 232-1111

Lupita’s | 732 S. Kansas Ave. | (785) 234-6340

London’s Jazz Cafe | 115 SE 6th | (785) 215-8900

Kansan Grill | 705 S. Kansas Ave. | (785) 233-0086

Pepe & Chela’s | 1001 SW Tyler | (785) 357-8332

The Office | 124 W 8th Street | (785) 354-9380

The RowHouse Restaurant | 515 SW Van Buren St. | (785) 235-1700

WrapCity Grill | 735 S Kansas Ave. | (785) 234-9727

 

November 18th from 5:30 – 9 pm you can support local businesses [remember the 3-50 project] AND get a jump-start to your holiday gift buying while enjoy treats and listening to great entertainment – all in Downtown Topeka!

Shop Crawl Map 2010

Participating Merchants + Specials Include:

[last updated November 13, 2010]

Absolute Design by Brenda
Gift Shop  / 731 S Kansas Ave

Refreshments / New arrivals of Pashmina scarfs, caps and jewelry sets [most under $20]. Many tree trimming and gift giving items under $15.

Avenue Hair Styling & Day Spa
Hair Salon + Rejuvenating Day Spa  / 807 S Kansas Ave

Thursday night special: Gel polish (non- chipping polish) 50% off service. All other service 25% off.
30% off select retail

Refreshment served. Sign up for door prize. Chair massages available.

Buttercups & Daisies
Gift Shop featuring Vera Bradley Bags  / 631 S Kansas Ave

Refreshments:  Several treats, featured dips and bottled water.  Must have gifts includes the new winter Vera Bradley collection, featuring  Aprons in a special recipe box. Lots and lots of snow men items.  Once your done shopping, enjoy complementary gift wrapping.

David’s Jewelers
Fine Jewelry  / 623 S Kansas Ave

Refreshments provided.  25% off all in-stock merchandise.  With each purchase, receive a strand of freshwater pearls ($25 value)  Drawing for a watch!

Hazel Hill Chocolate
Hand Dipped Fine Chocolates / 724 S Kansas Ave

Refreshments: Samples of their drinking chocolate.

Shop Crawlers take 10% off prepackaged gifts (Thursday, Nov. 18 only).  Santa will be at Hazel Hill for pictures from 5:30 – 7 pm.  Pictures available via email – see Wolfe’s specials for unique ways to use the photo.

Lloyd Zimmer, Books & Maps
Collectible Books + Maps / 117 SW 6th St

LIVE MUSIC: Highfalutin String Band
Three drawings (6 pm, 7 pm + 8pm) for $50 gift certificates.
Refreshments: Apple Juice + Ginger Snaps
All Shop Crawlers receive 20% off of everything in the store (including gift certificates to be used at a later time).

Marion Lane Candles
Hand-poured Candles / 715 Kansas Ave

20% off Jar candles with purchase of any candle warmer (up to $5 savings)
Our Buy 6 – Get the 7th Free Flower Pot Votives will be Buy 6 – Get the 7th & 8th FREE!!) (Savings of $7!)
15% OFF Pre-Packaged Tube T-Lites ($1.00 OFF) Buy any 10 2oz standard votives – Get 2 FREE! ($3.60 Savings!)
Purchase any plug-in burner and receive a FREE QuickScent! ($3.50 Savings!)
$15 500ml bottles of Lampe Berger Fragrance with any Lampe purchase! ($5 Savings!)

The Merchant
New + Resale Clothes, Jewelry and more / 728 Kansas Ave.

20% off entire purchase. Featuring: Kathy Bolanger’s soy candles, live music and face painting for the little ones.

Drawings for gift baskets and certificates. Minnie Makeovers by Mary Kay Cosmetics.
Live music by Ryan Tenholder

Personally Yours
A Unique Boutique of Gifts + Favors / 929 S Kansas Ave, Suite B

Discount: A Santa’s “Secret” Discount Card

Shoppers will receive a scratch off card that evening. Each card will have a discount from 15%-50% off their total purchase. One lucky person could get their entire purchase free (up to $50).

Drawings: Drawings throughout the evening

Refreshments: Shoppers can warm up with a hot cup of Door County Coffee and/or tea and a personalized chocolate bar (while supplies last)

Tulips, Tiaras ‘n Toads
Girl’s Boutique  / Set-up in Kansan Grill / 705 S Kansas Ave

Have little ones shopping with you?  Stop by this stand and let them create sand art while you secretly purchase their Christmas gift.

Wolfe’s Camera, Camcorders and Computers
Cameras, video + computers  / 635 S Kansas Ave / Open ’till 8 pm

Get a step ahead on the Holiday at Wolfe’s. Check out great personalized photo gifts, cards and calendars. Put a photo on anything from a dog dish to a license plate and stops between. Crawl shoppers will get 20% off on items they make (or a 20% off coupon if you don’t have your stuff together by Thursday night).

