Park & King After 5 Street Festival this Friday
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To revel in the celebration, limited commemorative mugs are available online for $5 at metrojacksonville.com/pubcrawl. Starting Thursday mugs can also be purchased at Intuition Ale Works, Bold City Brewery and European Street. On the day of the event pre-sale mugs can be picked up from the kickoff location at the First Guaranty Bank parking lot. While supplies last, a limited number of mugs will be available for sale the day of the event.
Full Article
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2011-sep-park-king-after-5-street-festival-this-friday
"Kickbacks will be offering a full menu until 3pm."
You mean 3am??
Yes
Intuition will be opening their brewery bar exclusively for mugholders. The entire lineup of beers will be available for $3 for mugholders in the brewery bar only.
Starting tomorrow, you can buy a limited number mugs at Intuition(and European Street and Bold City Brewery).
There are only a limited amount of mugs available for purchase, so it is highly recommended to pre-order today or tomorrow so that you don't miss out. We will be shutting off pre-sales once our limit has been reached. We expect to sell out.
Please don't park in the Panda House parking lot if you are not buying some food there. Mrs. Chang says that every time there is a Park and King event, her parking lot fills up and her customers have trouble getting to her.
Some of her vegetarian spring rolls (homemade) would go great with an Intuition Ale! Wonder what other finger food she has?
See you there!
Point well taken, Dog Walker. I hope that people understand this and show some consideration for Mrs. Chang's business. I have eaten there quite often when I lived in Riverside and think highly of her place.
This JUST IN Kickbacks will be offering $2 domestics and $1 off any other drafts(I'd recommend any of the Cigar City selections or the Shipyards Pumpkin Ale) for mugholders. The hits just keep rolling.
The mugs will sell out, so don't wait to purchase one.
A limited amount of mugs are available today at Bold City, Intuition and European Street.
We will sell out of mugs, so I would encourage you to either buy online today or drop by one of these establishments this evening.
B/c we added some specials after the article, here is a recap:
The Mug Club:
With the purchase of a $5 Mug, metrojacksonville.com has arranged for drink specials at many of the participating venues along King Street. The deals include…
Bold City Brewery: $2 Everything
Intuition Ale Works: $2 Everything
Kickbacks Gastropub: $2 Domestics, $1 off all other draft beer
The Loft: $2 Domestics, $3 Wells
The Rogue: $2 Domestics, $3 Wells
Walker’s Wine Bar: $2 Domestics
Carmine’s Pie House: $2 All Draft Beer from 9 pm-Close
Jackson’s Grille: $2 Yuengling, $3 Sweetwater 420, $3.50 Wine
European Street: Assorted $2 and $3 beer offerings
Also, don't forget to stop by Bottega di Bella Sera, next door to Loft and across from Kickbacks. Liz Grenamyer is certainly one of the best chefs in the city, and she will be offering samples of some of their delicious treats and will be having a wine vendor on site offering samples as well. I buy her to-go meals at least a few times a month.
There seems to be a price war going on... that's how popular this event is getting!
Intuition is offering Park and King After 5 mugholders ANY of their beers for $2 on Friday, in the brewery bar.
This is insane!!!!
Hmmmm.... I see an opportunity to turn a quick profit here.
Purchase 10 mugs now at $5 a piece. After they sell out I guaranty some thirsty people would pay more. Sell them and put your profits towards some delicious hometown brew.
Just Kidding- Don't do that.
However, at the Rate that Bold City and Intuition are going, we won't be able to provide enough mugs. Better to get them now than risk waiting until Friday evening.
I laid claim to 4 of those bad-boys, but Capt. just gave me an idea..... 8)
^Free enterprise is a beautiful thing, baby! :)
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I see you're over at Bold City :)
It's looking very likely that we will be selling out of mugs, so I would highly encourage you to buy online tonight before we have to turn off the presale option.
Intuition just opened, Bold City has them as evidenced by Lunican's picture and Andy over at European Street just arrived to work so they can all sell you mugs tonight as well as they all have a limited supply. You don't want to miss out tomorrow.
