Jack Astor's Community Magazine

Ta

Community News & events - Issue two

ke me ho me !

Newmarket

C o m m u n i t y M a g a z i n e Located at: 17830 Yonge St, Newmarket, ON L3Y 8S1 • (905) 967-0401

20 YEARS of friendships BREWED

W

hat do Thursday, beer, wings and hockey all have in common? Great friends to enjoy them with! Jammie, Peter, Brian and Dana have been friends for over 20 years.

Meeting through hockey and business they have been coming to Jack’s to enjoy consistent hearty food and friendly wait staff since we opened.

They come by so often they have their own table that is always reserved for them. They have even renamed Rick Pais, one of our bartenders who has been serving them since

day one, Rick Astor’s! They consider Rick one of the biggest reasons they come into the bar every week; it’s like he’s the missing link in their squad.

Feature story continues on page 4

POPLAR BANK Fun PUBLIC SCHOOL

Fair

CONTENTS

The crowds enjoyed activities like midway games, a kids colouring area, jumping castles, a silent auction, gift baskets, raffle prizes, face painting and more!

Students of Poplar Bank Public School

J

ack Astor’s staff participated in the Poplar Bank’s Fun Fair on June 8th this summer to help raise money for school initiatives. Much fun was had by all the families attending – 1500 people attended!

Jack Astor’s Newmarket donated a personal gift basket, $100 in Jack Astor’s gift certificates, 250 free kid’s meal coupons, blue raspberry lemonade slushies, use of our life size Jenga, lots of lollipops and our good ol’ donkey made an appearance!

FEATURE STORY: 20 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIPS BREWED................... 1, 4 POPLAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FUN FAIR................................... 1 MEET THE GENERAL MANAGER................ 2 EVENTS SCHEDULE.................................. 2 LOCALLY CRAFTED EATS........................... 2 COMMUNITIES HELPING EACHOTHER............................................ 3 BRANDON DAVID: MASTER MAGICIAN & ILLUSIONIST....................... 3 JACK’S BAR COMPRTITION....................... 5 DRINK HIGHLIGHT.................................. 5 INTERVIEW WITH ROD HAFEZI OF FLOYDIAN IMAGES............................. 6 LOCAL BUSINESS BUZZ........................... 5 MEET THE FAMILY................................... 7 ACTIVITIES & GAMES............................... 7

Jack Astor’s NEWMARKET – issue TWO | 1

MEET the

General MANAGER Welcome back to our second edition of Jack Astor’s Newmarket magazine where we continue to celebrate the town of Newmarket while highlighting just some of the interesting people that live and work here to make this community great.

NEWMARKET

Events Schedule Champagne Society Launch November 30th | 8pm – close Stein Club Sign Up December 1st | 8pm – 9pm New Year’s Kids Celebration Countdowns December 31st | 5:30pm & 7:30pm

In this issue, you will meet Rod Hafezi, of Floydian Images, Brandon David, Magician and Illusionist, and our very own hard-working Manager, Jennifer Scott. We highlighted events like our Bar Competition which helped raise money for the Margaret Bahen Hospice and Rick Beatty’s Bee Initiative (from Beatty’s Honey Farm). Our bee population needs all the help it can get and Jack’s is proud to be a part of this.

New Year’s Celebration December 31st | 9pm – close Live DJ & Midnight Champagne Toast!

Jack’s staff had a blast at the Poplar Bank School Fun Fair helping to raise money for school programs. And not to be missed, our feature story, with a group of guys, talking about their friendship cultivated over the past 2 decades – which I can say has been made better with the food and drink here at Jack’s during their weekly get-togethers.

Lover’s Day February 14th Call to book your private seating

Stein Club Sign Up January 1st | 12pm – 2pm Champagne Society Sign Up Jan28th | 12pm -2pm Superbowl Sunday February 4th Call to book your VIP Seats

Family Day February 19th Getting back to old school board games at your table

Enjoy!

Danny DiPucchio, General Manager Jack Astor’s Newmarket

Locally Crafted Eats!

Beatty’s Honey Hot Chicken Fingers Our famous Jack’s chicken fingers tossed with honey hot sauce, made in-house with Beatty’s Honey Farm honey.

To make this meal even sweeter, a portion of the proceeds from these fantastic fingers will go to Beatty’s Bees – a local farm supporting the revitalization of honeybees.

