Entertainment Coupon book & Waxhaw

My wife ordered the Entertainment 2011 coupon book for the Charlotte area. The cost at the time was $20 with free shipping. I put a lot of effort into saving money at home (for obvious reasons), but figured I would share what I found regarding the money-saving potential in the Waxhaw area of this coupon book.

After looking in the index, the Waxhaw businesses represented seemed a little sparse. They included the following coupons:

* Carriage Fine Dry Cleaning - 25% off certain services; $10 off $40; $5 off $25

* Domino's Pizza - B1G1 large pizza; B1 large pizza, get free oven sandwich; B1 large pizza, free BreadBowl pasta; free dessert (online orders only)

* Donato's - B1G1 large pizza

* El Vallarta - B1G1 combo dinner

* Fox's Pizza Den - $5 off $20 order; free breadsticks

* Ming Fu - B1G1 lunch or dinner entree

* Museum of the Waxhaws - 50% off up to 4 admissions

But after reading a little more, I discovered there's a bevy of additional coupons on their website that you can print, for places such as The Stuffed Olive, 521 BBQ, Di Dee's, etc.

Some of the more notable printable coupons include:

* 521 BBQ - 2-for-1 lunch or dinner with a $6 max value.

* The Stuffed Olive - There's a 2-for-1 lunch coupon with an $8 max value. Plus monthly 10% off coupons that unfortunately excludes alcohol purchases. Boo!

* Just Wing It - Three 2-for-1 coupons. One for 3-piece chicken finger order, one for a 7-piece wing order, and one for a 10-piece nugget order. Valued between $5-6 each. Also, there's a printable 10% off coupon for each month.

* El Vallarta - There's one 2-for-1 discount with $5 max value. There's also monthly 10% coupons that unfortunately excludes alcohol purchases. Boo!

* La Strada - $5 off $25 purchase, plus monthly 10% off coupons.

* Java's Brewing Bakery & Cafe - If you get up there frequently, there's a 2-for-1 ice cream, plus monthly 10% off coupons.

* Di Dee's Diner - There's a 2-for-1 entree with a$8 max value. Plus monthly 20% off coupons.

Other printable coupons from Reed's Karate, Carriage Fine Dry Cleaning and nearby Rack Room Shoes, plus plenty more the farther out you go.

All in all, I think buying one of these books is well worth the current price (under $20) assuming your eat-out habits are similar to ours. And of course, it helps if you're able to remember that you have the coupons. That's our biggest problem when it comes to taking full advantage of these coupon books.

But if you're thinking about getting one, just be aware that the current Entertainment coupon book expires in November, so at this point, you're essentially getting it for half a year.

St Patrick's Day around the bend

With St. Patrick's Day coming up fast, don't forget about the 3rd Annual SouthSide Irish Parade being organized by Southsiders. I've never been able to attend since I believe these have traditionally (as traditional as a 3-year old parade can be, I suppose) been held around lunchtime.

In fact, the details here state it kicks off at 11am on March 17th in front of Southsiders.

But a later Facebook post on February 26th by Southsiders states the parade starts at 5pm that day, so I suspect that's the more accurate of the two times. The post:

Next week we begin selling the 3rd annual SouthSide Irish Parade T-Shirt. A bargain @ 5 bucks and a pretty cool T as well. Now don't forget that the Parade starts @ 5:00 on St. Patricks Day March 17th. Live music and the best Corned Beef in the city Come on and join the fun!

Now I got to get in there and get one of those tee shirts.

Pint night at Maxwell's

Tomorrow night is Pint Night at Maxwell's Tavern, featuring some of the brews from the Olde Mecklenburg Brewery, including Copper Amber Ale, one of my favorites as I've noted before, and OMB's new spring seasonal, Fruhbock.

This apparently will be the first place locally that Fruhbock will be available, so if you're interested in being one of the first to try it, Maxwell's is the place to be.

The action begins at 5pm and OMB leaves at 9pm.

Is it too much to ask the OMB rep to fill up my empty growler?

First Friday is apparantly on

Despite a lack of advance notice, it appears First Friday is still on per the Main Street Grill post I mentioned yesterday.

There's no mention on the town's website and a noticeable lack of details on the STMSPC's own Facebook page.

Main Street Grill open this Friday evening

Well, sorta. Per a Facebook update, they will be open serving a limited menu of food vendor style during the First Friday event. The full notice:

March 4th, Waxhaw's First Friday SPECIAL MENU! Yes, Friday Night WE WILL BE OPEN!!!
We will be serving BURGERS, GYROS, and CHICKEN SOUVLAKI (marinated chicken skewers) and it will all be served vender style.

We will also have LIVE MUSIC on the patio and homemade treats. So come down and join us for a great night in Waxhaw. Most Main Street shops are open late, so get some food and walk around.

So if you've been pining for some gyros or chicken souvlaki (or like me have been hankering to get one of their burgers at dinner time), then Friday would be the night.

WAA cheerleaders find a place to call their own

My wife told me about WAA's new "office" on the same walk from which this tip originated. But thanks to Lacey's article in the Enquirer-Journal, the mystery is solved.

The cheerleaders have found a new home. Read the whole thing for all the details.

New Waxhaw Groupon

Mamma Lena's has a Groupon available today only - $15 for $30 Worth of Italian Fare at Mamma Lena's Restaurant in Waxhaw. It must be used by September 3rd.

I love it when places in Waxhaw do a Groupon and it's a double bonus when it's a business we would've gone to anyway.

You can only buy 1, but you can buy 2 as gifts.

Check it out.

There's 15 hours and counting.