Christmas Sing-along

Love to sing Christmas carols? Join us in the Big 6 Room in the basement of The Eldridge for a rocking good time! Decorate your holidays with music! Join Kim Murphree and Friends for an evening of Cocktails and Carols at The Eldridge on Thursday, December 18. Celebrate the season in the heart of downtown Lawrence with door prizes and sing-alongs, laughter and libations. Kim and friends will begin playing all your favorite holiday music at 7pm. Everything from "The 12 Days of Christmas" to "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer." Audience participation is required. You'll enjoy the twists and chuckles, and the company of great folks to brighten the holidays. We all know there's no place like The Eldridge for the Holidays!

Happy HanuChristmaKwanzakah!

We like to celebrate all holidays here at the Eldridge. Anyway, I just wanted to jump on here and let you guys know about a great Holiday present. Gift Certificates for a stay at the Eldridge or for dinner at Ten! If your parents are anything like my parents, it is very hard to find them a gift that you know they'll really enjoy. (I tend to buy my dad a pocket knife every year simply because he always loses his and I know it's something he can use)

When you buy your parents (or children, relatives, friends, life-savers) a gift certificate to the Eldridge, you aren't just giving them a slip of paper. No, not at all. You are giving them the gift of a vacation or night away from home that they'll enjoy immensely.

You can give somebody the gift of a luxurious hotel room overlooking Downtown Lawrence, Kansas University, or the Kansas River. They can then enjoy a succulent dinner in Ten restaurant, with over a 100 wines to choose from, or try one of our world famous martini's. Then after dinner, they can go see a KU Basketball game (tis the season), enjoy the nightlife of Downtown Lawrence, visit a spa and receive a massage, or even go hear some live music or see a concert or play. Contact our Guest Service Representatives for more information about what great things there are to do in Lawrence on any night of the week.

If you're feeling particularly zealous, ask about our Spa Getaway Package or Alvamar Golf Package. Go here for information on these packages. And if you can't make it to Lawrence to pick up a Gift Certicate, just call us and we'll be happy to mail it to you, free of charge.

For a Ten Gift Card contact: (785) 749-1005.

For an Eldridge Gift Certificate contact: (785) 749-5011.

Stay tuned for a post about our special Christmas Day Brunch!

Thanksgiving Buffett

Nov. 27th, 2008

10:00am last seating at 4:00pm

Price: Adults $25.95 Kids $8:95 (4-10) 3↓ are free!

Menu

• Herb roasted prime rib w/ Port wine jus and sundried cranberry horseradish sauce
  
• Honey-brandy roasted ham
  
• Cider roasted turkey w/ shallot Dijon gravy and Cranberry Sauce
  
• Mixed Seafood Grill over Penne Pasta w/ Pumpkin curry cream
  
• Chicken and sausage over wild rice w/ sherry-tomato sauce
  
• Thyme Roasted Sweet Potatoes
  
• Green Bean Gratin w/ Crispy Shallots
  
• Garlic Cream Corn
  
• Broiled Asparagus w/ Toasted Almond butter
  
• Sage and Parmesan Stuffing
  
• Smoked chedddar and apple bread pudding
  
• Chive and parsley whipped potatoes
  
• Frisee and endive salad w/ persimmons and candied walnuts
  
• Baby Spinach, Roasted Beets and Goat Cheese w/ Basil pesto vinaigrette
  
• Imported and domestic cheese and cracker display
  
• Assorted pies and cakes and sweets
  

Continental Breakfast

7:00am to 9:00am

In the Jayhawker

$5.95 per Person


*Note: The restaurant and bar will be closed after the last seating at 4:00pm. It will not not reopen for dinner service in the evening.

Lawrence is America's #1 sports town!

The guys who broadcast from Allen Fieldhouse on ESPN always stay at the Eldridge. I love these guys, they're incredibly friendly and nice. Recently, one of the gentleman who comes and stays here wrote an article about the best cities in the Big 12. As you can imagine, Lawrence ranked in at #1. Here's the article:

Ranking the Big 12 towns

November 8, 2008 12:25 AM

Posted by ESPN's Eric Posman

As a veteran of ESPN/ABC College Football and College Basketball broadcasts, I do my fair share of frequent-flying. But to jet-set to the Big 12, that's only half the battle. Find a rental car you like and break out the GPS, we're going to caravan through America's Heartland and check out the towns that house your favorite teams. There is no scientific basis for these rankings, and by no means have I seen every restaurant or hot spot in each town. But I have been to all of them, multiple times.