Read more about Beatty’s Honey Farm on Page 6.

2 | Jack Astor’s NEWMARKET – issue TWO

COMMUNITIES Helping EACH OTHER Margaret Bahen Hospice The Margaret Bahen Hospice for York Region will offer a compassionate and personalized care in a home-like environment for patients needing palliative end of life services of patients facing the final stages of terminal illness.

The hospice is named after Margaret Bahen, a long-time philanthropic partner of Southlake Regional Health Centre here in Newmarket. This project will be 100% community funded.

The Hospice hopes to serve about 250 patients and their families from York Region and surrounding areas every year. Here patients can stay surrounded by family, friends and a specially trained healthcare team to meet each person’s needs.

For more information, or to donate to the Love Lives Here campaign, visit www.southlakefoundation.ca

Brandon David: MASTER MAGICIAN & ILLUSIONIST Brandon recently performed at Jack Astor’s Newmarket to wow our guests at our recent Bartender Flair event! At the event Jack’s rasied $1000 for the Margaret Bahen Hospice and $200 for Rick Beatty’s Bee initiative.

Brandon David has been impressing audiences with his creative style magic since the age of thirteen. His wit always gets the audience laughing, and his talent leaves them puzzled and wanting more. He has performed on stages around the world performing his exciting illusions, comedy mentalism and bizarre magic with a comedic twist.

Brandon has performed on stages around the world and donates much of his time performing magic for charities such as Sick Kids Hospital, Starlight Foundation and Children’s Wish Foundation. Magic wasn’t made for him, but he was definitely made for magic!

To learn more abour Brandon David, visit his website at www.magicofbrandondavid.com

Jack Astor’s NEWMARKET – issue TWO | 3

S R A E Y s p 0 i 2 h s d n e i r f of ED BREW

continued

Jammie Kennedy is one of the owners of Snapd. Snapd has been a major part of bringing the Newmarket community together and featuring all of Jack Astor’s events in their publications.

Dana, Peter and Brian, along with Jammie, all agree wings are their favorite food, “honey garlic hot and mild” is what they order. Beer is also a resounding favourite with this group of guys, and IPA seems to be what they enjoy the most.

Sitting down to chat with these four was a fun evening filled with many laughs. You can tell by the number of staff and patrons that come up to say hi, that clearly, they have a history of being community Newmarket guys.

Friendships are important to this group and 20 years of stories and laughs are still going strong.

Jack Astor’s is proud to provide a place for friends to connect, and for these four guys to watch special sporting events, like World Hockey, Olympics or any regular season hockey game.

The Gang enjoying their brews with bartender Rick

4 | Jack Astor’s NEWMARKET – issue TWO

“Jammie, Peter, Brian and Dana have been friends for over 20 years. Meeting through hockey and business they have been coming to Jack’s to enjoy consistent hearty food and friendly wait staff since we opened.”

Jack’sBar

S! ERIC R E WINNRICK &

Competition Bottles flew while our talented bartenders entertained our guests and raised money for the Margaret Bahen Hospice.

We held a 50/50 draw and a raffle with all proceeds going to the hospice initiative. There were great give-a-ways like Guns N’ Roses tickets and front row Blue Jays tickets. Of our four Jack’s bartender teams that competed, the amazing duo Rick and Eric, were the big winners of the night. Congratulations!

Photography: @floydian

s e g d u he J

T

Drink Caesar F

ish Bowl

Spotlig

ht

3 oz Pola r Ice Vodk a 6 Dashes of Worces tershire 6 Dashes of Tabasc o 14 oz Cla mato Juic e Glass rim Matt & Stemed with ve’s Rimm er 1 celery s talk 1 lime we dge 2 banderi lla skewers

Jack Astor’s NEWMARKET – issue TWO | 5

Interview with

ROD HAFEZI OF FLOYDIAN IMAGES

Rod started out much the same way any of us have; with a part time job at Shoppers in the photo lab (back when people still developed film!) which led to a photography hobby. He has been working full time at Jack Astor’s as a server for about 4½ years, until recently, when he took a chance and spoke to his General Manager at Jack’s Newmarket, Danny DiPucchio. He confided in him that he wanted to pursue a career in photography – Danny gave him the chance to do that by providing opportunity at their own Jack’s events.