BLACK FRIDAY PREVIEW — Wolfe’s will feature select items including camera outfits at $100 off – exclusive during the shop crawl.  Also enjoy Fall Treats while shopping.

Warehouse 414
Unique Home Collection Items / 414 SE 2nd St. [2nd + Madison]

10% of your entire order!

Showcasing gift ideas from $5 – $50.  Jewelry by iamthemandy, Bailey Marabel, Diane Gates, Smithsilver and Maria Plinksy.  Live music by the Hayden Bell Choir @ 7 pm.  Refreshments and more!

Enter their drawing for one of the 1950′s vintage Silver Christmas trees!

Entertainment

Hayden Bell Choir, 7 pm @ Warehouse 414
Highfalutin’ String Band @ Lloyd Zimmer Books & Maps
Live Music from Ryan Tenholder @ The Merchant

After shopping – eat, drink and relax…

After you finish shopping – sit back, relax, eat or have a cocktail at one of our official Shop Crawl locations- All serving food ’till 10 pm

Kansan Grill – Eat and get back to shopping with their yummy buffet featuring a variety of their menu favorites.  $8.99 all you can eat (beverage not included.)  When it’s time to relax (or relax your wallet before shopping) enjoy $1 off house wine and $3.50 adult friendly hot apple cider.

The Break Room Metro Eatery [911 S Kansas Ave.] 99 cent Sangrias and Spanish Tapas menu

Bosco’s – Comedy at 8 pm / Unique American Cuisine including flat bread pizzas, sliders and organic salads.

Check back the week of Shop Crawl for a printable map

Read a poem about the Shop Crawl by Lloyd Zimmer, Books + Maps

Join seveneightfive magazine and Downtown Topeka Inc. for this week’s Top City Thursday Halloween Celebration.

Bring the little ones, dress up and trick-o-treat around downtown.   For the big kids – you can have a treat also.

Downtown merchants open ’till 8 pm include:

Warehouse 414 Cider and donuts

Hazel Hill Chocolate Free dipped marshmallow /  Hot chocolate and hot drinks available

Wolfe’s Camera Candy and free photo for all those in costumes

Briman’s Jewelers

David’s Jewelers

Marion Lane Candles Kids 14 + under make a free votive candle

The Merchant Handing out candy and a drawing for a gift certificate

Absolute Design by Brenda

Whimsical Wire Trick-o-Treat at this vendor located by the Break Room. Purchase some cool items and 10% will be donated to the Christmas Bureau

Break Room Passing out candy and still 99c sangria for those big kids

Blended Serving up spook-tacular shakes

Giovani’s Pizzeria Candy for kids, and free garlic knots or zeppolis with any purchase

Bosco’s after you finish shopping, head over to Bosco’s for comedy club night with Elliott Threatt, 8 pm.  [$3 draft beers, $1 red sangrias].

Kansan Grill United Way celebrity server’s night.  Dirt cups to all kids that eat at the restaurant that evening and for the kid inside, they have $2 Miller Chill and Bud Light Lime bottles.

Rosita’s Ruff Cakes will be out on the street with spooky doggie treats

Lloyd Zimmer, Books & Maps

Asay’s

Laser Art Creations

Preview London’s - a new downtown Topeka business and club!
Enjoy two- step dance lessons, open mic, meet and greet, refreshments, and the “we’re almost ready for the GRAND opening” preview party. Congrats Lisa Kirk!

United Way Celebrity Serve

WHAT: 2010 Celebrity Serve fundraising event with Campaign Ambassadors

WHEN: Thursday, October 28 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

WHERE: The Kansan Grill (705 S. Kansas Avenue)

WHY: To have fun and LIVE UNITED!

RSVP? No RSVP necessary – just come as you are and bring friends!

This Thursday, wear pink and help The American Cancer Society, while saving money!

The American Cancer Society, is the Downtown Topeka Inc. sponsored charity for this Thursday’s Top City Thursday on September 23.  They will be on the avenue this Thursday, giving out information on their new Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk – which will take place in downtown Topeka on October 17.

Those who don’t own pink (shame on you…) The American Cancer Society will be handing out pink buttons so you can show your support.

Several merchants have agreed to give a 10% to those in pink (or in their pink button) including:

• Briman’s (20% discount from 5:30 to 8 p.m.; excluding Hearts on Fire)
• Personally Yours
• Marion Lane Candles
• The Merchant
• Kansan Grill
• David’s Jewelers
• Blended
• Lupita’s

Other fun notes:

• Wolfe’s Camera is offering 10% off studio lighting gear.
• Live Entertainment in front of Lupita’s and Hazel Hill

From July 1 – September 30, 2010, downtown is the happening place to be on Thursday nights.
From 5pm to 8pm stores are open, restaurants are open, street musicians are performing… and there’s free parking.

