OCTOBER 21, 2009 -- Wolffy’s Place is a new eatery at the downtown corner of Ninth and Market. Co-owner and Chicago native Bob Wolff serves: “ribs, hot dogs—the Italian beef kind—the stuff that is soul food for people from Chicago.”
Wolff opened The Place before he got his liquor license. After months of dry waiting, the place is finally booze legit. Wolffy’s has a full bar—beer, wine and spirits.
Wolffy’s hopes to be downtown’s hangout for Chicago sports fans. All TVs will be tuned to Bears games each week (this Sunday, the Bears play a 1:15 p.m. game against the Cincinnati Bengals). FYI: For San Diegans with mixed pigskin allegiances, the Chargers play the Kansas City Chiefs at 10 a.m.
Pigskin Part II: The Gaslamp Strip Club also wants football fans to come through the doors. (Prude Alert: This place is a grill-your-own-steaks restaurant, not a nudie bar.)
The Strip Club has a 100-inch projection screen and four flat-screen TVs. For Sunday and Monday night football games, Happy Hour lasts all night. That includes $3 bottles and $4 draft beers and $3 well drinks. You can grill your own $3 kabobs.
Please: No high fives or belly bumps near the grill, or around pointy kabobs.
…Give Tchaikovsky The News: The San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park wants guests to view the exhibition “American Artists of the Russian Empire” while a DJ spins music and exotic beverages are served.
The October 29 event is from 6-9 p.m. and called Culture & Cocktails. It’s free to museum members and $15 for the general public.
You might be interested in this event if you can pick out the one person in the following list who is not an Russian émigré who worked in the U.S. during 1940s as an artist: Louise Nevelson, Jules Olitsky, Mark Rothko, Paul Oakenfold. (Check back tomorrow for the answer.)
Are DJs Taking Over Everything?: The South Bay’s Iron Wok Asian Bistro is serving several specials on Halloween, including $3 draft beers and a Flaming Lip sushi roll for the same price. On hand to help eaters keep the beat: local DJs.
But Can He “Mix?”: The Loews Coronado Bay Resort has a new chef, and a French Master Chef at that. Marc Ehrler takes over that kitchen after a worldwide career that spanned 35 years and saw him win two AAA Five Diamond rankings.
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