One of the best parts of Sydney just got even better with prized local venue, Watsons Bay Hotel, setting up a 14ft Mercer Shuffleboard Table in their newly renovated balcony bar overlooking Sydney Harbour…
The city of Portland in Oregon, USA, has several popular locals. Sportswear giant Nike’s headquarters are situated there. The Portland Trailblazers NBA basketball team run the city. And now the Sunshine Tavern is entertaining more and more people daily thanks to its grubbing food and a proud shuffleboard table that’s setup smack-bam in the middle of the venue. Sounds like heaven…
Jon Irvine writes, “Sunshine Tavern: Shuffleboard and monte cristo’s, what else can one ask for?” on his blog. (NB. Monte cristo’s is a fancy way of saying toasted ham and cheese sandwich).
Britt Q writes, “One word: Shuffleboard! I’ve been looking for a good place to play shuffleboard in Portland and Sunshine Tavern has perhaps the nicest table in town. Great, spacious and modern bar.” on Yelp.com
Lynn E writes, “Sunshine Tavern has two of my favourite things – shuffleboard and slushy margaritas.” on Yelp.com
Food blog Zagat spoke with venue owner Jenn Louis this week and here are a couple of the Q&A’s from their interview…
Zagat: What inspired your restaurant Sunshine Tavern? With the comfort food, soft serve ice cream and games it seems like it was built out of guilty pleasures?
“It started as a series of conversations that my husband David and I had about what we wanted on our days off. We want pizza, we want burgers we want homemade soft serve ice cream. We thought putting a shuffleboard table in the middle of the dining room would be awesome. It’s fun, it’s free, and everyone plays. So we created this great place for days off that we never get to enjoy because we don’t want to go to work on our days off.”
Zagat: Who is the better shuffleboard player, you or David?
“Probably David because I never get to play.”
Jenn and David have recently started promoting their first ever casual shuffleboard tournament, which is a team setup competing a double elimination draw. Cost is $5/person with a requirement of two per team and winner takes all!
We really hope to find some like-minded Australian venues keen to emulate this American success story here in Australia – willing to let shuffleboard help them attract customers through the door and in turn keep their regular patrons happy.
We’ve been handed a stack of research and findings out of the UK and USA that shows young adults want to frequent bars, pubs, clubs, lounges and other venues with bar games. Customers want an experience. They want to be engaged! Click HERE to check out some recent findings out of the UK.
Add shuffleboard to your venue alongside great food, awesome service and a great vibe, and you’ve served up a winner… Contact us to make your inquiry now!
The Spring 2012 issue of Clubs & Pubs Manager Magazine is hot off the press and we’re excited to reveal that the issue features a cracking 4-page feature story on Southern Cross Shuffleboards and the game of shuffleboard!
Clubs & Pubs Manager Magazine is distributed to venue managers throughout Australia and we’re obviously hoping this helps kick-start shuffleboard’s launch into bars, pubs, clubs and hotels across the country.
The story is a beauty, outlining the what/when/where/who/how and why of table shuffleboard. It outlines the rules and fine intricacies of the game, while highlighting plenty of the reasons the game will soon be a success and permanent fixture in Aussie watering holes.
Have a read of the article! Click here to download a PDF version: Shuffle Up To The Bar
If you’re in Melbourne on September 7, 8 and 9 this year, make sure you head down to Caulfield Racecourse to visit us at the 2012 Melbourne Retirement & Lifestyle Expo!
We’ll be exhibiting our shuffleboard tables on all three days – just look for the Southern Cross Shuffleboards signs in Stall 162 on Ground Level.
Come have a shuffle, have a chat, win some prizes and see how high quality our tables are!
Click here to visit the Expo’s website and please contact us if you’d like more information.
It’s been a week of exciting news here at Southern Cross Shuffleboards and one of the coolest announcements we’re proud to make is that we’ve just sorted Facebook with a customised shuffleboard table for the company’s all-new Australian headquarters in Sydney…
The Tradies has been a Canberra institution for over 45 years and operates licensed community clubs in both Dickson and Woden. The clubs boast live entertainment, special events, major promotions and ice cold beer, but now the Woden Tradies has an extra little somethin’ somethin’ in the shape of a Southern Cross Shuffleboard Table…
New research issued this week at the Great British Beer Festival by CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale suggests the return of traditional pub games like Shuffleboard, Billiards, Skittles and Darts would encourage more young adults to visit pubs at a time when 25 pubs across Britain are closing every week and similar statistics around the world…
Thinking about setting up a shuffleboard table in your games room? Maybe you’ve got a Man Cave you’re looking to pimp out? Perhaps you’ve got an empty wall in an entertaining room that is screaming for some attention? Whatever the reason, we commend you for welcoming the game of shuffleboard into your home…
Michael Jordan is arguably the greatest and most famous athlete in the history of sport and hence the city of Chicago, where he dominated the Bulls basketball court for most of his career, is almost as well known across the globe.
Southern Cross Shuffleboards is a huge supporter of basketball and big fan of the Chicago Bulls (including this year’s MVP, guard Derrick Rose), but we are most impressed right now to hear that the Windy City has a thriving shuffleboard scene!
Check out these five hot-spots for playing table shuffleboard in Chicago…
Everything is big in Texas. The amount of LOVE for table shuffleboard is VERY BIG in Texas. The bars love it, the locals love it, the holiday-makers love it, and we love that…
The number of shuffleboard tables in bars, clubs and homes around the state is crazy, so it was tough to pick the right place to start our town-by-town reviews. We’ve gone with Austin first, simply because it’s the home of The University of Texas… The school has over 48,000 students and you can’t argue with those numbers…