After a day of trying to figure out how to log into this website i finally figured it out...
Hello I am Kris, Owner of the Northstar Substation at 119 E Bay Street. I'm Excited to tell everyone the Beer Wall is complete, in house as of 1pm today we have 11 of the 37 beers on line. Bold City Red Ale 1901, Bold City Killer Whale, Yuengling, Budweiser, Bud Light, Mic Ultra, Miller Light, PBR, Woodchuck Amber and Pear and Nady light Are the flavors of Choice at the Moment. Coming ASAP..........Newcastle, Strongbow, all the Bold City's i can get, Shocktop, Kona Brands, Starhill Brands, Rolling Rock, Bud Light Lime, Victory Brands, Guinness, Harp, Sam Adams Brands, Rogue Brands, Dogfish, Stella, Arrogant Bastard, Hazed and Infused, Heineken, Dos Equis and hehehe Busch light. Everyone is more than welcome to check out the website and request your choice at northstarsubstation.com. We Have done a Lot of research and tried to get beer that has a taste for everyone downtown, as well hours will be adjusted to cater to the later crowd Wednesday and Thursday nights. If anyone has any questions please post a question, call or text me direct at (904)477-0795.
Thanks everyone
Kris Kiger
Northstar Substation
Glad you could figure it out... Had a great time Sunday BTW... ;)
Nice! I live downtown and frequent all the regular places, will make sure to drop in this weekend, thanks!
I checked out your website and was pleased to see you have a regular happy hour. Will you please add some of those excellent Bold City brews to your happy hour specials??
as soon as the taps are filled there will be a beer of the week that will be the happy hour special. With this being the first run and the huge cost of 37 kegs and deposites i have to use cheap beer, but for sure i want to buy as local as i can. and i will have all bold city's on tap...........Sunday was a Blast bringing redneck downtown with nascar on the big screen. We are doing it again for this sundays race, $20 all you can eat and drink, Pizza and bud light. Ill Open an hour before the race starts again.
how about a few steel tip dart boards?
working on that one too.....is there anyplace downtown that has them? Mondays we do electronic usually about 5 teams show up to play. Trying to put together a monday funday promo already have ping pong, and pool thinking about trivia and texas hold'em if i van get everyone together after work
I'm going to go to town on whatever Rogue & Stone beers you get in.
I notice from the menu there are pizzas called the Gator, the Seminole, and the Bulldog...so where's the Jaguar?
I'm an out of towner but will really look forward to visiting Northstar next time I am in town!
Those three are oven baked hoagies with french Fry's and Cole slaw crammed on the sandwich topped with our own special sauce. Most of my menu is Pittsburgh based plus from what I've seen Jax seems more to be a college town as to a NFL town. There is always room for another sandwich though.........
kris...you need to get in on the pub crawl planned for Thursday nights....here's the thread
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php/topic,7539.0.html
Quote from: kriskiger on February 17, 2010, 04:26:06 PM
Those three are oven baked hoagies with french Fry's and Cole slaw crammed on the sandwich topped with our own special sauce. Most of my menu is Pittsburgh based plus from what I've seen Jax seems more to be a college town as to a NFL town. There is always room for another sandwich though.........
Sounds great!
I wouldn't agree with the college town conclusion though...I think it's a common misconception that gains the status of fact through repetition in out of town sports columns. Despite the Jaguars' disappointing ticket sales this past year, many of us are wildly passionate about them, and for obvious reasons the team is more closely intertwined with Jacksonville than any of the college teams are. That, and Jacksonville TV ratings for NFL games are almost always far, far ahead of ratings for college games, and that includes a direct comparison of Jaguars and Gators. Jax is usually top 5 or so among NFL markets in NFL game TV ratings, though probably down this year due to seven Jaguar games' being blacked out.
Besides, Bay St. is for many of us the road to the stadium, painted with pawprints...just seems like a logical fit.
Anyway, enough of my soapbox; I'll be looking forward to those sandwiches as soon as tax season's over and I can escape from Va for a while.
I think Kris is right about Jax being a college sports town - way more Gator, Seminole, and even Bulldog faithful than devoted Jags fans.
Regarding darts - there are lots of people in town interested in steel tipped darts leagues - you should definitely look into starting one!
This College thing is nothing but media hype. These colleges have been around for how long. Of course theres devoted fans here. I wish people would get off that bandwagon talking about this being a college town. Plenty of Jags fans here so Kris dont leave us out,,, :)
Sorry, didn't mean to hijack this thread with a Jacksonville as NFL vs college town debate! :) We can all agree on delicious sandwiches.
Yes we can!
Kris, you might want to put a photo of your storefront on your website so some who comes looking for you will have a visual reference.