This is going to be a VERY good time.
Just went online and purchased my mug. Looking forward to tomorrow!
Btw, where do I pick up my mug if I ordered online? Thanks!
purchase made
We'll be at the First Guaranty Bank parking lot to pickup any pre-sales.
Intuition had NONE last night and no one had informed the bartenders about them. Maybe tonight will be different!
Quote from: Lunican on September 29, 2011, 02:27:30 PM
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Another whirlwind adventure with NM (No Mas!) (No Mas!) No it wasn't an all day kayak paddle with North Miami but rather an adventure to make sure we had our MUG for the PK festival. An early call to Field and the early pickup locations led to a call to North Miami to get our Crawl on early.
We took our strategy to Bold City Brewery and scored not only our mugs but a taste testing shot from our new mugs that libated our pallets. I went with the Dukes and NM had the 1901. We're crawlin. Thank you Robin. With our Mugs we were contemplating a local eatery but instead a quick call to Robert's eatery and we are opting for the quick hot dog cart fare. We called our orders in and when we arrived we each had the sausage dog, beverage, and some chicken wings. It was a late meal and Robert waited for us and really had us covered. Thank you NM for the generous treat and the opportunity to meet Robert another Hogans Creek kayak paddler. Robert was off to his second job.
Field I still have that Gift certificate for Robert's that you won in that last cleanup drawing. Its all yours but if I can ever do anything to help coordinate this dining experience just let me know. I'm there for you.
Being in District 7 and in the Springfield area we thought why not just check on Hogans Creek in Klutho and Confederate Park. Got out in the armory parking lot and spied a shopping cart off the bridge in Confederate Park. It was a high outgoing tide.
We then took it to Washington and Beaver and then behind the casket factory and checked out the beautiful sand launch under Duval St.
Bold City Brewery see you again in less than 24 hours.
8.5 Hours until The Festival begins!!!.
I plan to start the evening with a Hans Tanzler from Whiteway's. Next I'll wash it down with a Sweetwater 420 and some fried pickles from Jackson's. I'll finish my meal with a black and white cookie and a stout from E-Street. After that I'll hop on a pedi-cab and head down to BC and Intuition for some $2 beers, and finally I'll close out the night at Carmine's with some $2 drafts. Not a bad Friday.
Get your $5 mugs while we still have some in stock!!!
Quote from: Captain Zissou on September 30, 2011, 09:27:23 AM
8.5 Hours until The Festival begins!!!.
I plan to start the evening with a Hans Tanzler from Whiteway's. Next I'll wash it down with a Sweetwater 420 and some fried pickles from Jackson's. I'll finish my meal with a black and white cookie and a stout from E-Street. After that I'll hop on a pedi-cab and head down to BC and Intuition for some $2 beers, and finally I'll close out the night at Carmine's with some $2 drafts. Not a bad Friday.
Get your $5 mugs while we still have some in stock!!!
Correction, 7.5 Hours!! This day keeps getting better and better.
So I'm going to be heading out to this event this evening. I read that you will be at the bank to hand out the pre-ordered mugs. I won't be leaving my office till around 6pm, how long will you folks be waiting for the pre-orders to be picked up before you head off for the merriment yourselves?
Will there be any mass groupings of MJ.com folks that I might be able to meet/tag along/hang with? I haven't been to any of the events yet due to back surgery a few months back. Thanks!
We will be there until the mugs sell out and all the pre-sales have checked in and picked up their mugs, but not later than 9. You can still pick-up or buy a mug after 9, but you'll have to track us down. This will STILL be a good deal though, as many places will still be running their specials, and Carmines will just be getting going with their blowout deal (ALL drafts - and they've only got quality ones, you won't find any Bud or Coors drafts there - will be $2 from 9pm til close).
**ATTENTION**
If you purchase a mug online ahead of time (http://www.metrojacksonville.com/pubcrawl), you can pick it up from the First Guaranty parking lot on King Street.
Quote from: mtraininjax on September 29, 2011, 06:03:55 PM
Intuition had NONE last night and no one had informed the bartenders about them. Maybe tonight will be different!
