baaaaaaaah humbug! well not really...

the season's t-shirts and buttons are in at girl & the goat! help us support a great cause!

after making little hipster goat buttons with raffle numbers back before the opening, we fell in love with having the little goat hanging on our satchels and hats, and decided to make seasonal ones throughout the year. collector items if you will. each with a raffle number for fun prizes, and each with proceeds benefiting a charity fitting for the season...
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tomorrow is the goat's 5 month anniversary! and as i sit here at home, recovering from a fall, and missing being with my staff at work, i was thinking back through our infant stages. some fun filled highs, some crazy panic attacks, some struggles, some triumphs... all the usual things that go into a restaurant opening. part of me feels like we just opened yesterday, while part of my feels like it has already been years. all in all, it has been a fun ride thus far. a bit of an upside down roller coaster for sure, but that is why we got into this business, and will never get out.

i was in bed this morning, thinking back at some of the highs and lows that stand out most in my memory, and thought i'd share my top 5, in no particular order...
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so we at the goat have to say, we're humbled by the support you've given us with our thanksgiving fundraiser. for several weeks we've been selling limited edition goat t-shirts and buttons (because a goat in a turkey costume is the coolest thing ever), the proceeds of which have made it possible for us to host a thanksgiving feast for families in need, in conjunction with common threads. and, as promised, we've raffled off numbers for the ten turkeys donated to us by stewards of the land. these birds are local, raised by family farms, which i really think is such an awesome prize. there really aren't too many people who will be cooking local birds this thanksgiving—especially those straight from the farmers. and the birds are huge!!

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eater recently asked for nominees for their first ever 'eater awards,' and yesterday they grouped the top nominees within four categories and opened the floodgates for voters to decide the top from each category. the goat is amazingly associated with all four of these categories...

[photo via eater chicago]
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here i am, sitting in front of the computer, putting together a blog post announcing ticket sales for a goat event. sounds familiar, no?

finally, tickets for the james beard and friends dinner are going on sale!!

[mangalitsa pic via david eger's photostream]
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