At first, just taking pics from a Jack’s Patio Party, leading to shooting and showing live video feed from their Bartender Flair Competition. From those opportunities, Rod has been able to switch gears, and is now working professionally as a full-time photographer/videographer (but he hasn’t forgotten about Jack’s – he is still a server there as well!).

Rod says that the best thing about working at Jack’s as a photographer is all ‘about working

with people that you know and trust’. It gave him the confidence to try and succeed at something that was just an interest.

What sets Jack’s apart from other restaurants?

‘The atmosphere and the people’, he says.

Rod tried his hand at serving at a high-end hotel where celebrities, like Priscilla Presley and Geddy Lee from Rush, were at his tables.

But even the excitement of serving that type of clientele couldn’t compare to the people, staff and vibe at Jack’s.

Working for people like his General Manager Danny makes Jack’s an amazing place to work and shows just how much Jack’s managers try to support their workers. Rod is now doing engagement photos and weddings (he even shot one of the Jack’s Manager’s wedding!).

Check out his work on his website www.floydianimages.com or email him for any of your upcoming photography and videography needs floydian.images@gmail.com.

local business Buzz Beatty’s Honey Farm Here at our Newmarket Jack Astor’s we are giving guests something to buzz about!

We’re offering menu items made with fresh ingredients that are found right here in our own backyard.

Beatty’s Honey Farm is a family operated honey farm located just a short distance from our restaurant. From farm to table (or should we say hive to home), Beatty’s offers 100% pure unpasteurized Ontario honey products directly to consumers including us here at Jack Astor’s Newmarket.

Enjoy our Beatty’s Honey Hot Chicken Fingers or try Beatty’s Honey Hot Sauce on your wings. A portion of the proceeds will go to supporting Beatty’s Bees, helping to create new colonies while maintaining and growing existing colonies. Bees are the pollinators for about one-third of the plants we eat. It’s up to all of us to take the steps needed to sustain these precious pollinators of our food for the future. Buying local honey and supporting local honey farmers is one step towards this goal.

6 | Jack Astor’s NEWMARKET – issue TWO

Market Brewing Co. Newmarket’s own home-grown brewery now pouring on Jack Astor’s rotating taps.

Established in 2016, Market Brewing is producing premium, high-quality beer while also building a true community hub for the people of Newmarket. Welcome to our draught list Shane, Josh and Ethan!

Introduced in our last magazine publication, we are excited to celebrate that our partnership has grown.

Jack Astor’s will be donating 51 cents for every pint of Market Brewing Co. draught beer we sell to Margaret Bahen Hospice.

MEET THE

Family follow us on instagram at @jacksnewmarket

Jack Astor’s NEWMARKET – issue TWO | 7

Entertain your brain while you

work up an appetite.

Drink

what your

ABSINTHE Chances are you’ve got

a reptilian pet at home... or want people to think you do.

says about you

mint julep Just taking a break between croquet matches.

Have a PUN TIME on us!

I used to go fishing with DJs.

But they kept dropping the bass.

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

Cows go.

Cows go who?

No! Cows go MOO.

Common Beer You know what you like, and make no excuses for it.

whiskey Quality over quantity.

Craft Beer If it’s available at

gin & tonic the drink of choice for

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

A little old lady.

A little old lady who?

I didn’t know you could yodel.

caesar Before noon? You’re hungover. After sunset? You’re weird.

long island iced tea We’ll need to see your ID, ma’am.

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

Beats.

Beats who?

Beats me.

Vodka soda Eating healthy

champagne You bring the class to every social function.

cosmo You’ve got the entire Sex

Shots Wooooooo! Woooooooooo!

more than a handful of places, it’s too mainstream, man.

doesn’t mean being boring and not drinking.

and the City DVD collection, don’t you?

manhattan Like the Cosmo, but with Mad Men instead.

three generations of your family.

SOLVE THE CROSSWORD

Woooooooooooooooooo!

wine Simple: you just love wine.

More than anything else, possibly even some family members.

Rum & Coke You either don’t get

hangovers (we’re jealous), or you don’t care if you do.

If there’s a local business or charity you would like to see featured in this publication, give us a shout at: creative@graymatterms.ca | 905•420•1810 Publisher’s Note: Content provided in this magazine is for informational purposes only. Opinions expressed in this publication do not represent those of Jack Astor’s or Graymatter Marketing Solutions...and if anybody asks, we didn’t do it, we swear.

8 | Jack Astor’s NEWMARKET – issue TWO