They DO currently have them. They and Bold city have half a dozen or so left. E-Street has sold out, but we are working on getting some more to them.
If you can match my previously described itinerary and add Kickback's and Bella Sera to the mix somehow, I will reward you with a prize of some sort. Photo evidence is required.
As a reminder, here is my schedule:
I plan to start the evening with a Hans Tanzler from Whiteway's. Next I'll wash it down with a Sweetwater 420 and some fried pickles from Jackson's. I'll finish my meal with a black and white cookie and a stout from E-Street. After that I'll hop on a pedi-cab and head down to BC and Intuition for some $2 beers, and finally I'll close out the night at Carmine's with some $2 drafts.
Add:
A well drink at Loft AND Rogue
Wine at Bella Sera
A beer from kickbacks.
We'll call it the Ironman Decathlon.
Also, I'd like to at some point see the guys from Critical Mass challenge the 501st to a dance off. That would make my night, or better yet my year.
I'm heading down there in about :30 to pick up my mug and celebrate the end of the federal fiscal year. See you all out there! ;D :o
I unfortunately won't be able to make it out there this evening. So you can give my mugs to whoever you deem worthy. Stupid family emergencies...
No draft beer at Walkers, but great 2 buck domestics. Also cups are running low, hurry if you want one!!!
Very respectable turn out. This place has potential.
Quote from: mtraininjax on September 30, 2011, 06:10:18 PM
Also cups are running low, hurry if you want one!!!
certainly not "Mugs" but rather cups for sure.Entry level.No matter,perfectly sized for the duty,collectors item.
It's Official:Noone and I got a jump start,formal Event Early First Toast yesterday/Thursday,Bold City.First customers of the day.
this evening I witnessed first hand folks learning of New Places as a result of this event.
cheers!
I got a wine at Bella Sera and got a beer at Kickbacks (And bought a round for two others who were waiting in line with their mugs.) Had a nice walk around the neighborhood.
It was a great event-completely sold out of mugs! Thanks to all who came out!!!
Great event, I was happy to be there and to support the local cause!
Pretty crazy night, more like 100 little doorfront parties then an in street bash. If the fire baked pizza was any clue the new restaurant is going to be fantastic.
Yeah I was there with my whole family and weird as it might seem, didn't see a single person I knew.
OCKLAWAHA
Quote from: mtraininjax on October 01, 2011, 05:38:11 PM
Great event, I was happy to be there and to support the local cause!
I can agree with you on that!
Quote from: Ocklawaha on October 01, 2011, 07:27:41 PM
Pretty crazy night, more like 100 little doorfront parties then an in street bash. If the fire baked pizza was any clue the new restaurant is going to be fantastic.
Yeah I was there with my whole family and weird as it might seem, didn't see a single person I knew.
OCKLAWAHA
Ock, I was there too and had the same experience. Sorry we missed you. It was fun, but just too spread out to come across friends and generate "festival" atmosphere.
Quote from: Dog Walker on October 02, 2011, 11:08:17 AM
Quote from: Ocklawaha on October 01, 2011, 07:27:41 PM
Pretty crazy night, more like 100 little doorfront parties then an in street bash. If the fire baked pizza was any clue the new restaurant is going to be fantastic.
Yeah I was there with my whole family and weird as it might seem, didn't see a single person I knew.
OCKLAWAHA
Ock, I was there too and had the same experience. Sorry we missed you. It was fun, but just too spread out to come across friends and generate "festival" atmosphere.
Good point, Dog Walker. Other than the folks at the mug tent, I did not see anyone I knew either. I would have been great to have been able to roam around with our fellow metrojacksonville.com folks.
Quote from: Dog Walker on October 02, 2011, 11:08:17 AM
Quote from: Ocklawaha on October 01, 2011, 07:27:41 PM
Pretty crazy night, more like 100 little doorfront parties then an in street bash. If the fire baked pizza was any clue the new restaurant is going to be fantastic.
