TUESDAY, 7.26.10
Finally, rain. We're grateful for that, relief from the drought and heat. But have you been in since we put up our Solar Shades? They're keeping the dining room cool and comfortable, even for our afternoon regulars. Not only that: they augment the decor (we hope you agree).
Remember to ask what Chyenna has been roasting, and buy a pound of the freshest straight out of the roaster room. We are happy to bag some beans right then for you, when you want them.
Our music scene Jessee's bEAT shines on Fridays and Saturdays, 8:30pm-on. This past Saturday we were an Indy Weekly "Pick of the Week," and enjoyed more dancing with Saludos Compay's Latin rhythms on Friday night. Always a party spirit, here on the patio, in the midst of the flowers, surrounded by friendly and interesting folks--YOU.
SATURDAY, 7.3.10
Greetings friends and patrons: Big News! I keep saying this, and it's true--you have shown us what we're best at, and so we are changing our hours. Open when you need us most: kitchen from 6:30am until 4:30pm, open until 5:00pm Monday thru Thursday. On Friday and Saturday, the kitchen will close at 4:30, but the shop will stay open for bar and treats--chocolate cake, beer, mochas, wine, scones, muffins, and chips--all into the musical nights. With music on the patio, we'll be closing Fri and Sat at 11:00 pm.
Big changes this week too with Eduardo Lapetina hanging his color saturated abstract paintings in the dining room. Please join us for 2nd Friday Art Walk this coming week. . . .
What else is new, but the barbecue? Our sandwich, with purple slaw, makes for some good eatin', at $5.99 a plate. And we'll be back to making our own muffins soon. . .we're testing recipes and breaking in the new muffin tins. You'll be the first to know when we've perfected them.
Ah, the sparklers are already flaring here. . . Happy Independence Day!
MONDAY, 6.20.10
First day of Summer! Welcome!
So much has happened in a month, we haven't had a moment to write. Apologies to our Blog buddies who keep checking.
First off, we have to mention our amazing Friday and Saturday night Jessee's bEAT Live Music and Arts series. Our patio fills with people, coming to meet and be met. A real party every time. Remember, we have PBR on tap because we're hip to Carrboro, and Foothills and Lone Rider Brewery beers because we only carry the best in regional fare. Check our Special Events page for the calendar, or go to Jessee's bEAT on Facebook.
Last Friday we held our first annual Craft Fair--and what a great show. The artists were awesome--comics, jewelry, handbags, clothing--our DJ dished out tunes to groove to, and again, we proved a great place for a party. 2nd Friday Art Walk is our monthly art event. . . .come by to see gallery-worthy art by some of the premier artists in the
Triangle, and sample our open-faced biscuits, tea and wine.
A heartfelt thank you goes out to Hoop Path hoopers who visited us during their annual retreat weekend. We had folks here from far flung regions, and regulars from in-town. We're proud to be a hoop-friendly venue, and invite you to keep hooping, and keep grooving. Congratulations on another inspiring retreat weekend!FRIDAY, 5.14.10
Last night was a PARTY in the garden during Jessee's bEAT Euro Lounge... DJ and drinks, kids and hula-hoops, all at the gateway to Carrboro, and everyone in the world driving by. Every Thursday evening, all summer long, the vinyl will spin! Next time it will be you and your friends hooping it up...
Jessee's is part of 2nd Friday Art Walk in Carrboro... serving treats to art lovers as they pad about town enjoying the scenery. This month we have art by painter Sudie Rakusin, Still Lifes, Abstracts and Dreamscapes. Meticulous and precise, these paintings open space within themselves, inviting us to step in to their fantastic reality. Abstracts brilliant with color, still lifes as comfortable as coffee and breakfast... these pieces bring the restaurant alive.
This weekend, too, we celebrate Jessee's bEAT with Saludos Company! Salsa all Saturday night, on the patio and into the street! Come on Carrboro! Let's dance!
FRIDAY, 4.16.10
Coming soon: Carrboro bEAT at Jessee's Patio--Euro Lounge Thursdays, live music on Friday's and Saturdays--all summer long. Keep your eyes and ears open for news!
