Neighborhood Nibbles — Peabody’s Oktoberfest & Quail Hollow G&CC!

Peabody’s To Host

Oktoberfest Oct. 21!

If you’re looking for something fun to do on Friday, October 21, we suggest visiting Peabody’s Grill & Bar in the Shoppes of Amberly plaza in Tampa Palms for Peabody’s Oktoberfest. The cost to attend is just $7 for advance tickets, $10 the day of the event, which will run 7 p.m.-10 p.m.

Peabody’s Oktoberfest attendees will be treated to great craft beer samples, live music, complimentary appetizers, chances to win great free prizes and of course, the beautiful Peabody’s servers and bartenders in their finest German attire!

And, don’t forget that Peabody’s also is your college and pro football headquarters, with more TVs, great beer and food specials, billiards, darts, live and DJ music and much more!

Check out the ad on page 19 of this issue for a coupon that will get you one free Peabody’s Oktoberfest ticket when you buy two. Peabody’s is located at 15333 Amberly Dr. For more info, call 972-1725 or visit PeabodysTampa.com.

 

PJ Dolan’s Adds Lunch!

In our last issue, we had a feature story on PJ Dolan’s Irish Pub & Grille, located in the Palms Connection plaza on E. Bearss Ave., just west of Bruce B. Downs Blvd.

Well, since then, PJ Dolan’s has decided to add lunch every day (Tuesday-Sunday; it’s closed on Mondays) and, with the ad on page 51 of this issue, you can get one lunch entrée free when you buy one at the regular price.

PJ Dolan’s also now has karaoke, live music and the great Sunday brunch we told you about last issue.

For more info, call PJ Dolan’s (2836 E, Bearss Ave.) at 374-2338 or visit PJDolan’s.com.

 

The New Quail Hollow CC Lounge Is A Must-Try!

Just because I can’t yet tell you what kind of cuisine is the top specialty at the newly renovated Restaurant & Lounge at Quail Hollow Golf & Country Club (QHGCC), that doesn’t mean the food isn’t awesome (it is) or the place isn’t beautiful and classy. (Yes, Quail Hollow! Go see it!)

New owner Andre Corolla recently reopened the decades-old local semi-private golf course and from what I hear, the course itself looks and plays so much better, all you’d really need to believe that Quail Hollow is not only all-new, but awesome, is a great-looking new clubhouse (check), an ultra-premium full-liquor bar (yep) and a real restaurant serving delicious food at, well, semi-private golf course prices.

There’s a lot more to tell you about QHGCC, but it’ll have to wait until I’ve tried more than two menu items, both of which are literally already among my favorite menu items in Wesley Chapel — the grilled romaine heart Caesar (which is on the current menu; photo) and a thick, grilled ribeye steak which was served on opening night (but isn’t on the current menu), topped with grilled onions and served with sautéed veggies and garlic mashed potatoes. The steak was seasoned right, not as fatty as some ribeyes can be and grilled to medium rare perfection. If this is my first taste, Andre, bring on the rest of the dinner menu!

The restaurant & lounge at QHGCC also is open for what sounds like an amazing breakfast with unique egg sandwich options…and for lunch, where the 10-oz hamburgers and Big Bertha hot dogs (and other great sandwiches) are all already becoming favorites among the locals.

QHGCC is located at 6225 Old Pasco Rd., less than a half-mile from both S.R. 54 and Oakley Blvd. in Wesley Chapel. Call 333-0033 for more info about the club, but please go and tell these folks we sent you!

Karaoke Event Rocks Mulligan’s Irish Pub At Pebble Creek CC!

Even though it was a fund-raising event to benefit Jan Roberts, one of three candidates for the 2011 Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce’s Honorary Mayor of Wesley Chapel, the fact that a Karaoke Contest was held at the newly renovated ballroom at Mulligan’s Irish Pub at Pebble Creek Golf Club (PCGC) was reason enough for me to put this recap of the event in this New Tampa issue.

The fact that the fund raiser for Honorary Mayor candidate Jan Roberts of Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Tampa Bay was hosted by New Tampa residents Harald Stone and his girlfriend Jennifer Kibiger and the fact that yours truly was a judge at the event were additional reasons why I felt it was appropriate to review the contest in these pages.

The bottom line is that Roberts is a wonderful woman working and raising money for a great cause. PCGC and my friends CeCe & Karen from CeCe Productions put on their usual great show, the donated prizes were great and the talent on display was top-notch!

We didn’t know the amount raised at our press time, but the contest itself was broken down into 18 & Under and 18+ age groups. Although the competition was fierce, the winners selected by judges Trevor Morris, Patty DeBlock and I were amazing 8-year-old Jennifer Managan in the 18 & Under division and the always awesome Robbie, singing her trademark “Me & Bobby McGee” in the 18+ division. There was even a surprise appearance by Joan Jett herself (or at least our friend Mary dressed as Joan)!

Great job, everyone!

Wesley Chapel Chamber Awards Banquet Rocks Saddlebrook!

Gary,

 

Thank you for your dedication to our community!!! We thank you for your sponsorship, you auction donations and your year-round support and coverage … all is greatly appreciated!!!

 

Christine Hope, Dir. of Marketing

Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce

 

Introducing : The Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce (WCCC) 2011-12 Board of Directors!

Executive Board Members: President – Debie Kaplan – Branch of Christ Ministries; Vice President – Dr. Randy Stovall – Pasco-Hernando Community College; President Elect – Mary Adele Cluck – Marry Me Mary; Treasurer – J.D. Porter – Wiregrass Ranch; Secretary – Jeff Novotny – American Consulting Engineers of Florida

Directors: Immediate Past President – Laura Miller – Tampa Home Experts; Wendy Bechtelheimer – Wesley Chapel Storage; Pat Ciaccio – Saddlebrook Resort; Cindy Fleming – Bay Insurors; Vicki Hamilton – Smart Health Inc.; Rob Kellog -ThreadArt; Jeff Olsen – Grace Community Church; Dean Smith – Quest National Services, LLC

Honorary Board Members: Greg Lenners – The shops at Wiregrass; Joe Marina -Withlacoochee Electric Cooperative; Paula O’Neill – Pasco County Clerk & Comptroller; Will Weatherford – State Representative, District 61; Debbie Yoerg – Designed for a Purpose.

 

Congratulations to all of the WCCC’s 2011 Annual Banquet Award Winners:

Large Business of the Year – Shops at Wiregrass; Small Business of the Year – Hampton Inn & Suites of Wesley Chapel;

Business Leader of the Year- J.D. Porter- Wiregrass Ranch; Civic Organization of the Year – Big Brothers Big Sisters; Volunteers of the Year – Cathy Bickham, Senior Home Care, and Cindy Fleming, Bay Insurors; Chamber Member of the Year – Kelly Mothershead- A Focus on Fitness; Board Member of the Year – Laura Miller -Tampa Home Experts; Ambassador of the Year – Cathy Bickham – Senior Home Care & President’s Award – Greg Lenners – Shops at Wiregrass

Congrats to the new Board & all of the award winners! And. thanks for the list & kind words, Christine!—GN

 

If you missed this year’s sold-out, amazing “Evening of Elegance” banquet at Saddlebrook Resort on September 10, or you’re somehow still not a Chamber member or have never even been to a WCCC event, PLEASE check out this year’s Fall Festival (Saturday-Sunday, October 15-16, at The Grove), visit Wesley ChapelChamber.com or the Chamber’s new office (6013 Wesley Grove Blvd.), or call 994-8534!