Yeah I was there with my whole family and weird as it might seem, didn't see a single person I knew.
OCKLAWAHA
Ock, I was there too and had the same experience. Sorry we missed you. It was fun, but just too spread out to come across friends and generate "festival" atmosphere.
Judging by the brevity with which we sold out of mugs, and the fact that this was the first time for an event like this, there's certainly room to grow. Don't be surprised if Park and King after 5 turns into a proper festival someday. That said, and like Stephen said, any feedback? Obviously more mugs, and a decent way to get to the breweries...more street action too...
Some of those bars/restaurants had their best day ever(Jacksons for sure- and hopefully if you didn't know about this place you grabbed some of their food and are now in love).
Had a good time... agree with the "too spread out" comments. Lunican was taking pix... hope to see some posted soon.
I had high hopes for this event and was really excited after work Friday night. What a let down! To me "street festival atmosphere" is more than just a bunch of businesses loosely strung along the same street. It is when you can walk in the street and not be constantly dodging cars or your keeping your kid from running out in the street. And what exactly is "fun for the whole family" about sitting on a 6 foot wide sidewalk and drinking beer!? For a bunch of people who claim to know so much about urbanism and what makes a city livable, the organizers fell way short. All this event did was highlight to me that Park & King is really a bunch of loosely dispersed business with no cohesive identity. If the street were walkable, you could have linked the dead areas (and there are plenty) with vendor tents and activities or something. I know this was a first try but you all know better.
I would like to personally thank Cari Sanchez-Potter from Intution, Susan Miller from Bold City, Sam Salem from Whiteway, Andy Zarka from European Street, Kat Hardwick from DVI, Carmen-Susan-Laura from RAP, Elonya from Adrian Pickett Gallery, David Montgomery from Silverfish Gallery, Ryan Stasser from Go Fresh Design, Caron Streibich from Folio Weekly, Kirk Tsonos from Critical Mass, Officer TC Edwards from JSO and a HUGE thank you to Councilman Jim Love.
Is there anyway to have at least one block closed to street traffic so that it has more of a block party type feel? I know it's difficult because businesses are spread out over several blocks, but it would have been nice for people to mingle in the street and maybe have live music outside.
As a first time event, I understand it is difficult to get a section of a main street blocked off. Something you must strive to do in the future and definitely get a stage and some live music going. I think getting some of King street blocked off would be the way to go.
Thanks should also go out to officer duckworth and other officer who gave their time to roll around on the police carts. After talking to him, it was greatly appreciated that they were not going to be enforcing the jacksonville beach police gustapo tactics that you find at the beach. Nice to have the presence but be allowed to have a good time without getting hassled. Getting assistance like this will be key in expanding the event to a larger scale.
It was also nice to see the owners and executive chef of Pele's Wood Fire set up on their corner greeting people and answering questions. They will be a great addition to the neighborhood and by the looks of their promotional flyer, they have some amazing things planned for their restaurant.
Great first time effort.
suggested here is closing off the street and setting up a stage....would folks be willing to pay more $ to defray these costs...for example, would you still buy a mug if the cost was $8?
Quote from: hank on October 03, 2011, 09:30:57 AM
I had high hopes for this event and was really excited after work Friday night. What a let down! To me "street festival atmosphere" is more than just a bunch of businesses loosely strung along the same street. It is when you can walk in the street and not be constantly dodging cars or your keeping your kid from running out in the street. And what exactly is "fun for the whole family" about sitting on a 6 foot wide sidewalk and drinking beer!? For a bunch of people who claim to know so much about urbanism and what makes a city livable, the organizers fell way short. All this event did was highlight to me that Park & King is really a bunch of loosely dispersed business with no cohesive identity. If the street were walkable, you could have linked the dead areas (and there are plenty) with vendor tents and activities or something. I know this was a first try but you all know better.
hank, we'd love to have your help in organizing the next one. We certainly have some more things in store, and didn't accomplish everything we hoped to do with this first attempt (both due to time constraints and not having a concrete idea of the interest in this event as well as several things falling through at the last minute). Closing off the street is certainly an attractive possibility (though one that will take some time and money), but having bustling pedestrian activity along a working traffic corridor is really what an urban environment is all about, so I am personally conflicted on which is better. Feedback like yours is what will make this event better each time. I hope you still managed to enjoy yourself despite the shortcomings, and hopefully we can get you involved in the next one, as this took a lot of work and its going to require even more to make it what we think it can become.
