The Weekly Grind - March 17th, 2025 Newsletter

Happy St. Patrick's Day! March has been fun so far and we're looking forward to finishing the month of strong while we line up and lock in our April events.

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Last Week's Recap

Click the image or HERE to listen to the latest episode!

Episode 9 of Critical Community featured Ruben Ramirez. Ruben is a loving husband and father, a motivational speaker, host of the podcast Constant Forward Motion, and now author of The Zero Effect. 

Ruben will be at the cafe on Saturday, March 22nd at 11am for a book signing.

Books wil be available to purchase that day. Cafe purchases are required.

Interested in being a guest on the podcast? Fill out this form.

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Critical Grind was honored to be featured on the Instagram of a local area influencer, Janasworld

Click the image to see the reel Janasworld posted on her Instagram!

Jen, co-owner of Oddwillows Game Haven (Mukwonago, WI) stopped by to visit.

Click the image to see the video Jen posted on the Oddwillows TikTok!

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Highlights & New Stock

Added a few new items to the March calendar. This is the updated calendar.

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Have you tried our March Specials yet? Only a couple weeks while they're special but most specials can still be ordered after the month is out (depending on the ingredients)

Sham on the Rocks: Irish Cream Cold Brew topped with Vanilla Merry Mint Cold Foam

Mango Matcha Smoothie: Exactly what it sounds like. Mango Smoothie with Matcha.

Fluffernutter Latte: Peanut Butter & Toasted Marshmallow Latte served Iced or Hot.

Fools Gold Toast: Whipped Ricotta with Chili Pistachios, Honey, and Basil.

Blackberry Forest Toast: Cream Cheese, Muddled Blackberries, Chocolate Drizzle, and White Chocolate Chips.

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NEW PUNCHKIN STOCK!

Thank you to our independent game designers and everyone who came out to playtest on Saturday.

Keep an eye out for our next one! We always appreciate more playtesters and feedback.

Our Girl Scout Cookie Pop-Up Sale & Hot Cocoa Flight pairings was a lot of fun.

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On Saturdays and Sundays, come in and buy a bag of Critical Grind coffee and receive a FREE 12oz drip coffee.

Did You Know!?

This Week's Events

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Upcoming Events:

We're opening back up on March 24th with our regular hours. For the week of Spring Break, come in between 9am & 3pm and earn DOUBLE victory points.

After Spring Break we'll be launching back into our regular hours. If you work for a school or organization and would like to plan a field trip, please email me directly, dana@criticalgrind.com

This month, our friend Candi Forest will be hosting Fabulous Bingo. Join us from 7pm - 8:30pm. It's $10 per bingo board and half of this month's proceeds will go toward Human Rights Campaign.

Starting March 25th, we'll be hosting Miniature Painting drop-ins from 3pm until 8pm. $5 will cover paints and brushers. Some minis will be available for additional purchases, or you can bring your own. We plan on hosting monthly contests in the future as well.

Let us know what YOU want to learn. Click THIS LINK to provide feedback about what games you want to learn to play.

We're taking signups for our Learn to Play: Wingspan on Saturday, March 29th at 1pm. $8 to play and that also gets you open play at the cafe for the rest of the day.

Signing Off

Thanks for reading this week's Weekly Grind. If there's anything specific you want to hear about at the cafe, let me know!

"After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backward and in high heels." – Ann Richards