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“To Bean or not to Bean...?”
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Volume 15 Number 3
July - September 2011
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Yankee Magazine - “Connecticut’s Best Country Café”
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BEST COUNTRY CAFE -The Vanilla Bean Café, Pomfret
BEST ICE CREAM - We-Lik-It, Abington
“The place that launched a million gulps of Vanilla Coke is a lively
spot for weekend music. On the
menu: portobello-and-brie panini,
summer berry soup, and captivating
coffee concoctions from dawn to
dark. Half sandwiches from $6;
whole sandwiches from $9.50.”
450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT
thevanillabeancafe.com
860-928-1562
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he website visitingnewengland.com featured a
story that included the following quote: “New
England’s coziest restaurant - The Vanilla Bean
Café is anything but vanilla. ...If it was a house, we’d
buy it. If it was an inn, we’d stay an extra night. If it
was office space, we’d work overtime. Perhaps that
last sentiment is a stretch, but the Vanilla Bean Café
is one of those places you simply don’t want to leave.
...We felt so much at home that we could have fallen
asleep right in the dining chairs. Avoiding this Homer
Simpson tendency, we headed back home looking in
the rear view mirror at the Vanilla Bean Café for as
long as we could. It was a soothing sight in the dark
country night, leaving us to think, ‘When can we get
back here?’ The answer was ‘Soon, very soon.’
Tomorrow would be optimal!”
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~ Quality Since 1989 ~
he Vanilla Bean Café has been operating for
over 20 years with a focus on quality across
the board. This means that our menu items are
carefully and skillfully prepared with real, whole,
minimally processed ingredients including fresh
(locally sourced) produce. Our emphasis on quality
reflects our philosophy of caring about the health of
our families in the communities we serve. We are a
family owned and operated restaurant; not a chain.
When you order, we prepare your food right here on
the premises. We
serve delicious,
fresh and healthy
food to you and
your family every
day.
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Things we would like you to know...
The Vanilla Bean Café opened in 1989 with 16 seats.
The Café is owned by the Jessurun Family.
The Café is open 361 days each year - we close on:
Easter Sunday, Fourth of July,
Thanksgiving, Christmas Day
Business Hours:
Mon - Tue
Wed - Thur
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
- 7:00 am - 3:00 pm
- 7:00 am - 8:00 pm
- 7:00 am - 9:00 pm*
- 8:00 am - 9:00 pm*†
- 8:00 am - 8:00 pm
*We may close early during colder months.
†Entertainment night - serving dessert, beer &
wine until 10:00 pm.
Stella, the English Mastiff you may have seen
around the Café, passed away in Nov. 2009.
Web site:
www.TheVanillaBeanCafe.com
E-mail:
[email protected]
Address:
Corner of Routes 44, 169 & 97
Pomfret, Connecticut
Phone:
860-928-1562
You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young
once.
- Polish Proverb
Music booking: Maria Sangiolo
[email protected]
Art booking:
Kayla Murphy
[email protected]
Bean Soup ads: Barry Jessurun
[email protected]
“The only
place where
your dream
becomes
impossible is
in your own
thinking.”
- Robert
Schuller
i s an information and
entertainment newsletter
published by The Vanilla Bean Café.
Compiled and written by:
Barry Jessurun
Mary Murtha Dudley
Layout & Design - Barry Jessurun
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Accolades and Awards
Our Sister Restaurant
The New York Times
“The food...is freshly made, well
seasoned and extremely tasty.”
The Boston Globe
“...great food - homemade soups, sandwiches,
burgers, and the best fish cakes around - in a
relaxed atmosphere.”
Yankee Magazine’s Travel Guide to New England
“Editors’ Pick” 1997, 2003 & 2004
“One of the outstanding reasons to visit
New England.”
Connecticut Magazine Readers’ Poll
Windham County - Various years
Best Family Dining - Best Sandwiches
Best Desserts - Best Business Lunch
Best Vegetarian - Best Outdoor Dining
Norwich Bulletin - Dining Guide
Food: ««««
Atmosphere: ««««
The Hartford Courant
“This is a place that serves excellent food and
brings in some of the better performers on the
New England coffee house circuit...”
