Archive for January 6th, 2010

On January 9 & 10, it will be “Back to the 50s” Weekend at Cafe Du Luxe.

Poodle Skirts, Ducktails, Chili Dogs, Root Beer Floats and 50s music all weekend.

And on Saturday, January 9, the first annual Cafe Du Luxe “Back to the ’50s” Car Show will feature the Tri-Five Chevy Show, courtesy of the Dallas Area Classic Chevy car club.

“My wife Jana and I are members of the car club,” said David Carles, owner of Café Du Luxe. “We own a ’56 two-door post (a Chevy Del Ray, of course.)”

Awards will be given out for the best 55, best 56, best 57, best Tri-Five Truck and best Corvette.

David Graves, president of the car club, said anyone is welcome to attend and come in their ‘50s car.

He said the club is looking forward to the meet.

“Our guys enjoy bringing our cars to anything with a ‘50s theme,” Graves said.

The Café Du Luxe staff will be decked out in poodle skirts and ducktails,” Carles said. “We’ve even added a strolling, singing, guitar playing Elvis for this event.”

The cafe will offer special era menu items like Hot Dogs & Chili Dogs, in addition to its tasty selection of breakfast pastries, sandwiches, salads, soups, evening appetizers and decadent desserts.

The bistro has partnered with Beth Marie’s at Unicorn Lake by Cinemark Theater to provide Root Beer Floats. With the unique checker-board floors, marble top counter, antique-style round tables, wire-backed chairs and pressed metal ceiling so familiar to ice cream parlors of long ago, Beth Marie’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream has created the perfect gathering place for friends and family.

Music from the ’50s will permeate Café Du Luxe all weekend long and (weather permitting) the cafe will be showing a classic Horror Movie, Drive in Theater-style, on the north side of the building.

Music, local art and a contemporary atmosphere make Café Du Luxe the perfect alternative to those “on every street corner” cafes.

It serves private label coffees and some of the world’s finest wines. Artisan roasted coffees are the finest in Denton.

Authentic Italian espresso machines dispense the finest lattes and cappuccinos in the city.

A small complement of imported beers is chilled and waiting. Music, local art and a contemporary atmosphere make Café Du Luxe the perfect alternative to those “on every street corner” cafes.

An entire wall of the bistro has been designated solely for the purpose of featuring some of the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area’s brightest and most exciting artists on a monthly basis.

Currently on display is January’s new artist: Nathaniel Chadwick. Nathaniel specializes in Photography Art. To see examples of Nathaniel’s work, visit:www.nchadwick.com.  And Nathaniel’s “meet the artist night” will be Sunday, January 24th from 5-7 p.m.