3rd Annual Twin Cities Thursday Happy Hours Charity Event
Benefits the NICU at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota!
The 3rd Annual TCTHH Charity Event, benefiting the NICU at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota will be on Thursday, May 31st at 514 Studios. Thank you to 514 Studios and Create Catering for partnering with us to make this event happen. Their generosity will allow for us to donate nearly 100% of all ticket sales, sponsorship money and silent auction fundraising at the event to Children’s.
- Date: Thursday, May 31st
- Time: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
- Location: 514 Studios in Downtown Minneapolis’ North Loop District
- Tickets: $30 in advance and $35 at the door. Good for admittance, food and fun!
Tickets for this year’s event are $30 and can be bought in advance online or at the door for $35. There are only 250 tickets available, make sure you get yours well in advance.
ALL proceeds from this event go towards a private patient room in the NICU at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. To date, this event has raised $14,000 towards our ultimate goal of $50,000 over 5 years.
Event highlights include:
- Food catered by Create Catering
- Cheesecake Bar from Muddy Paws Cheesecake
- Silent auction. Items include Twins tickets, golf foursomes, hotel and restaurant gift cards and more!
- Punch Wall – Buy a punch for $20 and win a prize ranging from $25-$50 in value. Every punch wins a prize!
- Coin flip game. Fundraising chance game and opportunity to win a great prize
- Cash bar
- Live music – TBD
Sponsorship opportunities are also available to become an event partner this year. Please contact us for further details.
April TCTHH Event – Bowling, Networking and Happy Hour at Brunswick Zone XL
The next Twin Cities Thursday Happy Hours event is on Thursday, April 12th at Brunswick Zone XL, in Brooklyn Park.
Brunswick Zone is providing the group with 20 lanes of bowling and appetizers for the event. We have room for 200 people at this event and it should be a great time bowling, networking and hanging out in the lounge.
The event starts at 5:30 and the bowling lanes will be available to us at 6:00 pm. There is no cost to attend this event.
If you want to get to know other Twin Cities professionals, make valuable connections and be crowned as the Roy Munson bowler of the night at our event, join us on the 12th!
You are encouraged to share this with a colleague, friend or business partner that may be interested in attending. Please RSVP by registering for the event, as we have a limited amount of space and need to let our hosts know how many to expect.
I look forward to seeing you all there, it will be a fun event! If you have any questions, please let me know.
-Jeff
TCTHH Business Talk | Social Media & Food | The Lowry Uptown
Happy New Year Everyone!
The next Twin Cities Thursday Happy Hours event is on Thursday, January 19th at The Lowry in Uptown. 
This event will be another TCTHH Business Talk, where we will have a great panel of speakers who are involved in the hospitality business to talk about Social Media & Food. Stephanie Shimp, the Owner of Blue Plate Restaurant Company, will be moderating the panel.
This event marks the start of Year 4 of Twin Cities Thursday Happy Hours events. This is a great networking opportunity to kick off the new year and to hear from some of the Twin Cities most influential people in the food and social space.
Jason DeRusha, WCCO’s “Good Question Guy”, Jason Kallsen of The Wine Company and Founder/Owner of Twin Cities Wine Education LLC, along with Omar Ansari, President of Surly Brewing Co. will be our featured panel speakers for the event.
Event Timeline
- 5:15 – 5:45 – Networking
- 5:45-6:15 – Panel Discussion on Social Media and Food
- 6:15-7:00 – Questions and More Networking, stay as long as you would like
The Lowry will be providing some appetizers for the group at no charge and will be featuring happy hour drink specials from 4-6 pm. Happy hour specials include:
- $3 Premium Rail Drinks
- $3 and $4 Select Tap Beers
- $5 Select Wines by the Glass
- $5 Happy Hour Menu
- $6 Classic Cocktail special (from the menu)
The Lowry is a great place for a breakfast meeting with ample parking and easy access from 94, 394 and downtown. Highlighted by Metro Magazine in January issue as a “best” breakfast place and named one of the “best” places to get oysters in December issue of MSP Magazine.