“The Vanilla Bean Café in Pomfret is one of those
rare places that truly has something for everyone...
Oh, yes - the food is truly delicious, too.”
The New London Day
«««
“The soups are homemade and delicious, the
sandwiches unusual and served on breads that
are positively delicious...”
www.VisitingNewEngland.com
“the Vanilla Bean Café is one of those places you
simply don’t want to leave.”
www.HiddenBoston.com
“This impossibly funky Connecticut restaurant
is full of character (and characters), and is truly
in a class by itself.”
Recipient University of Connecticut’s
Nozko Family Business Leadership Award
Check the hallway by the restrooms - our Hall of
Fame - for more articles, letters and awards.
“The meaning of our life is the road, not the goal. For
each answer is elusive, each fulfillment melts away
between our fingers, and the goal is no longer a goal
once it is attained.”
- Arthur Achnitzler
Festive Tea Events
Gifts that WOW
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The heart that loves is always young. - Greek Proverb
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July Entertainment
Friday - 1 - Open Mic
Hosts - Faith Montaperto & Eric Paradine. Feature - Gale Gardiner has performed in the US,
Norway, Croatia & Scotland, in merging styles - traditional, roots, contemporary folk, bluesy & jazzy
parodies, unique holiday fare & originals (classically eclectic, bluesified, folk, world Spanish sound.
Saturday - 2 - No Show
Friday - 22 - Songwriter Sessions
“There should be a solemn pause before we rush to judgment.”
- Thomas Erskine
One Friday each month (unless otherwise noted),
The Vanilla Bean Café offers a warm and intimate
listening room for artists in a monthly music series
called Songwriter Sessions. Hosted by Lisa Martin,
the series is dedicated to the craft of songwriting.
Each performer is required to write a song based on
a theme chosen by the previous month’s audience.
Newly crafted songs are presented in round three of
the evening’s series which features three local or
regional songwriters.
Saturday - 9 - rusty belle
“It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing
while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we
feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after
them.”
- George Eliot
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(860) 423-3223
34 North St., Willimantic, CT 06226
Open M - F 10:30 - 5:30
Thurs to 7PM Saturday 10:30 - 4
rusty belle began with the quiet determination to
make unique music. Starting
in their living rooms and
working their way through
coffee shops, bars, clubs,
listening rooms, concert halls, and festival stages,
they developed a style all their own. rusty belle
swings easily from sweet, simple melodies, whiskey
lullabies, blood ballads, busted bluegrass, and folkpunk anthems, to tongue-in-cheek sleaze-rock,
glossy-mag candy-pop, and down-home porchtunes. The remarkable thing is that its all done with
honesty and respect for the music. Their shows are
never predictable and always dynamic. at their best
they will bring to you sweet nostalgia, swaggering
poise, drunken logic, and grimy dancing before
sending you home with a gentle “goodnight.”
July Entertainment
Saturday - 16 - Peter Mulvey
Over the past 20 years, Peter Mulvey has pursued a
restless, eclectic path as a writer and musician, immersing himself in Tin Pan Alley
jazz, modern acoustic, poetry, narrative, and
Americana stylings. Relentlessly touring as a
headliner, has also shared the stage with luminaries
such as Emmylou Harris, Richard Thompson, Ani
diFranco, Indigo Girls, and Greg Brown. In every
aspect of his career, Mulvey draws on an extremely
broad swath of influence. Still, the live performance
defines the work. Night after night, Mulvey attempts
to be the sum of his parts, to draw on all the musical
legacies he has studied, to make a fresh, vital
moment out of everything he and the audience have
brought to the table that night. “People need this. I
need this. To come together in a room, to try to make
music come alive, for real, for right now, and then to
let it go…that is the whole deal for me.”
“The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But
the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that
you will achieve the security that you desire.”
- Brian Tracy
House Portraits
Saturday - 23 - Elison Jackson
Formed in 2009, Elison Jackson is a folk-rock band
from CT. They are fronted by folk singer
Sam Jackson Perduta with shared vocals
from gospel singer Arthur Williams, and
backed by Kevin Aust on bass/trumpet and
Kevin Marrs on drums and percussion. They are
independently releasing their first album, recorded in
Oxford, CT with New Haven band Sidewalk Dave.
