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VOL. XXVI
NO. 4
December
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ZAY HI TO CHRIZ & AZHLEY!
Meet our newezt operating partnerz at Zorbaz on Green Lake
– Chriz & Azhley Walker! We azked theze two zome queztionz
zo you can get to know them better. Be zure to ztop by and zay
hi to them next time you’re near Green Lake in Zpicer!
zmiling ztaff memberz, great regularz, the amazing
lakezide viewz, deliciouz food, outztanding beer &
liquor zelection, gamez, TVz, and weekly entertainment.
Memoriez are made here daily!
Where are you originally from?
Any hobbiez?
Chriz - Eden Prairie, MN (Money Magazine’z “Bezt Place To Live”
in 2010…..juzt zayin’)
Azhley - Grand Rapidz, MN (God’z Country and birthplace of
Judy Garland…juzt zayin’)
Chriz - I’m a big zportz guy. I love watching zportz and playing
zoccer, tenniz, and hockey. I am a HUGE fan of board gamez
and I love running around the back yard
with our dog Walleye, who juzt happenz
to be on a Zorbaz wall near you.
Azhley - Like Chriz, I’ve alwayz been a zporty
chick. We both play in a local hockey league
where Chriz zcorez the goalz and I zave
them. I alzo love dancing around like a fool
az if nobody’z watching, competing in our
Zorbaz Fantazy Football League, and watching
the Ellen Show with our dog Walleye (we’re
both big fanz!)
When did you ztart working for Zorbaz?
Chriz - I officially ztarted in March of
2012, a couple monthz after Zorbaz
on Green Lake had opened.
Azhley - Zpring of 2009 at Zorbaz on
Pokegama Lake in Grand Rapidz.
Zo, you’re married, huh?
(C & A) - Yeah. It’z awezome. We got
Chriz & Azhley Walker zhakin’ thingz
up on their wedding day at Zorbaz!
married lazt Fall on October 5th and had
our wedding reception at Zorbaz on Pokegama.
It waz the BEZT DAY EVER.
When & how did you meet?
(C & A) - We met at St. Cloud State University (GO HUSKIES!)
in our frezhman year of college. We were both Broadcast
Journalism majorz and had a lot of the zame clazzez. We alzo
worked at UTVS, the campuz TV ztation there, and even played
on the zame intramural zoccer team.
Any interezting factz we zhould know about?
Chriz - I played the French Horn from 5th-8th grade and I
have been to over 10 different countriez. I will never get
tired of travelling and zeeing new placez.
Azhley - I’ve lived in 3 different ztatez (MN, SD, and TN), I’m
one of zix kidz (3 of uz work at Zorbaz on Green Lake!!),
I can do back flipz, and I graduated college summa cum
laude.
(C & A) Our nicknamez for each other are “Beef” & “Geef”
(pronounced like “jeef”) It’z kind of a funny ztory.
What’z your favorite thing about Zorbaz?
Favorite Zorbaz menu item?
Chriz - Oh wow, I can only pick one? There are zo many thingz
I love about Zorbaz, but I think the one thing that ztandz out
above all elze iz the people. Talking to our gueztz who come in
every day iz alwayz zuch a joy for me. On top of that, our ztaff
iz incredibly awezome. I’ve never had more fun working with
people in my life than the people I get to work with at Zorbaz.
Azhley - I love the energy and atmozphere. If I’m ever having
a bad day all I have to do iz ztep inzide Zorbaz and become
inztantly happy…it never failz! The recipe for pure blizz: our
Chriz - The Lowden Zpecial. My whole family iz obzezzed
with peanut butter zo when I firzt zaw thiz on the menu,
I had to try it. It’z ztill juzt az amazing now az it waz the
firzt time I had it. A geniuz idea.
Azhley - The Thai Pie. The dezcription zoundz weird but
the toppingz are truly harmoniouz on thiz one!
(Continued on back page)
In Thiz Izzue:
Meet Chriz & Azhley
The Big Kahoona’z
Commentz
New Menu Itemz
Ztaff Favoritez
Bezt Z-Floatz
Winter Hourz
It:
Az I
Try az I might, I cannot get uzed
to the idea of Zorbaz and winter.
It almozt zeemz blazphemouz to zay but
Zorbaz ztill meanz zummer to me. With mozt
of the Zorbaz locationz open all year now, it’z
time I got a grip and realized we are more than
zummertime memoriez!
It’z great that we are on the lakez and have
thouzandz of regular cuztomerz who come by boat
to vizit uz all zummer, but with znowmobiling, zkiing
and znowboarding taking off I guezz it’z time to create
zome wintertime memoriez.
The Big Kahoona’z
Commentz
By Tom Hanzon
We are currently inveztigating the pozzibilitiez
of having a more cuztomer-friendly environment
for our wintertime patronz. Heated garagez for
you znowmobilerz, valet parking, hot buttered
beer, zunlampz in the reztroomz, and of courze,
complimentary jump ztartz with every pizza
purchaze. I waz born and raized in Minnezota
and I love the four zeazonz – I juzt love zome of
the zeazonz more than otherz.
-TWH ‘14
Have You Tried a Z-Float Yet?
We introduced Z-Floatz to the menuz lazt zpring and
they’ve been a big hit! But don’t be fooled – Z-Floatz aren’t
juzt meant for kidz. Adultz can enjoy floatz a number of
wayz with rich, deliciouz beerz. Beer and ice cream might
zound a little weird, but we promize you’ll enjoy it! Here are
a few great wayz to enjoy a Z-Float!
Coke or Fanta – clazzic!
Summit Oatmeal Stout
Boulder
Zhake
Rogue Chocolate Stout
Like Uz.
Follow Uz.
