Celebrate Uptown 2013!

The 2nd Annual Celebrate Uptown is just around the corner!

April 24th-26th, 2013

Celebrate Uptown is a signature event that celebrates the best of Uptown Dallas. The three day event is designed to attract Uptown enthusiasts including residents, employees and patrons. This year’s shopping, dining and concert events will benefit Katy Trail, McKinney Avenue Trolley, W. B. Travis Vanguard & Academy and Notre Dame School.  

Here are the exclusive details on what's happening each day of the event:

Celebrate Uptown: Dine

Come dine in Uptown! Enjoy a private, two course meal at one of our participating restaurants listed below. Before heading home, join the after party featuring music by Mick Tinsley Trio, a dessert buffet and a complimentary champagne cocktail at Sambuca Uptown!

7:00 pm Dinner, 8:00-10:00 pm After Party at Sambuca Uptown

Participating restaurants include:

Click on the restaurant name for the menu!

Arcodoro Pomodoro
Avanti
Belly and Trumpet
JoJo Eating House
Palomino
T/X

Tickets $45. Click here to purchase!

*Gratuity and alcoholic beverages are not included

Celebrate Uptown: Sip, Shop, Stroll



Enjoy an evening shopping experience here in West Village with all participating retailers offering a 20% discount off your purchase! The first 100 shoppers will receive the ultimate gift bag including an Uptown t-shirt and other gift cards and treats from Uptown retailers. Take your receipt to the south alley in West Village between 6 and 8pm to redeem your gift bag and to enjoy music by Recycled Photographs!

Participating retailers include:
Accents
Allen Edmonds
Bikram Yoga
DEMERARA
 Indigo
 Kendra Scott
L. bartlett
LOFT
 Nicole Kwon
 y&i
Q Custom Clothier
 Rye 51
 Sunglass Hut
 WAREhaus

Celebrate Uptown: The Spazmatics Concert

Last but not least, The Spazmatics will bring the weekend to an end with their concert performance at West Village Cityplace! Guests will enjoy beverages, bites and beats under the stars with your neighbors, friends and colleagues. Food Trucks, experience tents, bars and games will be enjoyed by all. VIP Tickets include complimentary wine and beer, dinner and preferred seating!

5:00pm – Doors Open
DJ Mastah Steph
6:30pm – John Lefler
8:00pm – Spazmatics

General Admission $10, VIP $40. Purchase tickets here!

*A limited number of VIP Tickets are available and VIP access includes: Complimentary wine and beer at a private bar Dinner by Salata, Grimaldi’s, Baboush, Pop Diner and Max’s Wine Dive Preferred seating

West Village Cityplace

2828 Cityplace West Blvd.

Dallas, TX 75393

Posted by Andrea Butler, Marketing Intern.

Feed Me Dallas' Charity Chili Cook-Off!

 

Dallas' favorite foodie blogger, Feed Me Dallas, is hosting a Charity Chili Cook-Off tomorrow April 13th 2:30-6:30pm, at McKinney Avenue Tavern!

Our very own Pop Diner and Max's Wine Dive will be in attendance at the event, along with eleven other local restaurants, to show off their tasty Chili creations in hopes of winning the title of Chili Champion! It will be a day filled with food, fun, and fundraising. The winner will recieve all proceeds to donate to their charity of choice.

Tickets are $20 and include two free beers and chili samples.

Click here to purchase yours!

Max's has chosen to benefit The North Texas Food Bank.

Pop Diner has chosen to benefit St. Benedict Monastery.

McKinney Avenue Tavern

2822 McKinney Ave

  Dallas, TX 75204

214.969.1984

Posted by Andrea Butler, Marketing Intern.



Event Pics

Côtes du Coeur Wine Society Mobile Pizza Smackdown Kick Off Event

Thursday, September 29

On Thursday, September 29 the Côtes du Coeur Wine Society and Young at Heart groups hosted the 2011-2012 kick off event at West Village, a Mobile Pizza Smackdown featuring Chefs Paolo Cavalli of Cavalli Pizzeria, Salvatore Gisellu of Urban Crust and Jay Jerrier of Il Cane Rosso. Guests sampled each of the chefs' delicious specialties, and then put their vote in for the winner. Urban Crust chef Salvatore Gisellu was selected as Dallas' reigning wood-burning pizza chef! Check out the pics below.

 

Dallas Pedicabs Now in Uptown

Dallas Pedicabs will be hitting the streets of Uptown this weekend. Stop by the Launch Party at the Katy Trail Ice House tonight from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. to have a brew with the team behind bringing the new, sustainable form of transportation to Dallas and enjoy your first pedicab ride.

Can't make it to the Launch Party? Don't worry, we met with Dallas Pedicabs President, Robert Tobolowsky, to get more info on the operation.