Boomtown re-opens in Springfield at 9th and Main
12/03/07 • Posted in: News, Springfield by Joey Marchy 15 Comments »
9th and Main, once nOSH and before that Henrietta’s, has turned the kitchen over to Boomtown
After six years of contention and outright cut throat competition, Boomtown and 9th and Main have buried the hatchet and gone one better. We’re all in bed together.
This is how the email announcement from Boomtown began. I don’t know the full history behind the Boomtown / 9th and Main controversy and maybe it’s better if I don’t. I mean, who really cares? The important thing is that Springfield continues to move forward and I think this is a step forward.
I know 9th and Main has been struggling and the construction on 8th Street might have been the nail in the coffin if Boomtown hadn’t gotten involved. Boomtown brings with it an established customer base and a full lineup of entertainment. There will be:
Live Music in the nightclub every night, and Mad Cowford Comedy Improv during Friday Night Dinners. The Legendary Soul Release resumes its Jazz Neo Soul Spoken Word performances with both national and local talent every Saturday night.
The other good thing to come out of this is we don’t have to wait the 6 months to a year it may have taken for Boomtown to get it’s other space on Main Street up and running.
“The other good thing to come out of this is we don’t have to wait the 6 months to a year it may have taken for Boomtown to get it’s other space on Main Street up and running.”
From what I’ve heard, Boomtown still plans to open up the second space as some sort of gallery. Stephen Dare will have to chime in on the exact details and timeline.
Let me start off by saying I always go out of my way to support springfield businesses and will continue to do so. I was at 9th and main on sat night and they tried to charge me a $7 cover. As I informed the promoter of saturdays entertainment, “I am a local and it’s people like me who keep this place open”. I just think that whoever is in charge over there needs to take care of their bread and butter core customers (I.e. Springfield locals). And $7 for what exactly?
I didn’t pay the cover on saturday and have no plans of doing so in the future. I think we need a locals pass or something.
All that being said - good luck to boomtown and I will be giving them a try for dinner this week!
hello everyone,
Yeah, its pretty cool to be open already without all the wait.
I am re-establishing my old Loft set up from downtown at the space on main street, with experimental art events, and it will be a lot more like a true ’space’ than a business.
In the meantime, we are at the restaurant, and will be running our schedule there.
Scott Abrams and Tory are running the nightclub part, and we will be working out the theatre space.
Springfield and Downtowners get a kind of unspoken special on Friday Nights…..if your a local, we do a ‘buy one entree, get one free’ deal for all dine in customers, and there is a comedy improv show that starts at 8.
We will be doing all the food in the building however, so you can eat from the boomtown menu no matter where you are!
thanks for the well wishes, edliberatori, next time just come over to our entrance and check out the boomtown access.
Stephen.
Stephen - Thank you and I am looking forward to it!
can i get some german chicken today w/ steve dare salad ? noli and i are hungry!
Loved the layered chicken this past Fri eve. Let me know when the mushroom crepes are officially back on the lunch menu!
unfortunately, we never went to original boomtown, except to see corrine brown when she screened “fahrenheit 9/11″. Is the menu vegetarian (who eats fish) friendly?
On a side note, does anyone know what happened to the little place that was open for a brief stint next to Jack Rabbits? Faye Woods, I think it was being called. Thought Stephen was running that too? …Regardless, the food was fantastic there, the service and courtesy was very appreciated (especially late-late night), and if that’s any indication of the new Boomtown, I can’t wait to check it out!
Agreed with Russel. Faye Woods had really good food, and Stephen and James made it an awesome place to hit after the bars and clubs closed, albeit briefly. Late-nights spots like that would boost areas like the Square and Bay Street…at least for me, it would.
Adam (not Beaugh), hopefully I’m not speaking for Stephen Dare, but I’ll tell you that when my (vegetarian) brother-in-law visited, we went to the old Boomtown and Stephen came out to the table, talked to my bro-in-law about how strict a vegetarian or vegan he was, and prepared this really, really good sort of extemporaneous eggplant dish that met his diet perfectly. I’d guess they’re vegetarian-friendly …
Ed
i hate boomtown and everything that comes from it. horrible food and the worst service ever! and the employees are total assholes too!
yeah, were pretty vegetarian friendly, Adam. The trick is to ask what we have available. In addition to whatever is on the menu, I also have another list of things that we prepare for vegetarian menus ( along with just about every other diet restrictions or preferences )
thanks everyone– once i have a free weekend night i would love to come by for dinner
I wrote, co-starred in, and co-directed some of the “Pulp Fiction Theatre” playlets at Boomtown’s previous venue. Stephen, I’m up for anything — please let me back in!!
Boomtown Theatre has re-located to the 9th & Main Espresso Cafe and is reviving its Thurs.-night “Pulp Fiction Theatre” series, where each week are enacted three playlets based on stories from the classic pulp-fiction era. It’s often campy and always fun!
“PFT” auditions are upcoming. We need actors and actresses ranging from young- to mature-adult ages, for major and supporting speaking roles as well as “extra” roles with no dialogue.
Previous acting experience is helpful but not required. However, please keep these “caveats” in mind.
1. This will be an ongoing series, so be prepared to spend future Wed. nights on rehearsal and Thurs. nights on live performances.
2. Be ready for “anything goes”-type acting — no nudity, but the plays’ content ranges from mild double-entendres to explicit language and situations.
3. This is being offered as “community theater,” a kind euphemism for “no salary.” Should the series “take off,” we might be able to pay some box-office take as recompense, but even that will be slim once divided among several actors. However, know that you won’t be toiling anonymously — several local publications have tentatively committed to upcoming pieces about the revived Boomtown. In any case, remember, we’re doing it for the love of the acting and because we’re jonesing for attention!
Auditions will be held on Wed., Jan. 16 and 23, at 7 p.m. at the 9th & Main Espresso Cafe, 1850 N. Main St. in downtown Springfield. You will audition from our scripts, but if you find it helpful, you may also bring a short piece of your own from which to read. Be prepared to give your contact phone number and E-mail address, as well as a head-shot photo if you have one.
If you’d like an idea of our format, check out the short “PFT” YouTube video at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFub8Qz-A4k
If you have any questions, feel free to call me at 246-0312. Otherwise, we’ll see you at 9th & Main!
Sincerely,
Steve Bailey
Co-Writer/-Director, Pulp Fiction Theatre