The Royale

Cold weather means you need drinks that warm you up!

This weekend we will be offering hot cider with tuaca to warm those chilled bones.

I need to amp up the trivia this week due to the number of people who scored correct answers to last week’s triva. Answer to last week and this week’s question at the end of this message.

I Next Week’s Events
II Specials
III Entertainment
IV Free Drink Trivia

I Events
Last week was jumping for the holidays, and now that the season is in gear, there is even more reason for cheer. This holiday season is better yet with a few great events coming up at the Royale. We have Linn Jazz Trio, Cownvis Presely and Dan Potthast and even more.

The big event this next week on Dec 7 is a benefit for Christmas in Darfur, a project for a documentary on Sudan. Two young men from Chicago will be travelling through Chad and into Sudan to report on the ongoing genocide in the region. We will have a plethora of specials with monies going to benefit the documentary and Reporters without Borders. This is a very worthy project and I hope that you can stop in to dine and support this project on Thursday December 7th. Mark Early will be spinning along with Mister Mojica, Mister Toon and Mister Gaynor. This will be Mark Early’s last spin for a while as he will be taking a sabbatical from his wonderful DJ spin run at the Royale.

Also- keep in mind that Linn featuring Jessica Butler will be performing on Wednesday Dec 13 and Dan Potthast on December 30th. All shows are free!

II Specials

Well we are going to be phasing in some new beers over the next month to round out our winter beer selection. This week we have introduced the Saint Peter’s English Porter. It is very tasty. A lighter porter and very smooth. The English Ale of Saint Pete’s that we keep is also very tasty. A bit pricier than most, but it is a larger bottle and dern it is good.

We have the two martinin lunch in full effect until 4pm, with the Vodka Royale, the River DesPeres and the Martini of the Day. And of course we have our happy hour specials of O’Fallon, Griesedieck and Schlafly for 2.50 and select half price appetizers.

And don’t forget our daily specials. We are running lunch and dinner specials every day. We have an outstanding Griesedieck Beer battered Tilapia sandwich on rye with mac’n cheese every Friday. Check out specials every day at: http://www.theroyale.com/blog/?cat=3

Every Sunday is Subcontinental Sundays with our signature Subcontinental of Bombay Sapphire, Cointreau, lime juice and… fresh cucumber juice. Mighty fine, on ice or up only for five bucks.

III Entertainment

Next Wednesday the 29th is the Awesome Sluts Bike Ride. If you like to ride a bike, come down by 8:30 to take off for a ride, and then get back by 10 for the record spin. This should be way fun.

12/1
Early: Cat Pick of KDHX’s Emotional Rescue and Steve Pick of KDHX’s Sound Salvation
Late: Jason Rerun and Ann with punk, rock and more
12/2
Jim Utz soul, rock and roll, hip hop, r&b and more
12/3
Early: Joe Oder western swing, ska, new wave and more
Late: Roboto Cobra and Fat Elvis
12/4 Trashley garage rock
12/5 Mark Early TITNW
12/6 Rob Tygett, Clash, Wave Punk and more
12/7 Xmas in Darfur Benefit
12/8 Barb Cliffe of the Amazing Cliffe’s
12/9 Roby Levy of KDHX Juxtaposition
12/10 Paul Mueller of the old skool KSLU
12/11 Early: DJ Blackpetunia
Late: This Year’s Model
12/12 Early: Joe Kokesh ska and wave and more
Late: Jackson rock and soul and more
12/13 Early: Linn Jazz featuring Jessica Butler
Late: DJ Play aka Brian Marston soul, hip hop and more
12/14 Early: Josh Wiese soul, rock, alt/punk
Late: JJ rock and roll and more
12/15 Al Swacker rock, punk, wave and more
12/16 Creme Brulee
12/17 Joe Oder with western swing, ska and more
Julie Portman w/ smooth wave, bossa nova
12/18 Joe Vetteroth rock and more
12/19 Post Post Modern
12/20 Trashley
12/21 Jackson
12/22 DJ Akita Thomas Crone
12/23 Patrick Bowden wave, rock, punk and more
12/24 closed!!
12/25 Open for drinks w/ DJ Akita Thomas Crone
12/26 Open night
12/27 Joee Irwin w/ the Awesome Sluts
12/28 Early: Ken Kas jazz
Late: JJ rock and roll
12/29 Early: Sean Savoy jazz
Late: Darren Snow of KDHX Rocket 88
12/30 Late: Toby Hicks w/ his trail of funk
Early special show w/ Dan Potthast

IV Free Drink Triva
Wow, last week had a ton of responses too. But Byron Kerman was the first to nab that question. Isaac Hayes charged across the Chain of Rocks Bridge. What a wonderful film, Escape from New York.

Thanks so much to Byron Kerman for his prompt correct answer. Props to the correct w/ P-bu with and explanation of Isaac Haye’s Scientology side, Brian Marston, Rich Quinn and Amy Harrison and a few others.

This week’s trivia:
This is a harder one that you can’t google. Gino, of Gino’s Lounge hosted Vernon Garrett in his blues performance last week in Pine Lawn. Gino brought Vernon Garrett to Saint Louis to the first time to which room in East Saint Louis in the 1960s?

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Steven Fitzpatrick Smith

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