Sara Bozich

September preview

What a perfect day to start the month of September. It's that perfect, crisp, jeans-and-t-shirt weather. Thoughts and tweets are ripe with daydreams of football and changing leaves. (We are one of few lucky states to truly experience all four seasons - even if spring is fading into oblivion.)

It's a big month - plenty going on. Festivals, dining specials, football bonanzas! Here's a preview of some of what the month holds. Click through and mark your calendar now!

Pamper Your Palate

Starting next week, Harrisburg Hello is hosting Harrisburg's first Restaurant Week: Pamper Your Palate. It's a chance for you to try dinner at a new (or new to you) downtown restaurant for a reasonable price - three courses for $30.

Participating restaurants include:

• Cafe Fresco
• Carley's
• El Sol
• FireHouse
• McGrath's
• Raspberries
• Stock's on 2nd
• Zia's at Red Door

Level 2

Well, the buzz abounds.

Level 2, Cafe Fresco's soon-to-be cooler cousin (or second floor) is slated to open on May 1. A website has launched to promote the club, which is being teased as "nightlife redefined."

For more info, or to be on top of the buzz, sign-up for their newsletter - and look for more details by the end of the month.

*UPDATE* - Level 2 will open to the public on May 16.

Ooh la la!

Look who finally has a website!

Cafe Fresco

They even feature their menu - yay!

PS - I will blog more, swears.

Get a website

I'm going to Bricco for dinner tonight. I'm embarrassed to say I haven't been there yet, but I'm looking forward to being able to visit post-trial period. We all have to make excuses the first month or so a new place is open - "Oh, well, they're new. Their servers/cooks/chefs/hostess/busboys don't really know yet." Now, they do - and from what I hear, this should be a treat.

Anyway, my point. I like to browse a menu before I go. It helps me get in the mood. Bricco, where's your website? For real. I've said before, and I'll post now that I think it should be mandatory that every bar/restaurant/tavern/club/pub/whatever to have a website. I need to know where you are, what you do and what's going on. It's just good business.

If you can't commit to updating it, a static page with a menu, contact info and directions will suffice, but the best have updated events, specials, etc.

Bricco, Cafe Fresco - I'm talking to you!

Props to Mangia Qui for finally getting theirs up (though I see it's still in its starter phase).

Please also notice the list of "Hot Spots" on the right side of the blog (scroll down a little, it's there, under "People") - once you get your website, email me the link and I'll put it up!