MONDAY, 4.5.10
Good Morning, Coffee Lovers! Here's some afternoon/evening news from Jessee's: PIZZA ON THE PATIO, for two special people---a bottle of red or white wine and two savory flatbread pizza's, $25 tax included.
Our new white by the bottle is Trapiche Torrontes, a fruity spring wine, medium body, fresh and interesting. Borsao red mixes 75% Garnacha and 25% Tempranillo for the perfect Spanish table wine, delcious with food and on its own... Both wines are available only by the bottle, $12.99.
We've been entertaining a lot of people wearing plaid this past week. Springtime fashion! The sundresses are out of the closet and on the body. We can't wait to see you out on the town, looking your best.
The Jessee's
THURSDAY, 3.25.10
Delightful days require delightful settings... and Jessee's practically perfect patio can be YOURS. Dine out until the late evening, seated at the gateway to Carrboro. Watch as the whole world walks and drives by. Call attention to yourself. Sit by your sweetie talking low.
Springtime is here and we're looking for MUSICIANS to grace our place, evenings, weekends. Drop a sample CD by the shop, your name and contacts for Karen. We're planning ahead, marking the calendar for Bistro Nights. Can't wait to hear from you!
FRIDAY, 3.19.10
Today's big news: Rockin' chicken Tortilla soup, picante!!! A recipe selected by Chy and fussed over by Jon, this soup is spicy, smooth, and surprising. Our own bistro-style twist on a classic.
Make sure to take a good long look at Mark Elliott's he-cut-them-out-and-pressed-them-the-old-fashioned-way prints, and whimsical wooden sculptures, hung all over the shop through the end of this month. Everything is for sale.
MONDAY, 3.8.10Good Weather Blend! That's it, just right, on the patio, in sunlight...
WEDNESDAY, 3.3.10
Chyenna is going through some mysterious change. Not only is she roasting coffees from around the world -- the newest of which is JAVA ESTATE, smooth and fresh --but she's hand-dipping strawberries in chocolate too. She's baking peanut butter cookies. She's making her grandmother's chocolate chip cookies. These are really just handfuls of chocolate chips with cookie in between to hold the chocolate together. A little bit like Willy Wonka's Chocolate Goo-Goo Clusters? You'll have to decide...
SATURDAY, 2.27.10
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor, will you come by?
We're now carrying cupcakes, cinnamon buns, treats by local bakery BLISS. And we continue to offer real Dutch chocolate by Stam's--almond bark, pecan bark, milk and dark medallions, chocolate bars.
Sweeten up your life...!
MONDAY, 2.22.10
My, my, how time flies... when the coffee's roasting, when the snow is blowing, and the New Year's turning! Since GMISH rocked the house last December a lot has continued to shift and shake at Jessee's:
- for the Carrboro-ite in everyone, PBR on tap
- Jon's truly outstanding CHILI back in the bowl
- new Art by sculptor and printmaker Mark Elliott
- four deer in the store during the snowstorm!
- Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon for winter
- new: Peak Organic ESPRESSO AMBER ALE
- Stam's Dutch chocolates on the countertop
- and new food specials every day...
Our customers keep warm by being cool, and there's always someone coming in whom you've never met before. We're always on Facebook, and we're back on the BLOG. As ever, it's great to see you.
FRIDAY, 12.4.09
What do you get when you mix Schmaltz Brewing Company's seasonal release and Klezmer Music by Carrboro's own GMISH? A Jewbelation Celebration at Jessee's!
Next Friday, December 11, the first night of Chanukah, join the hip Hebrews in town for a night full of Light. Show begins at 6:30pm.
Eat a Lox & Bagel Plate or a Beef Brisket Sandwich. Bring the kids. Open a bottle of Jewbelation #13, or Schmaltz's HE'BREW Genesis Ale or Messiah Bold. Dance. It'll be good fun for all kinds of folks, especially you and yours. TO LIFE!
MONDAY, 11.16.09
Our patio calls you out. . . out into sun, into the breeze, into the heart of Carrboro and the stream of familiar cars flowing past. How many friends have you counted as you've sat by the fence facing the garden and the street?
My dentist admitted resisting the impulse to honk at me when she saw me out front the other day. If everyone we knew honked at everyone they know whose been in and out of Jessee's we'd be making trouble for the town. Come on. Make some trouble! We'll see you outside...
