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What a Weekend!

Whew!  Last weekend was awesome.  I had a ball working hard for ya’ll at the Belmont Sheffield Music Festival.  Hope you had a chance to come down, hear some great bands, eat some good food and hang out with us on the porch.  I gotta give a shout out to the Trader Todd’s staff for workin’ their tails off this year.  This was our tenth year of participating in the festival and one of the hottest festivals yet…and I mean that both literally and figuratively!  Check out the Trader Todd’s facebook page for some cool pictures from the fest: www.facebook.com/tradertodds .

But as they say, there’s no rest for the weary, so we’re gearing up for another crazy weekend as Wrigley Field hosts two awesome concerts on June 8th and 9th.  Roger Waters takes the stage on Friday June 8 at 8:30pm and we’ve got a special deal for you if you’re looking for some preconcert nosh and booze.  Come in before the show and show your tickets to your server and you’ll get 25% off your bill.  Deal is valid from 11 am until show start.  And as always for events at Wrigley we’ll be offering free rides in our shuttle bus – the Tiki Transit II.    Then on Saturday Brad Paisley brings some country to the North side.  To celebrate we’ll making some Paisley Punch, a southern recipe me and my cousin make on special occasions.  It’s tea steeped with orange, cloves, and mint.  After it brews, we sweeten it with cane sugar and cranberry juice then serve it over ice with a healthy dose of bourbon!  Paisley Punch will be on special all day and night Saturday for $7.

Stay in touch. There’s lots more fun on the way but I’ll tell you about that in a few days.   Right now I gotta go press one of my aloha shirts – it’s Friday after all and I got a party to throw.  See ya’ll ‘round the hut!

~Skipper

 

 

 

Hot Weekend with Music Fest, UFC and Half Price Memorial Day Monday!

This weekend’s gonna be HOT!  I don’t just mean the weather forecast!  Once again Trader Todd’s is proud to be part of summer’s start in the city and the beginning of our beloved street festival season at the Belmont Sheffield Music Festival. This is year 28, and if the 27 before it are any indication, this one’s gonna rock.   The festival has a great line up of bands…so check out this year’s line up – I’ll put it at the end of the post.
But first let me tell you about some of the fun we have in store for you at Trader Todd’s this Memorial day Weekend.   As you may already know we have moved the beloved “hut” – that’s what our KJs call our Karaoke stage – to the front of  the main room.  You’ll be able to sing from noon to close Saturday and Sunday this weekend.   So come on down and have your 15 seconds of fame serenading the crowd ~ inside and out!
On Saturday night we’ll be showing the UFC fights in the back room and beer garden.  If you wanna catch the actions (and have a seat) come in early to get a table.   Seating goes fast for the fights and is avaible this weekend first come first serve.  Sorry guys, no reservations during the fest!
Then on Monday for the holiday we will be open at 11am and as always everything will be half -price – all day and all night!  We’ll also be giving away Cubs tickets so if you want to go to Wrigley on us – enter our free raffle for tickets before the game on Monday
So stop by for a cold one this hot weekend and say hey to ole Skipper!
Happy Memorial Day!
Belmont Sheffield Music Festival Schedule
Saturday, May 26

12:30 p.m. 2nd Generation Pilots
2:00 p.m. Our Name Is Jonas
4:00 p.m. Stache
5:30 p.m. Dot Dot Dot
8:00 p.m. Wedding Banned

Sunday, May 27

Noon School of Rock
1:30 p.m. A Thousand Julys
3:30 p.m. Your Villain, My Hero
6:00 p.m. Infinity
8:30 p.m. Trippin’ Billies

The proceeds from the festival benefit the Central Lakeview Merchants Association which provides a variety of services to our neighborhood including street cleaning and beautification.  For more festival information  click here.

 

The summer starts here!

Cubs Home Opening Day Deals @ Trader Todd’s

Whew,  it’s been a flurry of activity around here.  Dusting off the Tiki Transit, fruit steaming the ribs, receiving beer deliveries, and figuring out which lucky hat to wear on Opening day are just a few of the things on our checklist.  The palms trees we brought back from Florida this winter (that have been hiding in the office to keep from freezing) are outside now.   We’ve got some great new team members for the summer season and of course all your old friends like Sandy, Scott, Cliff, Brent, and Clark all at your service.  CAN YOU TELL WE’RE EXCITED?

But I’m guessing you wanna know what we have going on for opening day.  Well, to start we’ve got some great specials.  $5 Pineapple Margaritas are on special all day.  That’s a pint of pine-apply goodness with three shots of booze which normally sells for $9!   Before the game you can get a deluxe hot dog basket with two Chicago style dogs and a heap of our delicious fresh cut fries for just $5.  And because our resident vegan Virginia said so, we even have so Tofu Dogs if you are so inclined.   And back by popular demand, a special that’s been around as long as we have ~ free wings after the game with your ticket stub.   We’ll even let you have a small order of fries instead if you’d prefer.   The Tiki Transit, Todd’s preferred method of Transportation, running on biodiesel this year, will be back in action.   A few things are different, we’ll be starting karaoke even earlier this year so if you really want to sing before the game, we’ll have the microphone on for you.  Karaoke will be running from 10 am until game time and then immediately following the game.

