Photo courtesy of Rick Foster, The Sun Chronicle
On Saturday, June 5, 2010 Flat Iron Café is happy to present Richy Jay Marcos!
Playing his self-taught style of music for more than 25 years, Richy hails from Cape Cod. He has traveled all over North America and Europe with the “Sleepy Labeef Band” and has also done a gigs and tours with other national acts along the way. Along with a handful of his own local bands, Richy plays drums, keyboards-piano and bass guitar but his primary focus is on guitars and vocals. He is the driving force behind the band, The Underground Cats, and has performed with other well-known acts like Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Pat Benetar and many others.
Marcos and The Underground Cats play a rock-heavy blend of rockabilly music. It’s a derivative of the style personified by Elvis Presley that defined the era between swing and the Beatles-led British invasion. “I have a dad, but I refer to Sleepy Labeef as my musical stepfather,” said Marcos. Marcos’s mom, a professional country singer, hooked up her teenage son with Labeef, who was looking for a drummer, before Richy had even started high school. Marcos’s first tour lasted nine months. Marcos has been on the road ever since, mostly as part of cover bands or supporting headlining musicians.
Join Richy and the rest of the Flat Iron gang on Saturday, June 5, 2010 from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm for a night of some terrific rockabilly and half-price pizza!
Farrar’s Flat Iron Cafe in Middleboro, Massachusetts is looking for a few good waiters, waitresses and cooks…
Are you 18 or older? Do you have a stellar resume’ filled with serve-staff experience? Are you looking for a fun-filled, friendly environment to work in? While the economy isn’t looking so good, Flat Iron Cafe is doing great – so great, in fact, that we need experienced waiters, waitresses for all shifts and breakfast cooks!
If you think you have what it takes to work for a small restaurant which thinks of its employees and customers as family, then let us know! We’re hiring for breakfast, lunch and dinner shifts. Send your resume’ to mail@flatironcafe.info or hit us up on Facebook or Twitter…
Sunday, May 9th is Mother’s Day – have you figured out how you are going to thank your mother or grandmother for everything she has done for you? Doesn’t the special lady in your life deserve a great breakfast from a restaurant that caters to families? Of course she does!
So pack up the family car and head on over to Flat Iron Cafe at 444 Centre Street in Middleboro, Massachusetts! We know how to make Mom’s day special… the first 150 mothers who come through the door on Sunday will receive a very special treat from Rose Candles of Middleboro. We are open for breakfast from 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
Food, gifts, family and fun… what more can you ask for? As our Mom always said: I brought you into this world and I can take you out of it. So you best be taking me out for breakfast on Mother’s Day!
Thanks to Lynn DiCostanzo and Greg Duda, our very first Ballroom Dancing lessons were a terrific success! Everyone had a great time and learned a few new moves to show off on the dance floor. Congratulations to our graduates; we hope you had as much fun as we did!
Now we want to hear from all of you… should we do this again? Are you interested in learning how to dance from two experts? Post a comment here or send us an email (mail@flatironcafe.info) and let us know. If there is enough interest out there we will try to convince Lynn and Greg to come back and teach us all something new!
Interested in seeing how the professionals do it? Then check out this impromptu video of Lynn and Greg unwinding after their last class of the evening…
On Saturday, May 1, 2010 from 7:30PM to 10:30 PM, local favorite Shawn Kilpeck will be performing live at Flat Iron Café!
Specializing in acoustic music, Shawn will be performing your favorite music from the ’60s, ‘70s and ‘80s and all the way through to current day. Along with folk and rock, he also promises to throw in some country favorites as well as some of his own original material. Shawn has been performing on the Massachusetts South Coast since the late 1980s. He has appeared in a variety of bands including The Baysicks, The Raven Street Band and most recently, Rebooted. He has also done acoustic sets with John C. Rune of Revere and appeared with Don Ruby & The Steamers, Hawgleg and Woodspirit.
Saturday nights are the nights to be at Flat Iron Café, in the heart of Everett Square in Middleboro! From 4:00 PM to 11:00 PM we offer half-price pizza and the live music goes from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM! Flat Iron Café is celebrating its fourth year in business at 444 Centre Street in Middleboro, Massachusetts. More information about Farrar’s Flat Iron Café can be found on the web at http://www.flatironcafe.info, on Twitter at http://twitter.com/flatironcafe or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/flatironcafe.
On Saturday, April 17, 2010 from 7:30PM to 10:30 PM, Stormy Thorson will be singing at Flat Iron Café and ushering in a new style of music for the restaurant’s Saturday Night Music Series.
Stormy Thorson’s solo acoustic act is a must see and hear for everyone who enjoys a night out with friends. A well rounded musician working in the South of Boston area, Stormy plays a range of diverse music influenced by Green Day and Dave Mathews, Sublime to ZZ Top to Led Zeppelin and Creedence Clearwater Revival to Elvis, Johnny Cash and The Beatles. Stormy has 18 years experience in all aspects of music and his self-taught style of acoustic guitar playing has been in the works since 1996. As well as his vocal talents, Stormy brings his experience with many different musical instruments to the stage each night.