If you want to get to know other Twin Cities professionals, make valuable connections, meet new friends and learn a little something about social media and food, join us on the 19th for this event.
You are encouraged to share this with a colleague, friend or business partner that may be interested in attending. Please RSVP by registering for the event, as we have a limited amount of space and need to let our hosts know how many to expect.
Valet parking can be accessed from Hennepin Avenue.
I look forward to seeing you all there, it will be a fun event! If you have any questions, please let me know.
-Jeff
TCTHH/TCBPN Beer Tasting Event at Spyder Trap Online Marketing
We will be joined for the December Twin Cities Thursday Happy Hours monthly event by the Twin Cities Business Peer Network for a special beer tasting networking event on Thursday, December 15th at Spyder Trap Online Marketing in Minneapolis.
Spyder Trap Online Marketing, one of the fastest growing digital marketing companies in town, has graciously offered to host this event at their rnewly expanded office space in Minneapolis. Come visit with the folks from Spyder Trap along with Twin Cities Thursday Happy Hours’ and Twin Cities Business Peer Network members, as we learn about the development of beer throughout history and sample different beers.
Please register for event here > http://www.spydertrap.com/event
Along with beer tasting, Muddy Paws Cheesecake will be offering cheesecake tastings as well at the event. Make sure to bring your appetite along with your social self for this holiday networking event!
If you want to get to know other Twin Cities professionals, make valuable connections, meet new friends and , join us on the 15th for this event.
You are encouraged to bring a colleague, friend or business partner that may be interested in attending. Please RSVP by registering for the event at the event link below, as we have a limited amount of space and need to let our hosts know how many to expect.
http://www.spydertrap.com/event
I look forward to seeing you all there, it will be a fun event! If you have any questions, please let me know.
-Jeff
We are now allowing monthly sponsors for our events. If your organization is interested in being an exclusive monthly sponsor, just 1 business per month will get the opportunity to sponsor one of our monthly networking events. Please let me know if you are interested and we can discuss details individually.
TCTHH Networking Event at Wondrous Azian Kitchen – November 17th
The November Twin Cities Thursday Happy Hours monthly event is on Thursday, November 17th at Thom Pham’s Wondrous Azian Kitchen in Downtown Minneapolis. The event will start at 5:30 and go as late as people want to stay.
WONDROUS AZIAN KITCHEN will be hosting us in the Caterpillar Lounge and will be providing light appetizers for the group along with the following happy hour specials from 5:30-8:00.
- $3.00 Tap Beer
- $3.50 Rail Drinks
- $5.00 House Red/White Wine
- $6.00 Signature Cocktails (Singapore Sling, Cherry Blossom Cosmo, La Femme Nikita)
- ½ Price Selected Bottles of Wine
- ½ Price Selected Appetizers
At WONDROUS AZIAN KITCHEN, French techniques are used to bring together Azian spice and Minnesota nice. The design is both quintessential vintage Chinese and downtown glam. Imagination and history, in equal parts, marks a truly unique dining experience, where the soul is all about enjoying life and celebrating with friends and loved ones.
If you have never been to WONDROUS before, you will want to make sure to join us for this event at a great venue!
If you want to get to know other Twin Cities professionals, make valuable connections, meet new friends and check out a great restaurant, join us on the 17th for this event.
You are encouraged to bring a colleague, friend or business partner that may be interested in attending. Please RSVP by registering for the event, as we have a limited amount of space and need to let our hosts know how many to expect.
The Plymouth Building parking garage is located at 517 Hennepin Avenue South and offers exceptional valet service at a discounted rate of $6 with a $15 minimum purchase. Please have the host validate your parking stub.
I look forward to seeing you all there, it will be a fun event! If you have any questions, please let me know.