The band name comes from a fisherman from New
Bedford, MA who died in the early 1960s.
Sunday - 30 - Becky Chace
Chosen Best Female Vocalist 5 times by the readers
of the Providence Phoenix Best Music
Poll, Becky Chace has been called “one
of the most celebrated singer/songwriters
to come out of the RI area.” - Motif
Magazine. Anyone who has seen Becky
sing in any setting knows she delivers with passion
and conviction every time she takes a stage. Becky
Chace believes that music should be used as a tool to
bring people together. Her entire career has been a
testament to her vision of what music can do. Like
her idols, Dylan, Springsteen, and Lucinda Williams,
she has always believed there is more than one way
to get her message across. Whether by rocking the
house playing rock and blues or by playing in an
intimate setting with just an acoustic guitar and her
voice to communicate her message, Chace proves
genres and styles don’t matter as long as the singer
expresses herself with passion.
Barbara Lussier
www.BarbaraLussierGallery.com
[email protected] 860 805 3182
“It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish
when faced boldly.”
- Isaac Asimov
“Life’s uncertain, eat dessert first.”
When one tugs
at a single thing in nature,
~ John Muir ~
Fine Home Specialist
Stephanie J. Gosselin
Committed to maintaining the rural beauty
and character of the Quiet Corner
860.428.5960
[email protected]
www.stephaniegosselin.prudentialct.com
Purveyors of Fine Wine,
Beer & Spirits
Route 169 Pomfret CT 06258 860-928-2946
August Entertainment
Friday - 5 - Open Mic
Hosts - Faith Montaperto & Eric Paradine. Feature - Caroline Waters not only has a gifted voice,
but she is a talented and inspired songwriter, lyricist
and multi-instrumentalist - a legend in the making.
Saturday - 6 - Gabrielle Louise
Gabrielle Louise is a nationally touring troubadour
noted for her poignant lyrics (a two-time
John Lennon Songwriting Contest finalist, winner of the Jack Maher Songwriting Award) and lush voice. Her music is
anchored deeply in folk, but undeniably
drawn to rich harmonies and melodic adventurism.
Her sound has the earthy feel of early Joni Mitchell
while also veering into the spirited delivery of fellow genre-hopping artist Martin Sexton. Unafraid to
take a random musical escapade in the name of
inspiration, Gabrielle is at one moment folkie and
ethereal, the next moment a smoky jazz chanteuse.
When Gabrielle Louise isn’t performing, she’s most
likely tango dancing, hiking a mountain, or jumping
off a cliff into some summer river.
Friday - 12 - Songwriter Sessions
Saturday - 13 - Shawn Taylor
Shawn Taylor’s thumping thumb, dancing fingers
and soulful vocals drive the gritty “new
roots” sound heard on his latest release
“FREE.” His songs reflect the intensity
of contemporary American life on a personal level, through vivid imagery and
passionate delivery, while drawing from the deep
well of great American music traditions and 15
years of performance experience.
He’s drawn
comparisons to Mississippi John Hurt, Tom Waits,
Bruce Springsteen, Ray Lamontagne, Bob Dylan,
Chris Smither, Steve Earl & Stephen Stills, yet his
voice & his songs are distinctly influenced by his
own blue collar wandering roots. He’s worked an
oyster-boat, been a hitch-hiking tramp, a carpenter,
a ‘thru’ hiker, (backpacking the length of the
Appalachian Trail, the Long Trail & The John Muir
Trail), and penned several prize winning short stories on the way. Taylor has been performing full
time in the Northeast, solo & in various combinations of the Wandering Roots Band.
Come in for dinner Wednesday - Sunday
Mitch Seidman was initially inspired by a Kenny
Burrell record to pursue jazz guitar, and
then by the late Attila Zoller through study
and a close friendship that began in 1974.
A professional musician and music educator for well almost forty years, he has performed at
festivals, nightclubs, adjudicated, and presented
clinics throughout the US, France, Germany, and
Costa Rica, where he was also an artist-in-residence.