That said, College to Herschel on King is truly a walkable corridor. There are a few vacancies (that are filling up every day), but there's a pretty high density of businesses in that 4 blocks.
In order to close off the street, there's an application package that needs to be filled out and is available online I believe. Kat Hardwick can help you out with it. It's comprehensive to say the least and will give you a good idea of the whole process.
In general though, costwise, you're looking at renting a couple of cops (probably one at each end, and one at each cross street, both sides. So for example if you just closed King between College and Park you might only need 2 cops, but if you extended it down to Park you might need one on each side of Forbes as well), barriers (cones and the like) and port-o-lets (depending on the perceived size of the event). Also, you'll need liability insurance for the event. Generally speaking, a few grand would be a good budget to work with.
Also, you can't sell liquor or beer in the street unless you have a catering liquor license.
I really enjoyed it and look forward to the next time they hold an event like this. I was with my wife and my 9-month-old son. We were pushing a stroller and I didn't have any trouble with dodging cars or anything like that.
Before this event, I would have never considered walking from Soup's On all the way down to Kickback's, but with all the people around, it was an enjoyable walk. I stopped at a couple of places that I'd never been to (Jackson's BBQ and Bella Sera) and sat down and enjoyed a couple of beers while listening to a really good band at Walker's. And we had a margherita pizza from Pele's - that place is going to be awesome when they open in November/December. This event shows that this area really has a lot of potential.
To answer the question tufsu1 asked - yes, I would pay $8 for a mug. I heard a couple of people saying that they really didn't save any money by buying the mug, so if you pointed out in advertising that the $8 (or whatever it is) helps pay for police, organizing, etc., I think people would be fine with it. I know I would.
Edited to add: I personally wasn't looking for a 'deal' when I purchased my mug - I just wanted to help contribute so that we'll see an event like this again. But the people I heard the aforementioned comments from were younger people who probably have less disposable income, so they might be watching their pennies and taking a more skeptical view.
I had a good time albeit we got there a we bit late. It was nice to see people walking the streets of Park and King. It really shows the need to businesses to cater to later crowds. Would definitely like to see more street stuff to connect the different parts of the neighborhood. Take advantage of the sidewalks.
RE: Closing the street.
It seems to me the easiest solution would be simply to change the name of the event. Instead of calling it a 'festival' call it a 'celebration' or some similar term. That way people would enjoy it for what it is rather than expecting there to be street closures, stages, face painting for kids and all the other things many of the posters above seemed to have been looking for.
I had a good time and so did mini-me.
The only 'complaint', as I mentioned to Steve, was that I purchased a M.i.n.o. - my son asked why they didn't have juice boxes to go with the sippy cup. :P
But it was pointed out at the tent that we were still in September, so it wasn't time to break out the full-Liter-sized Oktoberfest steins.
That being said....
I don't think the streets needed to be closed off, but a band in the grassy area by the bank would have been nice. The crowds were nice and the businesses seemed to be doing very well, but I won't lie, I was expecting a little more than a pub crawl. But it doesn't mean I didn't have a good time. When there's hanging out, beers, food and awesome weather, it's hard not to enjoy yourself.
Tufsu - truth be told, when you saw me, I was tired of walking and actually trying to 'borrow' the scooter by throwing the lady out on the sidewalk and then driving away!
Quote from: Non-RedNeck Westsider on October 03, 2011, 01:52:52 PM
Tufsu - truth be told, when you saw me, I was tired of walking and actually trying to 'borrow' the scooter by throwing the lady out on the sidewalk and then driving away!
Nice!
Quote from: tufsu1 on October 03, 2011, 11:32:41 AM
suggested here is closing off the street and setting up a stage....would folks be willing to pay more $ to defray these costs...for example, would you still buy a mug if the cost was $8?