-Jeff
October TCTHH Suite Event at the Minnesota Wild Game
The October Twin Cities Thursday Happy Hours monthly event is next Thursday, October 27th at the Minnesota Wild vs. Anaheim Ducks game at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. The tickets are on the suite level, where the group will meet for networking before taking in the hockey game from neighboring Suites 24 & 25. The suite level opens at 5:30, so feel free to get there anytime after that to mingle before the puck drops at 7:00 pm.
TCTHH has partnered with the Minnesota Wild to offer suite level tickets for $33 per person, which also includes a hot dog, chips and non-alcoholic beverages. There will also be a cash bar set up in each suite for you to purchase any alcoholic beverages.
A suite ticket alone is normally $110, so this is truly an exclusive offer for our event that the Wild have put together. We will have suites 24 and 25 for the game, which will be open at 5:30 to network before the game starts at 7:00 pm. There are 30 seats in each suite, but each suite allows for 50 people with standing room.
There will only be 100 tickets sold for this event (LIMIT 2 per person, you must have each person’s name who is attending). Make sure to get yours right away if you plan on attending.
You are encouraged to share this offer with a friend, colleague or business partner that may be interested in attending. You must purchase a ticket for this event and you will not be able to get in at the Xcel Energy Center without your ticket.
Your purchased tickets will be available at the will call box office at Xcel Energy Center the day of the game, please have a valid ID with you to get your ticket from will call.
I look forward to seeing you all there, it will be a unique event to bring together business professionals who all share the common bond of Minnesota Wild hockey! If you have any questions, please let me know.
If you are on Twitter, please use the hashtag: #mnwildtcthh when tweeting about this event. Thanks!
-Jeff
Twin Cities Thursday Happy Hours September 22 Networking Event – Tiger Sushi Uptown
The next Twin Cities Thursday Happy Hours monthly event is on Thursday, September 22 at Tiger Sushi 2 in Uptown near Lyndale & Lake. We will be outside on the patio at Tiger Sushi and they will be providing our group with great happy hour specials, as well as extended times for happy hour. The event will start at 5:30 and go as late as people want to stay.
Tiger Sushi will also be giving away (2) $25 gift cards for a drawing of business cards in the fishbowl at the event, so make sure to bring a business card.
If you want to get to know other Twin Cities professionals, make valuable connections, meet new friends and check out a great place, join us on the 22nd for this event.
You are encouraged to bring a colleague, friend or business partner that might be interested in attending. Please RSVP by registering for the event, as we have a limited amount of space and need to let our hosts know how many to expect.
There is a parking lot across the street (Egg and I) that Tiger Sushi owns, which you can park in for this event, otherwise there is plenty of street parking nearby.
I look forward to seeing you all there, it will be a fun event! If you have any questions, please let me know.
-Jeff
August TCTHH “Networking on the Lake” Event at BayView Event Center on Lake Minnetonka
The next Twin Cities Thursday Happy Hours monthly event is on Thursday, August 25th at BayView Event Center on Lake Minnetonka in Excelsior. Join us at BayView for “Networking on the Lake” with the Twin Cities Business Peer Network and MyFirestorm Networking groups. One of the goals of TCTHH is to connect with other professional groups throughout the Twin Cities and this month’s event will certainly do that. The event will start at 5:30 and go as late as people want to stay.
BayView will be providing the group with their great space on the lawn overlooking Lake Minnetonka and appetizers for the group. The BayView family of companies includes their event center, which is great for holiday parties, corporate outings and charity events; their public and prive charter cruises on Lake Minnetonka; and Bayside Grille, which is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
We are releasing 400 tickets for this event and they are sure to go fast, please invite any friends, colleagues or business partners that would like to join us.
If you want to get to know other Twin Cities professionals and enjoy a great venue overlooking the lake, make sure to get your ticket to join us on the 25th.
Please RSVP by registering for the event, as we will not be able to let many people in at the door the day of the event.
I look forward to seeing you all there, it will be a fun event! If you have any questions, please let me know. There is free parking in the lots across from BayView Event Center.