Currently Stormy is also the drummer and a vocalist for the rock band, Trembling Hands as well as the drummer for the blues/rock/soul band, Dirty Sugar. You can find out more about Stormy at his web site: http://stormyacoustic.orgfree.com/.
Saturday nights are the nights to be at Flat Iron Café, in the heart of Everett Square in Middleboro! From 4:00 PM to 11:00 PM we offer half-price pizza and the live music goes from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM!
Did you know that Middleboro has it’s very own Ballroom Dance star? Flat Iron Café’s very own Marilyn “Lynn” Bernier DiCostanzo started Ballroom Dance lessons three years ago and quickly moved into the professional and amateur competitions.
Lynn started with American Style dancing but quickly became bored. Then she saw Greg Duda, an independent professional coach at a dance and asked him for lessons. It turns out that Greg is an International Ballroom Dancing instructor and he and Lynn have been competing – and winning – together for the past two years. Lynn has performed solo International and American style dances in several states with a variety of Ballroom Instructors and is a 10 dance competitor. In order to be a 10 dance competitor, you must be awarded 1st to 3rd place in competitions; quite an achievement for only two years of competition! Lynn often tells people she got into dancing for therapy. “Dancing is something everyone should try. It keeps you fit, is lots of fun and it is getting people out. It’s very social,” she says.
Greg Duda is a passionate performer and has been dancing for well over a decade. His studies include both International and American Ballroom and Latin dances. He has been a major participant in ballroom dance competitions over the years in which he was able to capture many championship titles, which include: Eastern United States ten dance champion, New England Latin Champion, and he was a finalist in many other competitions throughout the United States.
Flat Iron Café will be sponsoring Ballroom Dancing lessons with Lynn and Greg. The lessons are scheduled for Thursday, April 15, 2010 – with two session times available. The first session time will be 8:00 PM to 8:45 PM and the second is 9:00 PM to 9:45 PM. No dance experience is necessary; just a sense of humor and the desire to have some fun!
The cost for each lesson is $10 per person; this is a $90 savings from the usual cost of a 60 minute ballroom dancing lesson with Greg. In order for everyone to learn from the best, Flat Iron Café is limiting the size of each class to 14 people (or 7 couples). If you would like to sign up for these classes, please contact Sherri at 774-213-1003, send an email to mail@flatironcafe.info or stop into the restaurant at 444 Centre Street and place your name on the sign-up sheet. Payment in advance is required in order to reserve your spot in our ballroom dancing class.
On a related note: Did you know that on April 24, 2010 the Oak Point Community is sponsoring a “Big Band” night to raise money for the non-profit Future of Middleboro Trust? The proceeds from this event go toward the implementation of “Project Lifesaver” in Middleboro, which you can find out more about at http://futureofmiddleboro.org/. Tickets for this event are $12 and can be purchased from Ed Beaulieu in Adam Bond’s law office located at 11 North Main Street in Middleboro. We can’t think of a better way to show off your new dancing skills than by signing up for Flat Iron Café’s ballroom dancing lessons and then dancing up a storm with the Westwood Swing Band to raise money for an excellent cause.
Flat Iron Café will be open to everyone until 10:00 PM Thursday, April 15, 2010. So, even if you’re not interested in participating in the lessons, come on in and have some fun watching the stars and the newbies. Our late-night appetizer menu will be available to everyone so that participants and onlookers alike can have something to eat and enjoy some fabulous dancing!
Flat Iron Cafe will be open for breakfast only on April 4, 2010, Easter Sunday. No reservations are needed for our fabulous Easter Sunday breakfast so come on in after services and enjoy our famous breakfast.
Easter Sunday hours are 7:00 AM to Noon.
Oreo the bunny, Flat Iron Cafe’s official Easter mascot, wishes you and your family a wonderful holiday season.
Taunton Catholic Middle School
Night of 100 Wines, “A Taste for Technology,” sponsored by Muckey’s Liquors in Lakeville, will be held on Friday, April 9 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Middleboro Elks Lodge, 25 High Street. It brings together wine purveyors pouring more than 100 wines to taste, with proceeds to benefit the Taunton Catholic Middle School.
Flat Iron Cafe is proud to be one of several area restaurants to provide specialty food pairings for the wines. The evening will be rounded out by a raffle featuring more than 30 unique gift baskets, many valued in the hundreds of dollars. Those who purchase a $25 ticket will not only help the school advance its goal of new technology but will make an investment in the future of these students.
To order tickets go to www.catholicmiddle.com, click on “A Taste for Technology’ and follow the instructions, visit TCMS at 61 Summer St., Taunton or call 508-822-0491. Tickets can also be purchased at Muckey’s Liquors, Rte. 44, in Lakeville.
Wednesday, March 17th is St. Patrick’s Day and the question we keep getting asked is: Is Flat Iron Cafe celebrating? Of course we are celebrating… we’re IRISH! So come on in for corned beef, cabbage, beer on draft and all the fun we can muster up for a Wednesday night!