I'll Leave that up to you all.......but I will create something to cater to the jags fans in town. Back to the Subject at hand, Pub Crawl starts within the next few weeks, i will do what a have to do to support this event. At the same time work diligently to get the wall as full as possible. PBR is the winner of the day in sales (suprised the hell out of me) by the and of the month i should have it complete with the first run of beers. I Will try to keep up on this post and try to answer everyones Questions to the best of my ability.
Thank you Kris!
You serve lunch.
yes Jeffrey they do
Come out on a Friday night and enjoy a beer at Northstar and a Mad Cowford Improv show. We only ask $5 for entertaining you. Kris makes a great pizza and has plenty of beer to serve!
aaaah my favorite Friday friends......mad cowford for over a year throwing down the best improv in jax.
Hours of operation are.....
Monday-Wed 11am-10pm
Thursday 11am-10pm (10 to 2) TBD after tap Wall is full
Friday 11am-3am (limited Menu After Midnight)
Sat 8pm-3am (Will Open Earlier Depending on Demand)
Sunday Open 1 Hour Before any Nascar Race and Home Jaguar Game
Saturday Days Ive tried to open early but there is not enough traffic downtown, The same with sundays i did a promotion for the home jaguar games last year and the only people i saw were the JSO on the corners directing Traffic. With Nascar this year i am going to stick to my guns at least keep it open for the race. $20 bottomless bud light drafts and free pizza all through the race. At the Same time $50 to the person who Picks the winner of the race. If no one picks the winner then i win and keep the money (i won last week YEAH). Its open to the public race starts at 3 so i will open at 2
4 new beers coming in the next two days, Bold city Dukes and Mad Manatee should be here after lunch and Dogfish Head 90 and Rogue Dead Guy shoud be tapped tomorrow afternoon. yeah!!!!!!!
QuotePBR is the winner of the day in sales (suprised the hell out of me)
PBR is a "cool" beer, though for swill I personally prefer the "Kiss of the Hops," Schlitz.
Thank you for hosting Mad Cowford, I am a big fan!
Also, great idea for the NASCAR / redneck downtown theme, may I suggest patrons sporting a Tennessee Waterfall or greasy wifebeaters be offered a free serving of boiled peanuts? This could be risky to costs...
Hopefully folks on MJ and word of mouth can stir up a buzz for business after Jags games. We need to keep these thirsty people Downtown instead of having them directly jumping into their cars and heading for the Southside / Beaches to go out...
Quote from: kriskiger on February 18, 2010, 11:44:46 AM
4 new beers coming in the next two days, Bold city Dukes and Mad Manatee should be here after lunch and Dogfish Head 90 and Rogue Dead Guy shoud be tapped tomorrow afternoon. yeah!!!!!!!
This is good news for our glorious city. Any yes, please do something for faithful Jags! Especially the away games, and the draft, in a few months. Go Jags!
were loaded.........the count is at 13, 15 tomorrow included in todays mix is two more bold citys. as of today the beer sselection is
Bold City Mad Manatee
Bold City Dukes Brown
Bold City Red 1901 Ale
Bold City Killer Whale
PBR
Miller Lite
Natural light
Woodchuck Amber
Woodchuck Pear
Mic Ultra
Budweiser
Bud Light
Yuengling
Coming Tomorrow
Rogue Dead Guy
Dogfish Head 90
Thank you every one for supporting and for the feedback the Push is on to get this full by the end of the month and at the rate im going it will be there.
Come on Down mention metro jax take a buck off one of new drafts tonight
Quote from: downtownjag on February 18, 2010, 12:27:19 PM
Quote from: kriskiger on February 18, 2010, 11:44:46 AM
4 new beers coming in the next two days, Bold city Dukes and Mad Manatee should be here after lunch and Dogfish Head 90 and Rogue Dead Guy shoud be tapped tomorrow afternoon. yeah!!!!!!!
This is good news for our glorious city. Any yes, please do something for faithful Jags! Especially the away games, and the draft, in a few months. Go Jags!
A good number of people do come downtown for the draft party. I'm not sure when it will be this year, though, since the draft has been reconfigured to a three-day affair starting on Thursday night instead of Saturday morning. According to the Team Teal website, though, it sounds like there will be a draft party.
fortunately i will be the bar downtown with the most taps. It jwould be a good thing if i can get it comeplete fast enough. Im at 16 total now, Shock Top being the new edition.
Today Im Going to try to run a happy hour with the new drafts.................$4.00 Bold Citys, Rogues, $1.00 PBR Pints, Miller and Bud Light. Also Free Pizza for everyone who comes in buys a Drink and checks the Place out. Im Only honoring this to Metro Jacksonville People Drink Specials start at 3 Pizza goes out at 530.
of course everyone is welcome to join