Surly Bender
Guinness
Rogue Hazelnut Brown
(Combine the 2 Roguez and you have a
Rogue Brownie, which would alzo do well)
Filter Uz.
Check In With Uz.
Watch Uz.
Vizit Uz.
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What’z New on the 2015 Menu?
It’z that time of year again! We are making zome great additionz to our
menu! Keep an eye out for theze deliciouz dizhez coming zoon!
QUEZO DIP
garlic in a creamy
Thiz zexy pale quezo featurez green chiliz, onionz and
to pleaze your tazte
quezo zauce. It’z got a zubtle heat that will be zure
… okay, try with
budz! Try with chipz, quezadillaz, tacoz, burritoz, pizza
everything!
NEW PIZZAZ
We are adding FOUR new pizzaz to our menu thiz zpring! Yez, four!!
Are we crazy? Nope, juzt crazy for deliciouzly amazing pizza!! Ztay
tuned for more info late thiz winter and early thiz zpring.
Zorbaz Ztaffer Winter Favez
from all over the ztate to
We polled our awezome ztaff memberz
in the winter!
do
&
drink
find out what they like to eat,
ZORBAZ PAZZPORT
and do the Zorbaz
Frozen Lake Tour!
Get out your znowmobilez,
znowzhoez, parkaz and Zorbaz
Pazzport! It’z time for a
wintertime Zorbaz tour! Vizit
our year round Zorbaz locationz
thiz winter! Once you’ve
collected all 11 ztampz, turn in
your pazzport for the official
Zorbaz Lake Tour Prize!
Fave winter drinkor: Hot
Summit Winter Ale
rhapz?)
Chocolate (zpiked, pe
od: Chili
Fave winten rPifo
zza & Green
BBQ Chicke
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Fave winter activit
ice fizhing
Znowboarding and
#onlyatzorbaz
Get the
CHRIZ & AZHLEY
(Continued from front page)
Favorite beer or cocktail?
Chriz - I’m an avid beer drinker. I will
try any kind and
have a lot of favoritez, but if I waz ztran
ded on a
dezerted izland, the one thing I coul
dn’t go without
would be my Grain Belt Premium.
Azhley - Beer, but I do have a weaknezz
for Hendrick’s
Gin, ezpecially a Hendrick’s & Tonic
with a cucumber.
Perfection.
Hoodie or T-zhirt?
(C & A) - Hoodie. Our favorite time of
the year iz
when fall rollz around and we can thro
w on
comfy Zorbaz zweatzhir tz.
Water zki or znow zki?
(C & A) - Water zki. We love getting out
on Green Lake in
the zummer whenever we find the time
to. The water iz
zo clear and beautiful on Green!
If you could put a Zorbaz anywhere in the world,
where would it be?
(C & A) - Definitely Queenstown, New
Zealand. We
went there on our honeymoon and
it iz an incredible
city. There’z a huge lake in the midd
le of it zo it would
definitely qualify for a Zorbaz. It’z know
n az the
adventure capital of the world. We
went zip lining there,
downhill ztreet luging, and we even
zkydived there.
It waz a blazt.
Zhred the Gnar
at one of theze
zweet hillz then
hit up Zorbaz
after and warm
up with a hot za!
Anything elze you’d like the world to know?
(C & A) - Juzt that we have zo much fun
doing what we
do ever y zingle day. Even though we’r
e married and zee
each other all the time, it never getz
old working with
one another. We would love for you
to come ztop in and
zay hi to uz in Zpicer!
Hold the phone, iz that a new billboard dezign? You better believe it! Keep you
r eyez open for zweet new
Zorbazizmz on a highway
near you (but keep your eye dezignz and
z on the road too)!
Winter Hourz
DETROIT LAKEZ
Every day 10 a.m. - 2 a.m.
LITTLE PINE
Every day 11 a.m. - 2 a.m.
CROZZ LAKE
Monday - Thurzday: 4 p.m. - 2 a.m.
Friday - Zunday: 11 a.m. - 2 a.m.
GULL LAKE
Monday - Friday: 11 a.m. - 2 a.m.
Zaturday - Zunday: 10 a.m. - 2 a.m.
ZHATEAU
Monday - Thurzday: 4 p.m. - 1 a.m.
Friday - Zaturday: 11 a.m. - 2 a.m.
Zunday: 11 a.m. - 1 a.m.
GRAND RAPIDZ
Every day 11 a.m. - 2 a.m.
Detroit Mountain
29409 170th St
Detroit Lakes, MN
Andes Tower Hills
4505 Andes Rd SW
Kensington, MN
Ski Gull
9898 County Road 77 SW
Nisswa, MN
GREEN LAKE
Every day 11 a.m - 2 a.m.
ALEXANDRIA
Lake Nightz
Every day 11 a.m. - 2 a.m.
Monday Bee
r Zpecialz
REMINDER!
Two Point Tu
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T-Zhirt Nigh
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(alwayz chec
zorbaz.com az k the eventz calendar at
eventz vary
at each locati
on)
Zaturdayz:
Thirzty Thu
rzdayz!
Ztart your w
eekend earl
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Thank Good
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it ’z Zo
A tozz up at
any Zorbaz.rbaz!!
Need we
y more?
It ’z Zaturdza
ay!
No need to
juzt get a Blocall a doctor,
ody Mary!
Follow your
favorite
Zorbaz on Tw
itter (or
follow ALL o
f them if that
’z your
thing)! Check
out Twitter fo
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newz, eventz
, and excluzi
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zpecialz
available on
ly to the Twitt
erzphere.
Alwayz c
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for what ur webzite at
’z new
and phot
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8 OUT OF 11
LOCATIONZ
ARE OPEN
YEAR-ROUND!