Brought to you by Downtown Topeka Inc. and seveneightfive magazine, Top City Thursday is “the night” to visit Downtown Topeka for special discounts, deals on meals and events throughout the summer in downtown.

Downtown merchants will be open late, including:

Warehouse 414
Hazel Hill Chocolate [Featuring freshly made Hazel pop, pecan hills, apples and marshmallows]
Lloyd Zimmer, Books & Maps
Asay’s
Laser Art Creations
Wolfe’s Camera
Briman’s Jewelers
David’s Jewelers
Marion Lane Candles
The Merchant
Buttercups & Daisies
CD Tradepost
3 Flowers
Absolute Design by Brenda
Personally Yours

The YMCA and PC911 are also open so you can work out after dinner and get your computer fixed while you shop.

Special Merchants / Entertainment:

• Visit 5+ Farmers Market Merchants at 8th and Kansas
• Nick and Daniel Xidis playing the guitar at Hazel Hill
• Oldies  with  Joe & Kathy Hopeck outside of Buttercup and Daisies
• Iowa State Yo-Yo Champion Demonstration to Music at Marion Lane
• Michelle’s picks from Warehouse 414 in front of Kansan Grill
• Whimsical Wire just south of David’s
• Discovery Toys from Cassie Madden, just south of David’s

See here for a complete list of restaurants open Thursday evenings.

It’s a fantastic chance to stay downtown after work, meet up with your family and enjoy your community while celebrating everything our downtown has to offer.

Keep checking back with Downtown Topeka Inc. and right here at seveneightfive for more news about Top City Thursdays. Look forward to the Third Thursday Topeka Tweetup at the Kansan Grill coming August 19th.

[August 2010 | Downtown Topeka, Inc. and seveneightfive magazine ]

Coinciding with the annual Hullabaloo Sale, the Shop Crawl will offer Topekans the chance to support local businesses while enjoying Kansas Avenue, the heart of our city, with the whole community.

Special deals and offerings include:

• Personally Yours: A Unique Boutique of Gifts & Favors
  Shoppers between 5 and 8 pm can enjoy a Peach Bellini and register to win a $25 gift certificate.  All in-stock merchandise in back sales area will be 20% off, most in-stock items in front sales area will be Buy 1/Get 1 Free.  Don’t miss their super bargain table in the front of the store.
• Buttercups & Daisies: Enjoy cookies and delish dip and chips while you shop and save with discounts throughout the whole store.
• Giovani’s Pizzeria: Purchase some New York style pizza between 5 and 8 pm and get a free order of either garlic knots or zeppoles with purchase.
• Hazel Hill Chocolate: prize drawing, free samples of handmade sweets
• David’s Jewelers: Register for a Hullabaloo drawing for a watch. Offering all sorts of special discounts on items storewide.  All shoppers between 5 – 8 can register to win a strand of Fresh Water Pearls, they don’t need to be present to win.
• Marion Lane Candles: Buy 6 get 2 FPV Free; 15% off T-Lite Oil Warmers; 20% off select jar candles
• Absolute Design by Brenda: $5 off tops; $10 off straw purses; 20% off home decor
• Wolfe’s Camera: Refreshments provided. Free case with every camera or camcorder purchased during the Shop Crawl. 100′s of other products on sale due to Hullabaloo sidewalk sale
• Lloyd Zimmer Books & Maps: everything in the store is 20% off. All books priced under $20 will be 1/2 off. Hundreds of books reduced to $1 each. Sale tables with even bigger reductions.

Merchants around the avenue:

• Rosita’s Ruff Cakes: custom cookies and cakes for your canine companion
• Michelle’s Picks @ Warehouse 414: Unique gift items and small art, decor items perfect for any home.  Michelle picks her favs each week and brings them to the Avenue.

Special entertainment includes:

• Between David’s and Buttercup & Daisies.: The Stringbucklers (local bluegrass from four of T-Town’s finest young musicians)
• 8th + Kansas Ave.:  Maple12String
• 9th + Kansas Ave.: The Argyll McHaggis Memorial Pipes and Drums
• In front of the Merchant: Billy Ebeling (award winning Kansas City Blues)
• In front of Marion Lane / Absolute Design: Karaoke
• At Lloyd Zimmer’s Books + Maps: The High Falutin’ String Band
• Look for: The Huff n’ Puff Hot air balloons between Quincy and Kansas on 6th Street

AND there will be Farmers’ Market vendors from 7-9 p.m.

Check back with www.seveneightfive.com/topcitythursdays or at Downtown Topeka, Inc. to view all the participating businesses, maps, entertainment + more. Or become a fan of Top City Thursdays on Facebook.