THURSDAY, 11.12.09
Chocolate lace, that's what it looked like... chocolate lace that Chyenna had draped over the milky face of a latte. The woman gazed at the delicate pattern, a smile to suit the Mona Lisa on her lips. Leaning over to her table I whispered, "That's beautiful!" Josephine looked too and exclaimed, "That is beautiful." The woman whose drink it was said, "It's too beautiful to drink. What am I going to do?"
MONDAY, 11.2.09
This news just in: The Kind Coffee Cafe is open in the UNC Bio-Informatics Building on Mason Farm Rd! The kiosk carries the same Kind Coffee as Jessee's, and food for people rushing productively to and fro. During set-up over the weekend, Jessee children discovered there are 99 steps to the top of the enchanting stair well in that building, accompanied all the way by a metal and marble mural of human genomes and proteins...
Meanwhile, at Jessee's: Mandolin Orange, the progressive folk duo, will play this Friday evening to adoring fans, and the rest of us too. Sweet, sultry music sung and played so wholesome it'll make you want to sit down. But don't listen with your eyes closed. These two draw an interesting crowd.
The Kind Beer is new in our case. Locally brewed near Charlotte, no relation to our own The Kind Coffee yet worthy of its name. Rich, 7.3% alcohol, amber and creamy. A great autumn ale. Wear your jacket and drink on the patio as the sun goes down. Ah! The colors of Carrboro!
Cheers,
Karen
MONDAY, 10.26.09
Special events at the shop: a doctor's phone bank for a special cause last Tuesday, a ladies book club cluster, an upcoming wedding on the patio in what we hope will be good weather. We've hosted birthday parties, and work meetings, study sessions, and the chance connections of people working side by side.
Just last week I asked to join a gentleman so we could consolidate tables to work on our computers. By the end of our conversation he was sharing books with me out of his bookbag, and I was telling him about a lecture coming up. We had PLENTY in common. Amazing. And it was all because of lunch.
Come in and say "hello" to someone new. We're all pretty keen.
For the family,
Karen
WEDNESDAY, 10.14.09
We're into our third month now, serving GOOD FOOD ALL DAY along with our fantastic coffee. Just this morning Chyenna was roasting up a 15 kilo batch of fresh beans. Ah, to hear the rumble.
All kinds of people come in here... at this moment: a musician studying Italian, two construction workers with their custom hardhats, five teenagers (one of whom is drinking a glass of milk--good girl!), an elegant woman with her laptop (professor? student? self-employed?), a reader, two talkers, and an employee who is stoked about the new PBR sign.
About the sign: a gift from a zealous salesman, it enchants almost everyone... but I'm waiting to be convinced. We serve incredible beers here, microbrews like HE'BREW from Shmaltz Brewing Company, and local beer on tap from Big Boss and Foothills Brewery. But we're a Carrboro place, and PBR casts its spell all through the community. I think my first (and only?) taste was too long ago to recount, at the cast party for my brother's high school production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Pensance. You come in and tell me how you like it.
We look forward to seeing you,
Karen, for the family
FRIDAY, 8.17.09
GREAT COFFEE! GREAT PATIO! GREAT TIME!
Here at Jessee’s you’ll experience something new—the quickest, best coffee to go with your Espresso Breakfast, your lunch, or even your afternoon friends enjoying wine and beer on the patio.
You’ve seen us. We’re OPEN!!! We have moved from our yellow curbside cart all the way inside to serve up a Kind cup. We have breakfast to blow your mind but not blow your wallet. We offer up a luscious lunch. Espresso expresses itself all day long here, but afternoons you might choose to loosen up with a micro-brew or wine from a far-off land. Our delicious food can be ordered all evening long.
Fun, fashionable, fabulous! Come visit our bright orange roasting room. You can see the beans transform right in front of you. You can smell them, and then, you can taste them. You can even take them home to brew in your own kitchen.
We all look forward to having you at Jessee’s, for a quick jolt-n-bolt, breakfast on the run, or a sit-down session with a meal, a book or a friend. Inside or out, you’ll find us the Kind of place that will brighten your face.
Chyenna, Jon, Karen, and David Jessee