1st Annual Chili Bowl

It's official the first annual Chili Bowl is set for Saturday Nov. 8th!

Everything kicks off at 11:00am and for those folks still waking up at that hour we will have coffee!

The ten contestants participating in the contest are:

Jill and Wes of Moxie Catering
Sarah of Curious Pixel - a marketing company
Beth of Succotash in the City Market
Randy with the KCK Police Dept
Ed with Autochlor
Scott of the Public Levee
Stephane Suetos host of "Uniquely Kansas City"
Holly of the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center
Joy of Nosh Catering
Broadway Roasting Co. in Midtown

I am so excited about the talented people who are participating - it should be an extremely fun event!

The cafe is located at 1315 Fairfax Trafficway KCK 66115.

If you are coming from downtown KCMO take 70W (not 670) and get off on the Fairfax Dist. exit. The cafe is located across from the Bartlett Grain Elevator right before the stop light.

Ballots for the contest cost $10 - it provides the judge with a soda, cornbread, a sample of each of the 10 chilis and a cup of their favorite chili.

Please invite friends and family to judge the contest!

Let's Celebrate this Chilly Chili season with good music, great food, and fabulous people!

The End of Summer

It is a week of change. Summer has officially ended (At the Autumnal Equinox. The Autumnal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere is around September 22nd) and autumn is here. The trees in our back yard know this and have begun to shed their first layer of leaves.

I LOVE AUTUMN! It is hands down my favorite time of year. Sweatshirts, nostalgia, pumpkin patches, Halloween, apple cider, trees, the crispness of the air... I could go on - maybe I will for a bit... mums, hay bales, squash, corn mazes, competitions for the largest pumpkin, harvest moons, Oktoberfest, Weston MO's applefest, AND Songbird Cafe's Chili Contest!!!

There is a lot to enjoy and look forward to in these upcoming months.

Online Shopping

I have several wonderful serving pieces available for sale at the cafe and online at http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5467629 or if you're on Etsy search for sellers and type in songbirdcafe (no spaces).

Etsy is just one more way that Songbird Cafe is trying to find its spot in the world.

My New Employee

I would like to introduce you to my newest employee - her name is Pistachio.

Pistachio is my wonderful gift from Terry (mother-in-law) and is absolutely wonderful!

Pistachio has made banana bread, cake, pie crust, and cookies. She is wonderful and gorgeous - not to mention efficient, consistent, able, and ready!

I hope she never quits.

Labor Day Weekend

The cafe will be closed on Friday and Monday of labor day weekend. I hope everyone has a great, wonderful, and safe weekend! Enjoy yourselves and we'll see you bright and early on Tuesday morning!

Kudos to Nicole!

The Air Show is this weekend!

The photograph here is an image of the Thunderbirds from the 1950s.

This weekend is the Kansas City Air Show and you can already hear the jets practicing overhead at the cafe. I keep looking out the windows thinking that I'll spot one of them, only to catches glimpses of spooked pigeons!

Pretty soon though I'm confident that we'll spot one overhead.