A few things to remember:

1. Top City Thursdays are every Thursday – from 5 to 8 pm — now until Sept. 30.
2. Top City Thursdays features Topeka’s unique downtown merchants. Bring your comfy walking shoes and a couple of bucks. A piece of fudge, a candle, a 99-cent sangria. Feel good you’ve done your part. Wanna do more? Spend $50 over 3 places per month and become part of the 3/50 Project.
3. Downtown Topeka Inc. is the mastermind behind the plan and seveneightfive magazine is super excited to co-host this event all summer long. It’s retail therapy you can feel really good about!

For Your (and Our) Entertainment:

July 22

• 8th + KS:  Maple 12 String [Bill James / 12-string guitar]
• Hazel Hill: Kaylee Xidis – clarinet/oboe

July 29: seveneightfive + DTI Shop Crawl

Semi-annual event that features exclusive specials from 5 – 8, light refreshments in many stores and an abundance of entertainment.  If you only come down one Thursday – this is the one!  ****Band locations are subject to change****

• 9th + KS:  Argyll MacHaggis / Pipe Band
• 6th + KS:  The Stringbucklers
• Marion Lane/Absolute Design [715 Kansas]:  Karaoke
• The Merchant [728 Kansas]: Billy Ebeling

If you’d like to perform, send and e-mail to Kerrice [at] seveneightfive [dot] com and become part of the fun. Just let us know you’re coming and show up!  We do ask that you are respectful of the scheduled performers at Sixth and Kansas and 8th and Kansas (and please get the shop owner’s permission before popping a squat in front.)  Other than that–the Avenue is yours.

Enjoy!

Twitter:  #topcitythurs

Arturo’s

105 SE 10th Ave.
Topeka, KS 66612 (785) 233-9000

BreakRoom Metro Eatery
[99 cent sangria on Thursday]

911 S. Kansas Ave.
Topeka, KS 66612
(785) 215-6633
www.breakroom
downtown.com

Celtic Fox

118 SW 8th Ave.
Topeka, KS 66603
(785) 235-2138
www.thecelticfox.com

Classic Bean

722 S. Kansas Ave.
Topeka, KS 66603
(785) 232-1001 www.classicbean.com

Giovanni’s Pizzeria

1001 SE Quincy
Topeka, KS 66612
(785) 235-2023 www.giovanispizzeria.com

El Mezcal
[99 cent margaritas on Thursday]

511 SW Topeka Blvd.
Topeka, KS 66603
(785) 357-0956

Field of Greens

909 S. Kansas Ave.
Topeka, KS 66612
(785) 290-4733
www.fogreens.com

Globe Indian Cuisine

117 SE 10th
Topeka, KS 66612
(785) 354-1500

Hanover Pancake House

1034 S. Kansas Ave.
Topeka, KS 66612
(785) 232-1111

Lupita’s

732 S. Kansas Ave.
Topeka, KS 66603
(785) 234-6340

Pepe & Chela’s

1001 SW Tyler
Topeka, KS 66612
(785) 357-8332 www.pepeandchelas.com

Kansan Grill

705 S. Kansas Ave.
Topeka, KS 66603
(785) 233-0086

Top of the Tower Club

534 S. Kansas Ave.,
Suite 1600
Topeka, KS 66603
(785) 354-7746
www.topoftopeka.com

WrapCity Grill

735 S. Kansas Ave.
Topeka, KS 66603
(785) 234-9727
www.wrapcitygrill.com

View a complete list of downtown restaurants – brought to you by DTI

From 5pm to 8pm stores are open, restaurants are open, street musicians are performing… and there’s free parking.

Brought to you by Downtown Topeka Inc. and seveneightfive magazine, Top City Thursday is “the night” to visit Downtown Topeka for special discounts, deals on meals and events throughout the summer in downtown.

Downtown merchants will be open late, including:

Avenue Salon & Day Spa / Changes

3 Flowers

Wolfe’s Camera

Personally Yours

David’s Jewelers

Asay’s Sporting Goods

Hazel Hill Chocolate Traditions

H&R Block

Marion Lane Candles

Briman’s Leading Jewelers

Warehouse 414

Topeka Community Cycle Project

The Merchant

Lloyd Zimmer Books And Maps

Buttercups & Daisies

CD Tradepost

Plaza Grill

The YMCA and PC911 are also open so you can work out after dinner and get your computer fixed while you shop.

See here for a complete list of restaurants open Thursday evenings.

It’s a fantastic chance to stay downtown after work, meet up with your family and enjoy your community while celebrating everything our downtown has to offer.

Keep checking back with Downtown Topeka Inc. and right here at seveneightfive for more news about Top City Thursdays. Look forward to the Third Thursday Topeka Tweetup at the Kansan Grill coming soon!

[June 2010 | Downtown Topeka, Inc. and seveneightfive magazine ]

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