You know we want the cubs to win, but we want you to win too!  We’ll be giving away lots of  stuff that day, bar swag,  parties and A PAIR of OPENING DAY tickets!  That’s right, an half hour before the game one lucky patron will win a pair of tickets to the game.  All you have to do to win is be here and join our email list; it’s just that easy.

For our die-hard Cubs fans, if you’re interested in some of the best ticket prices in Wrigley you’ll definitely want to check us out on opening day for our RIDICULOUSLY CHEAP Todd’s Cubs Packages!!! Available to our customers only on Opening Day. Must purchase in person, first come, first serve, select games only while supplies last!   Once again, Trader Todd’s has a special offer for customers on opening day for our fantastic Cubs Packages which include lunch for two before the game (any choice sandwich off our menu and a side of fries), a ROCKIN’ ride to and from the game in the Tiki Transit, two tickets to the game, and a free basket of hot wings or fries after the game when you show your stub.

You can buy the Cubs Packages listed here for the RIDICULOUSLY low price of $10:

4/9 – Cubs v. Brewers    4/10 – Cubs v. Brewers     4/11 – Cubs v. Brewers     4/12 – Cubs v. Brewers      8/15 – Cubs v. Astros

You can buy the Cubs Packages listed here for the RIDICULOUSLY low price of $20:

4/20 – Cubs v. Reds    4/22 – Cubs v. Reds    5/29 – Cubs v. Padres       5/30 – Cubs v. Padres

You can buy the Cubs Packages listed here for the RIDICULOUSLY low price of $50:

4/8 – Cubs v. Nationals    4/21 – Cubs v. Reds    4/23 – Cubs v. Cardinals    4/24 – Cubs v. Cardinals     4/25 – Cubs v. Cardinals     5/4 – Cubs v. Dodgers    5/6 – Cubs v. Dodgers      5/7 – Cubs v. Braves

You can buy the Cubs Packages listed here for the RIDICULOUSLY low price of $75:

4/7 – Cubs v. Nationals     5/5 – Cubs v. Dodgers     5/18 – Cubs v. White Sox    6/25 – Cubs v. Mets    6/26 – Cubs v Mets

I feel like I’m forgetting something???  Oh well, you’ll just have to come on down to party with Skipper to find out what I missed.  Happy Opening!  Go Cubs!

~ the Skipper

Happy New Year, Happy New Blog!

Hey there and welcome to Trader Todd’s blog.  My name is Skipper.  I’m the party planner and host here at Trader Todd’s and now I’ll be your weekly tiki blogger!   I’ll be talking about things happening here at Trader Todd’s, you know, things like new songs we’ve added to the karaoke list, when we’re showing the UFC fights, weekly specials and more!  I might even share some tips for making fabulous tiki drinks at home, a few of our favorite recipes, or just some fun facts about island life.

For starters here is the list of our top ten karaoke songs for 2011.  You may have heard Fox news talking about it on Wednesday as a ” Best of  2011″:

  1. Picture…………………………….Kid Rock/Sheryl Crow
  2. Sweet Caroline…………………..Neil Diamond
  3. Ice Ice Baby………………………Vanilla Ice
  4. Rolling in the Deep……………..Adele
  5. A Whole New World………….. Aladdin
  6. Total Eclipse of the Heart…….Bonnie Tyler
  7. Summer Nights………………….Grease
  8. I Want It that Way………………Back Street Boys
  9. Baby Got Back……………………Sir Mixalot
  10. Living on a Prayer………………Bon Jovi

We’ve had an awesome 2011 here at Trader Todd’s.  And tomorrow, for New Year’s Eve we’ll be celebrating a continuous 365 days of karaoke!  That’s right we didn’t take a single day off in 2011.  OK, we did leave a little early on Christmas, but we were here!   Next year we’re going for 366 days of karaoke . Yes, I can count, 366 days because 2012 is a leap year!   We still have a few tickets left for our awesome party hosted by our favorite actor Don “Ogre” Gibb.  Tickets are $85 in advance and  include a premium bar package, tons of delicious food, karaoke of course, party favors and two Champagne toasts.  Yeah, we do one at midnight Key West time as a warm up for midnight here in Chicago.   And we’re the only place in Chicago that has the “Fish Drop,”  think times square but with a lit up fish pinata!

My New Year’s resolution is to bring you more fun and special offers than ever before so stayed tuned!

Cheers,

the Skipper