A few weeks ago during the grand opening of M&T Bank’s East End branch, Mary Jackson’s mobile bar was on hand showcasing “signature mocktails and Caramel Apple Butter Sparkling Cider, marking a momentous milestone in the community.”
In the spirit of entrepreneurship, Jackson’s Mary. J. Lounge has become a traveling fixture at many Bridgeport events giving adequate fluid ounces to the mantra: any place with a bar can’t be all bad. Check out her Facebook page here
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A few years ago, Mary Jackson saw a couple of people selling alcohol in open trailers in the city, sparking an idea for her next venture, a mobile bar.
“It’s always been a dream for me to make delicious drinks and I wanted to be mobile,” said Jackson, a Bridgeport native, who launched Mary J Lounge LLC.
She purchased a food truck last year with the intention to serve alcohol at private parties either at a client’s house or sometimes people coming to her own home.
Business picked up this year with public and private events, including a wedding in Stafford, the Black Wall Street festival at the New Haven Green, the Stratford Main Street Festival, Denim Designs Pop-Up block party in Bridgeport, Boots on the Ground, Old School Music Festival in New Haven, the Juneteenth Celebration in Norwalk and the ribbon cutting ceremony for Honey Locust.
Although her main focus for the mobile bar is selling alcoholic drinks for adults, she will provide services at children’s parties where she instead serves mocktails, such as Shirley Temples, Roy Rogers or other drinks including punch, soda or water.
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Interesting, speaking of serving.
I always found this interesting. There has always been hype around workers’ rights and union establishment/unionization over Starbucks workers among the left-standing ideology and its political followers.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/zohran-mamdani-tells-1m-social-media-followers-boycott-starbucks-ongoing-worker-strike
But you never hear them stand up for the other coffee workers/franchisee giants like my generation coffee shop Dunkin’s. (Time to make the Donuts) 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=petqFm94osQ&t=6s
I find that “disingenuous” not to mention the racist litmus test of have the write the costumer’s name on their cup. Being one can’t spell. 🙂
You know, considering the institutionalize racist institution, and or coded side agenda in who, how it chooses to teach a “human” being.
You would think the left/social leaning political ideology would either A, call on the end to such a educational/racist practice in a boycott, or B, call on a movement to unions/increase the benefits the lower brand coffee giants’ workers.
Target and Walmart come to mind it the popularity political depart.
Perhaps, Dunkin Donuts should instead of trying to rebrand itself for it losing business to Starbuck. It should merger with Caribou Coffee, and or. Caribou should acquisition Dunkin’s. Caribou is a much better coffer blend that rival Starbucks in fact it a better tasting coffer than Starbuck, from my perspective taste. Though you can’t find it like I use to in Stop in Shop where Starbuck products pushed them out, off the shelf, pricks. 🤣
Speaking of coffee, John, when is your next Civil Engagement Gathering. 🙂
Though I would have to bring my own coffee, being on a poor coded side with not much financial means to have the privilege purchases it.
To be fair, not sure if my coded side identity either doesn’t have the means, too cheap, unwilling, or too weak against my/its adversary coded side, pricks 🙂
Or if there is something else going on. 😭
At any rate, good luck.
Classic. Putting Christ back into Christmas. One cup of Joe at a time. 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypFGaW4eXj0
The prophet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m42tNGF9h7w
Casual Civics Conversations will have a session at Fruta on the last Saturday of November 29 at 9 AM.
Perhaps you can raise questions as you do on OIB and evaluate responses from other Bridgeport citizens who bring a variety of experiences, knowledge, and questions likely from you. That is how learning gets shared.
Reading Akhil Reed Amar’s 2021 THE WORDS THAT MADE US : America’s Constitutional Conversation 1760-1840 has led me to understand how newspapers PLUS conversations between citizens from different colonies entered into the perceptions and later votes on our foundational documents. Listening becomes the key in such conversations. Time will tell.