Seidman has recorded with Harold Vick, Harvie S,
Ted Brown, Alan Dawson, Joe Hunt, Tony Zano,
and Charlie Kohlhase and performed with numerous
other renowned jazz musicians. He is a Professor of
Ear Training at Berklee College of Music, was a
contributing editor to 20th Century Guitar Magazine, and co-authored the book entitled Playing the
Changes:Guitar on Berklee Press/Hal Leonard.
Saturday - 27 - Poor Old Shine
August 26, 2011
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Foot stomping, mind racing, fast flinching music day in and day out, Poor Old
Shine is the Roots-Americana
collaboration of Chris Freeman
and Will Leet. They travel with
an assortment of instruments
including guitars, banjos, pump organ, string bass,
cello, a swarm of harmonicas, and a yard-sale-scrapmetal drum set. It’s old songs with a new feel, banjos
with paint peeled, shoes with holes and treadless
soles, and music that is real. Poor Old Shine’s music
is rooted in the folk and Appalachian mountain
music tradition and fits in well at bluegrass festivals
and sticky rock clubs alike. They have been compared to The Avett Brothers, Mumford and Sons,
Langhorne Slim, and The Low Anthem because of
the changing instrumentation and harmonies. Each
set mixes Freeman and Leet’s songwriting with traditional folk ballads, prison work songs, and front
porch style jamming. Poor Old Shine also features
musicians Antonio Alcorn (Mandolin, guitar), Scott
Thomas McColl (Upright Bass), Malachai Madden
(Cello, Guitar), and David Norman (Organ). All 6
are UCONN. The new band has performed at Toads
Place, The Space and Sully’s.
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Saturday - 20 - Mitch Seidman
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Tel. 860-774-2075 • Fax. 860-774-3554
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W W W. S I G F R I D S O N . C O M
Dine out
Tonight!
“Everyone is a
genius at least once a
year. The real geniuses simply have their
bright ideas closer
together.”
- George Christoph
Lightenberg
“It seems to me that it’s actually harder to invent excuses
than it is to be successful.”
- Jeffrey Gitomer
September Entertainment
Friday - 2 - Open Mic
Hosts - Faith Montaperto & Eric Paradine - Feature - Casey Abrams is a singer, writer, multiinstrumentalist and storyteller, Casey Abrams is the
genuine article. “Abrams writes with skewed perspective, droll humor and storytelling ease. His
work fits right along-side his most impressive forefathers.”- Amplifier magazine.
Saturday - 3 - Atwater-Donnelly
The highly acclaimed husband-wife duo, Aubrey
Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, present
delightful programs of traditional
American and Celtic folk songs, a
capella pieces, old-time gospel songs,
dance tunes, and original works.
Elwood and Aubrey blend gorgeous
and unusual harmonies and play guitar, Appalachian
mountain dulcimer, mandolin, tin whistle, harmonica, banjo, bones, spoons, limberjacks, and other surprises including Appalachian clog dancing, French
Canadian footwork, and Tap. Their performance is
appealing to all ages, and with humor, audience participation, and a relaxed stage presence, Aubrey and
Elwood explain song origins to create a deeper
understanding of the music and its cultural history.
Friday - 9 - Songwriter Sessions
Saturday - 10 - Sally Rogers
Sally Rogers is a musician who lives outside of
Hartford, CT with husband Howie
Bursen and daughters Maya and Malana.
She plays guitar, banjo, and dulcimer and
specializes in traditional folk, old-timey
and (most recently) children’s music. She
plays both traditional and original pieces and has
been recognized by numerous awards including
Best Folk Album of 1982 (Circle of the Sun), Best
Children’s Recording of 1992 (What Can one Little
Person Do?) and again in 1993 (At Quiet O’Clock).
She has made frequent radio appearances on “A
Prairie Home Companion” and the nationally syndicated “Mountain Stage.”
VBC Review Quotables...
