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Posted on December 21, 2009 Posted by Urban Deli

Christmas hours and our New Year’s Eve dinner

We thought we should let you in on what will be happening at the Urban Deli over the holiday period, so …

This week, we will be closing Thursday at 2:00pm, just after lunch service, and we will be closed until Monday (Dec. 28) when we reopen for our regular hours at 11:30am.

As for New Year’s week, we are also closing at 2pm on Thursday, (Dec 31). We will then reopen the same evening, New Year’s Eve, at 6:30 pm for our reserved seating New Year’s Eve dinner.

We’ll be serving a five course Italian Dinner on New Years Eve. The hours will be 6:30 pm to 9:00pm. It promises to be tasty so if you’re interested in joining us there are still a few seats available for booking. Just give us a call at 652-3354 (652-DELI) and we’ll set things up for you.

And while we have the chance, we hope everyone out there has a fabulous Christmas and an even better New Year!

Posted on December 6, 2009 Posted by Urban Deli

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A busy and fun weekend for us

We’ve had a pretty full weekend at the Urban Deli as far as keeping busy goes. On Friday, we provided 24 Operation Red Nose volunteers a hearty home made chicken soup with tea biscuits, two dips (our roasted garlic and artichoke and Hummus dips served with seasoned pita chips) and topped off with a mixed dessert tray of Deli goodies.

We spoke with Katie, the coordinator, and she tells us the volunteers made up seven teams of drivers and they chauffeured thirty-four trips, raising over $500 in donations — the largest amount raised in a single night thus far. (We’re not yet sure how last night went.) Last weekend they raised the same amount over two days.

So congratulations to everyone at Operation Red Nose and a big thank you to all the volunteers!

Music last night

Last night was another of our music nights and we welcomed Karen Palmer, an old soul and story teller with an affinity for Saint John history that comes through in her music, particularly in her own creative works such as “The West Side Song.”

Karen has a crystal clear sound, a bit reminiscent of Jewel. She brought us her own creativity, style and accomplished guitar playing to make it a warm and inviting evening. So many thanks to Karen.

And thanks as well to our Twitter followers for their tweets and retweets!

Posted on December 4, 2009 Posted by Urban Deli

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Urban Deli and Operation Red Nose

We’re up tonight! We’ll be providing sustenance tonight to 22 Operation Red Nose volunteers as our part in what is a great program to keep us all safe on the roads.

Originally we thought it would be next week but it’s tonight, December 4th. We also want to extend a big thank you to everyone, particularly the volunteers.

Sorry for the brevity! It’s a busy day!

Posted on November 30, 2009 Posted by Urban Deli

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Music, snacks and Operation Red Nose

According to Liz, Saturday was a great night with Marvin Rathburn performing at the Deli. If you missed it, we also have music up for this Saturday with Saint John’s Karen Palmer dropping in to perform. If you can, pay a visit and give a listen.

On another note, if you haven’t heard about or are unfamiliar with Operation Red Nose we think it’s a great and welcome idea and think you may want to check it out. “Essentially, it is a volunteer safe ride home service provided during the Holiday Season to all motorists who have been drinking or who do not feel fit to drive their own vehicle.”

We’ll be helping out by providing snacks for volunteers working Friday, December 11th December 4th. Others kicking in to help volunteers do their thing are Burger King, Subway and McDonalds. And every Saturday volunteers can look forward to Copper Penny pizza.

If you’re thinking of being a volunteer, visit the FUSION page and scroll to the info near the bottom.

Posted on November 25, 2009 Posted by Urban Deli

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Our staff are on fire

We want to offer a quick high five to our own Stephanie who works here at the Deli. She was part of the Olympic Torch relay that made its way through Saint John yesterday (it’s headed to Freddy Beach as we write). A single mom who works here at Urban Deli, we were pretty impressed at the training she had to put in to get the torch carrying gig.

We’ve got a few pics of Steph and we’ve asked her (in the nicest way possible!) to throw together a few words about what was involved in carrying the torch. We’re hoping she can put a little something together in the next few days.

In the meantime, once again, way to go Stephanie!

Posted on November 23, 2009 Posted by Urban Deli

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Online and on target with Uptown Saint John

You may have already heard, Uptown Saint John (or Uptown SJ) has a new site and it’s pretty exciting. If you go there, you’ll see the Urban Deli is in there now. We haven’t populated it with a lot of info and what not yet, but give us time!

So, why should you even care? It depends on whether you, like us, care about Uptown Saint John and all that seems to be going on these days. The Uptown SJ site helps pull everything and everyone together.

For one thing, there is an events calendar to help stay on top of what’s coming up. You’ll find where to dine when you’re uptown (like the Urban Deli!), links to arts, culture, places to stay and so on. You’ll find information on what the Uptown is doing on the environmental front with a link to Green Feet, “the environment committee for Uptown Saint John.” (You’ll also find info on parking and transit.)

What’s fun to watch with a site like this, because it’s so new, is how it grows and develops. Uptown SJ is taking hold of all the social media tools from blogs to Facebook to Twitter and more, and pulling it together so we can all be on top of all the wonderful developments, changes and events happening in Uptown Saint John.

It’s really kind of cool.

(One last thing … you can follow Uptown Saint John on Twitter with @uptownsaintjohn and the Urban Deli with @urbandeli).

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