Comings and Goings
Champagne parlors, salmon at Doe's, hockey fever and upcoming GO events.
By The Editors
The Jalili Empire ‘Bubbles’ Over
Bijan’s Under the Tower has long been a highly respected but highly underutilized space—until now. Mike Jalili, owner and culinary mastermind at Bijan’s, Flame and Touch, tells us he is converting the banquet space into Springfield’s first champagne lounge, Bubbles, possibly to open as soon as late February.The idea is to do for champagne what bars like Romeo y Julieta’s have done for the martini—make sparkling wine the focus while still offering other quality drinks. The core menu would be centered around sparkling wines with different types of garnishes, as well as drinks that include bubbly as the main ingredient (think the Anastasia at Level 2, heretofore the king of fancy champagne-utililizing drinks).
Jalili says Bubbles will be open Tuesday through Saturday and have a limited appetizer menu, and will include pass-through access to the Boogie, the Jalilis’ dance club that fronts on South Avenue (though, in our humble opinion, the target clienteles sound decidedly different). Could this signal a pending change at the Boogie? We’ll see.
Something’s Fishy at Doe’s
Doe’s Eat Place, famous for its huge steaks and stuffed tamales, has announced a crowd-pleasing new addition to its menu: an 8 oz. grilled salmon filet. Guys: There is now no excuse for your non-meat eating significant other to put you off from eating at Doe’s. Don’t worry, the steaks, tamales and shrimp are still available.Icy Hot
The Missouri State Ice Bears are scorching hot heading into the postseason. The club stick-and-puck squad finished the regular season in the Mid-America Collegiate Hockey Association with a perfect 14-0 record.
At press time the Ice Bears were ranked number four in the ACHA’s Central Region. That ranking, plus a 21-9 overall record, should be enough to propel the Ice Bears into the Central Region tournament February 22-23 in Chicago. They’ll compete in their league tournament February 16-17 in East Alton, Illinois.
To continue following the Ice Bears during the postseason, check out missouristatehockey.com or listen in on the Internet at websportsradio.com.
GO News and Happenings
An update on all of our Springtown-made fun:• Nominations are now closed for our second annual GO Music Awards, but your part in this story is not yet finished. Check out springfieldgo.com and our February 27 issue for the final ballot, as well as the five bands that will be performing at Rock’n Ribs on April 19 and competing for the title of Best Band.
• GO Fashion Icons is right around the corner. We’ve chosen our eight most-stylish and are ready to deck them out in the best spring fashions and trot them down the runway on March 7 at ICON Nightclub. You can be a part of that party—just keep your eyes on springfieldgo.com.
• Don’t forget to join us for our February GOnection event, held at Big Whiskey’s American Bar & Grille. The Springfield Cardinals, Hawaiian Sun and Miller Chill are all sponsors, and will be there to help us celebrate the approach of spring (we could really use a sign of spring). The fun begins at 5:30 and lasts until 7:30, officially, though sometimes we like to take the fun into the night.