“Extremely Tasty” Food - New York Times
“Relaxed” Atmosphere
- Boston Globe
“Truly Bizarre” Service - New London Day
September Entertainment
Saturday - 17 Maria Sangiolo & Jim Henry
Maria Sangiolo has been writing and performing for
children and their families for the past ten
years. A two-time Parents’ Choice awardwinning artist, recipient of a grant from
the CT Commission on Culture and
Tourism and one from the Iguana Fund
from Club Passim in Cambridge, Maria paints with
her pen and her voice. Whether it’s under the moon
singing a lullaby, in the garden building houses for
fairies, by the sea watching dolphins diving or down
on the farm growing and eating veggies, Sangiolo
challenges us to be our very best and be stewards of
the planet at the same time. Born and raised in MA,
Maria has been singing since she first heard the
“angel of music,” as a little girl riding in the back
seat of her parents’ blue Chevy wagon. Maria began
songwriting while still in college. Her musical career
has spanned two decades, enriching her fans lives
with her original & interpreted music. Maria’s songs
are honest, joyful, and earth-centered, all sung from
her young-at-heart muse.
There are only a few musicians who make you wonder if it’s really as easy as it looks. Who
make you crane your neck to see how
many people are up on stage because you
can’t believe all the sounds and textures
emanating from one place. Who you feel
compelled to seek out and thank after the show,
because you were absolutely transported by their
contributions. This is how people feel after hearing
Jim Henry play. His longtime reputation as a phenomenal all-around musician is well-deserved. He
can do it all: play most things stringed, sing lead or
harmony, write great songs, produce, engineer and
arrange. Four solo recordings and literally hundreds
of tracks on other people’s recordings have cemented
his position as one of the most versatile and talented
musicians working in acoustic music today.
Saturday - 24 - Slo-Grass
Slo-Grass is a local blue grass group that practices
monthly at Express
Yourself Coffee in
Worcester. SloGrass has been
entertaining New
England audiences for over 20 years with a unique
brand of ‘Acoustic Americana.’ The band presents
lively instrumentals featuring mandolin, banjo, guitar, acoustic bass, and dobro and vocal selections
showcasing rich four-part harmonies.
“A greenhouse that makes you go Wow!” - Eileen Jessurun
“The greatest composer does not sit down to work
because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he
is working.”
- Ernest Newman
“Act the way you’d like to be and soon you’ll be the way
you act.”
- George W. Crane
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Weekend Breakfast
full breakfast menu is served Saturday and Sunday
from 8:00 am - 12:00 noon. We offer a variety of
specials including Brie Benedict, Ham and Caprese
Omelet, and Turkey Spinach Scramble. We use only
100% maple syrup and top-quality bacon.
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Dinner at The Bean
e are open for dinner Wednesday - Sunday. Each
night we run four or five dinner specials. Recent
items include: Beer Batter Cod, Mushroom Ravioli,
Sesame Seared Tuna, Steak Medallions and Maple Glazed
Scallops. We offer a truly quality dinner at a great price, in
a warm and friendly atmosphere. If you haven’t tried us
for dinner yet, it’s time you did.
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The Artwork Gallery
he Café displays artwork by local artists year round.
. Some shows have openings and some do not. Most
of the artwork displayed is for sale and often prices are
listed with the piece or on a list located in the room. One
hundred percent of the sale price goes to the artist.
July - Dan Spendolini
August - Muriel Miller
September - Joyce Mauriel
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Entertainment
he Café is on the National Folk Music Circuit and
attracts talent from all over the United States while
featuring mainly New England performers. The majority
of the shows are on Saturday night and start at 8:00 PM.
Our Open Mic night is on the first Friday of each month.
During shows, a theatre curtain separates the listening
room from the tiled dining room and kitchen in an effort to
keep the music in and the kitchen noise out.
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On-Site WiFi
e provide complimentary wireless internet service.
Bring your lap top to the Café, search for available
networks and log on to the VBC. Get some work done or
check your email while you eat lunch!
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Our Pricing Practices
1. Sales Tax Included - Our prices include the
6% Connecticut Sales Tax. The prices listed on the
menu are exactly what you pay. Our prices may seem to
be inflated; however, a $8.50 menu item is actually
$8.02 + $.48 sales tax. Furthermore, this practice makes
it easier for the customer, especially if that customer is
a child who has exact change for a cookie. What you
see is exactly what you pay - what could be simpler?