-Jeff
About the Twin Cities Business Peer Network
The Twin Cities Business Peer Network (TCBPN) is a small group of colleagues from various functions and companies in the Twin Cities who commit to use their talents to help students and professionals grow personally and professionally. It was founded in 2008 by Darcy Douglas and Luis Moreno and has become a source of meaningful personal relationships to help peers feel supported, energized, and encouraged and to obtain information on fields of study and career opportunities.
About MyFirestorm Networking
MyFirestorm is a business networking organization that helps facilitate building long term strategic partnerships. We organize weekly meetings as well as social and civic minded events to give members the opportunity to meet and build relationships.
July TCTHH Networking Event and Live Music at the Bloomington ChopHouse
The next Twin Cities Thursday Happy Hours monthly event is on Thursday, July 21st at Bloomington ChopHouse in the Bloomington Hilton at the corner of 494 and France Ave. The event will start at 5:30 and go as late as people want to stay.
Located in the southern Minneapolis / Bloomington metro area, Bloomington ChopHouse specializes in tender steaks, fresh seafood, and attentive service.
There will be live music from local group Love Songs for Angry Men, the Bloomington ChopHouse features live music from local musicians as part of Rock the Patio every Thursday in the summer.
Bloomington ChopHouse will be providing a great sampling of some of their favorite appetizers for the group to try as well, along with drink specials on beer and wine throughout the evening.
If you want to get to know other Twin Cities professionals, make valuable connections, meet new friends and check out a really fun place, join us on the 21st for this event.
You are encouraged to bring a colleague, friend or business partner that might be interested in attending. Please RSVP by registering for the event, as we have a limited amount of space and need to let our hosts know how many to expect.
There is a large parking lot for the Hilton Hotel, which the ChopHouse is connected to, which makes parking for this event very convenient.
I look forward to seeing you all there, it will be a fun event! If you have any questions, please let me know.
-Jeff
Twin Cities Happy Hour Deals will be officially launching next Monday as well; featuring some of the best restaurant, bar and entertainment deals in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
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Twin Cities Thursday Happy Hours June Networking Event at Pinstripes Edina
The next Twin Cities Thursday Happy Hours monthly event is on Thursday, June 23rd at Pinstripes in Edina, near the Galleria Shopping Center. The event will start at 5:30 and go as late as people want to stay.
Pinstripes features exceptional Italian/American food and wine; 18 bowling lanes and indoor bocce courts; a beautiful outdoor patio and fireplace; and banquet space that can accommodate parties of 20-600 (weddings, birthday parties, corporate events, anniversaries and more!)
Pinstripes will be serving assorted pizzas, flatbreads and bruschetta. Also, make sure to bring your bowling and bocce skills to the event, Pinstripes is offering a bit of bocce and bowling for the group!
We will be on the 2nd floor outdoor balcony for the event, which overlooks the Centennial Lakes area and has a big firepit.
If you want to get to know other Twin Cities professionals, make valuable connections, meet new friends and check out a really fun place, join us on the 23rd for this event.
You are encouraged to bring a colleague, friend or business partner that might be interested in attending. Please RSVP by registering for the event, as we have a limited amount of space and need to let our hosts know how many to expect.
There is a large FREE parking ramp connected to Pinstripes, which makes parking for this event very convenient.
I look forward to seeing you all there, it will be a fun event! If you have any questions, please let me know.
-Jeff
Be sure to check out the new Twin Cities Happy Hour Deal site for the best local deals at restaurants, bars and entertainment venues in the Twin Cities.
We will be giving away 3 iPads in August to those who sign up for our weekly deals. TwinCitiesHappyHourDeal.com offers 1 deal per week in a limited quanity, once that deal is gone, there is not a new deal until the following week. The site is still under final development, but you can sign up for deals now to be entered into the drawing for an iPad.
Also, this deal site strictly features entertainment related businesses, such as restaurants, bars, theaters, sports, movies etc….