I paid $10 for my Mug, and it had no logo, so $8 bucks will not be a problem.
It was really hard to find where some of the places where, do you think their could be a map or some sort of display for participating businesses?
I guess my only complaint outside of my logoless mug, was the lack of anything else really going on, I am not sure you could call this festival, this was really a pub crawl with a different name.
I am not much of a liquor/beer drinker, so the $2 domestics, at every participating place was not really that interesting.
My favorite part of the festival was actually sampling wine and cheese at the Bella place, I purchased some of the cheese that I had it was delicious!
Thanks to all who organized the event, it will only get better with time.
Quote from: 33taps on October 03, 2011, 11:00:55 AM
As a first time event, I understand it is difficult to get a section of a main street blocked off. Something you must strive to do in the future and definitely get a stage and some live music going. I think getting some of King street blocked off would be the way to go.
Thanks should also go out to officer duckworth and other officer who gave their time to roll around on the police carts. After talking to him, it was greatly appreciated that they were not going to be enforcing the jacksonville beach police gustapo tactics that you find at the beach. Nice to have the presence but be allowed to have a good time without getting hassled. Getting assistance like this will be key in expanding the event to a larger scale.
It was also nice to see the owners and executive chef of Pele's Wood Fire set up on their corner greeting people and answering questions. They will be a great addition to the neighborhood and by the looks of their promotional flyer, they have some amazing things planned for their restaurant.
Great first time effort.
The Park & King Area is very lucky to have such fine police officers, T.C. Edwards and Mike Duckworth. These officers have made a big impact on crime in our neighborhood by working closely with the business groups, neighborhood organizations and residents. These guys really do care about the people they serve and their jobs.
Also, Mike Field did a great job setting up the King Street Festival. It was a great starting point and I know it will be even better in the future. I know from personal experience how hard it can be to put together a large event like this.
Stephen - I think Park and King was closed a few years back, I remember an event similar where Park street was closed up to European Street and King was closed down to Post, it was cooler out, closer to the end of the year. It can be done on those streets, just not sure it is worth it, unless you really have more of a carnival atmosphere, like they have when they close down Park Street for the Riverside Wine Festival.
I thought the sidewalks were easy to manuever and people were having fun and it was great to walk by new shops and see what is going on there. Intuition and Bold City were a bit far to walk, and not much fun at dark, so it would have been great to see more of a presence from them, say in the First Guarantee parking lot or somewhere closer to the action. But hey, great first pub crawl, and I look forward to more.
True, you don't NEED to close of the streets, but it would certainly be a bonus to at least have one block that was a designated mingling area. Next best would be to make habitable a parking lot somewhere along the route that allowed for a little socializing in comfort - a good place for some vendors or a band and a few chairs. And I don't think you need to have one of those 18 wheeler concert stage rigs or anything. My friend is in a blue grass band locally and I'll bet he'd be delighted to set up with a chair or two in a cozy nook somewhere for free. Just filling the air with a bit of music goes a long way to add atmosphere to an event like this. Perhaps two other bands or even single musicians could do the same for minimal cost. JFC no face painting, mimes, cotton candy, or dagger throwing need be part of the event to have it still be festival-ish. Just a place to chill, a few more tents, a little music and this thing would be a different animal.
Finehoe is right: if this were just a "pub-crawl" without the "family" and "festival" buzz terms, I would never have thought anything was amis. I would also not have attended.
For what its worth, I think Park and King is an awesome area and I applaud the organizers and everyone involved for getting it done.
Quote from: finehoe on October 03, 2011, 01:38:39 PM
RE: Closing the street.
It seems to me the easiest solution would be simply to change the name of the event. Instead of calling it a 'festival' call it a 'celebration' or some similar term. That way people would enjoy it for what it is rather than expecting there to be street closures, stages, face painting for kids and all the other things many of the posters above seemed to have been looking for.
I'd be willing to do face painting next time around if you get a genuine Kids Area set up.