Fagan’s Forge
LLC
Fine Quality Hand-Forged Hardware
for Home & Outbuildings
Nancy McMerriman
860.377.3232
[email protected]
www.FagansForge.com
2. Not Market Standard Pricing - We are not
trying to fool the customer into thinking that $7.95 is
less expensive than $8.00. We find this type of pricing
insulting to our customers. However, the reason it is
used so extensively around the nation is that it works
effectively. We don’t like that practice, and we also like
to believe that our clientele is not so easily fooled.
$9.95
3. No Pennies, Dimes or Nickels - Because our
prices include tax and we do not price in the standard
way, we do not have to use pennies, dimes or nickels.
This is a service to both the customer and to us. We
don’t give you lots of change, and we only have to use
quarters and fifty-cent pieces. This also helps our staff to
be more efficient performing transactions, which saves
time and money. An added bonus is that we don’t have
to count change at the end of the business day.
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“Every human being is born without faith; faith comes
only through the process of making decisions to change
before we can be sure it’s the right move.”
- Robert Schuller
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“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it
can achieve.”
- Napoleon Hill
Recording Studio in Pomfret, Connecticut
Specializing in Acoustic Contemporary,
Jazz & Classical
The Café Cash Card
he first Café Cash Card was introduced in 1997.
The appearance of the card has changed since
then, but our card still works like the gift cards
available in most stores today. Café Cash Cards may be
purchased in any amount at the restaurant or online and
are reloadable add to the card
balance at any
time! Cards may
be used to purchase any menu
item at Vanilla
Bean Cafe. A
bonus of 10% is
added to the card balance when you purchase a card for
$100 or more. The card must be presented to redeem it
at the time of purchase. The Café Cash Card makes a
great gift for friends and family members and is ideal
for students at the local schools. Café Cash Cards have
no expiration date.
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Mark Thayer
Producer/Engine Ear
Phone 860-974-2016
[email protected]
www.signaturesounds.com
What’s Happening at The Bean...
¾ All shows start at 8:00 pm unless otherwise noted
7:30 pm lFriday July 1st
$7.00
lSaturday August 13th
- $10.00
Open Mic - Gale Gardiner
Shawn Taylor
lSaturday July 2nd
No Show
lSaturday August 20th
- $10.00
7:00 pm lFriday July 8th
$5.00
Mitch Seidman
Songwriter Sessions - Lisa Martin
lSaturday August 27th
- $10.00
Fiske & Herrera, Beth DeSombre
Poor Old Shine
lSaturday July 9th
- $10.00
7:30 pm lFriday September 2nd
$7.00
rusty belle
Open Mic - Casey Abrams
lSaturday July 16th
- $15.00
lSaturday September 3rd
- $15.00
Peter Mulvey
Atwater-Donnelly
lSaturday July 23rd
- $10.00
7:00 pm lFriday September 9th
$5.00
Elison Jackson
Songwriter Sessions - Lisa Martin
lSaturday July 30th
- $12.00
Perry Desmond-Davies, Eric Paradine
Becky Chace
lSaturday September 10th
- $15.00
lFriday August 5th
7:30 pm $7.00
Sally Rogers
Open Mic - Carolyn Waters
lSaturday September 17th
- $15.00
lSaturday August 6th
- $10.00
Maria Sangiolo & Jim Henry
Gabrielle Louise
lSaturday September 24th
- $12.00
lFriday August 12th
$5.00
7:00 pm
Slo-Grass
Songwriter Sessions - Lisa Martin
Call ahead, shows are subject to change
Open Book, Guy-Michael Grande
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WiFi available in Dining Room
2011 ... What’s Happening at The Bean ... 2011
~ July, August & September ~
2011 Calendar listings
**September 17th - Maria Sangiolo & Jim Henry**
We are celebrating 22 years in business - 1989-2011.
We serve breakfast Saturday & Sunday.
The Café offers a variety of vegetarian specials.
You can view our Daily Specials on our website.
All of our menu prices include 6% CT Sales Tax.
85 Main in Putnam is our sister restaurant.
We have Gluten free items available.
We are open 361 days a year.
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CLOSED July 4th
P O Box 206
Pomfret CT 06258
“To Bean or
not to Bean...?”
...is it really a question?
The Vanilla Bean Café w Corners of Routes 44, 169 & 97 w Pomfret, Connecticut 06258 w 860-928-1562