1. Lawrence, Kan. -- The quintessential college town. A true blend of sports and studies in a bucolic slice of Americana. Allen Fieldhouse, home of the reigning championships is one of the holiest sites in sports, with an A-plus crowd. Not to mention the rustic, refurbished Eldridge, home of my favorite hotel bar/restaurant and better mac-n-cheese than my mom's. Did I mention the Eldridge is haunted? I stayed in the supposedly haunted guest suite this past February. I can't confirm the supernatural, but I did experience "strange" occurrences. If you manage to survive the night, you can roll out of bed and hit the coffee place across the street or any other joint within a couple of blocks no matter how cold the weather is. Massachusetts Ave. is one-stop shopping for just about everything.

Here's the inside of Allen Fieldhouse on game night:

You can see how packed the games usually are. And if you really want to know how much KU fans love their teams, check out this picture of downtown after KU won the NCAA championship, taken from the roof of the Eldridge.

The Eldridge Ghost

If you've ever been into the Eldridge, there's a good chance you've seen the picture we keep on the front desk of the ghost that lives in the hotel. Speculation and professional accounts attest that the ghost is most likely Colonel Eldridge, whom the hotel is named after. They say that ghosts tend to stick around when they have unfinished business. I'm not sure what Colonel Eldridge's unfinished business might be, but it might have to do with being undenominational, or that 3 of his 7 children died in infancy. There's also the Beetlegeuse hypothesis. In Beetlegeuse (which is a movie with Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, and Michael Keaton) the Maitland's die, and after they die, they are trapped to live out their afterlife in the house they lived in while they were alive.


In any case, we occasionally have ghost hunters come and do some exploring at the Eldridge. CLICK HERE to view our channel 6 news report from one of the hunts. More recently though, we had a paranormal investigation team come and take some pictures. They noticed something interesting in these pictures which I am going to share with you now!



This is a picture of Colonel Eldridge's chair. This is a chair that we keep in in the maintenance cellar in the basement. We never move it because it is the chair where Colonel Eldridge sits. You'll notice to the right of the chair, on the concrete, the shadow of a bearded face. Here's a profile of Colonel Eldridge so you can compare.




Here we have a picture of the basement exit door that leads out the back of the hotel. The shine in this photograph is clearly the flash from the camera, but look closely and you can see what appears be a skull or outline of a face.




This is a shot of the Eldridge lobby with one of our handsome night auditors coming off the elevator. Again here, you can see a spirit lurking behind Brandon in the elevator.




We discovered from the ghost investigators that when cameras take pictures of the supernatural, that often times the camera will not pick up the photons from through a spirit. So, when the picture comes out, it comes across as an orb. With that in mind, take note of these two pictures that were taken in the Big 6 room in the basement of the hotel. You'll notice that the orb moves from one picture to the next.






Happy Spooky Halloween!

Congratulation Graduates!

The Eldridge would like to congratulate all of the 2008 graduates and hope that they had a terrific graduation weekend!

Vine to the Table

Vine to the Table

Featuring Fantastic Australian Wines

Imported by Grateful Palate Imports

May 1st, 2008

Reception begins at 6:30 PM

First course is being served at 7:00 PM

First Course

Goat Cheese Crusted Day Boat Scallop, Balckened Fennel, chardonnay Gastrique, Fennel Pollen and Tangerine Powder

trevor Jones :Virgin: Chardonnay, Barossa Valley, Australia

Second Course

Slow Roasted Poussin, Morel Mushroom and Garlic Bread Pudding, Market Vegetable Terrine, Preserved Lemon Sauce

Marquis Phillips "Holly's Belnd", South Eastern Australia, Australia

Third Course

Espresso Chili Rubbed Wild Boar Flank Steak, Wild Turnip Hash, Grilled Baby Squash, Marcona Almond-Cherry Pesto

3 Rings Shiraz, Barossa Valley, Australia

Fourth Course

Grilled Hanger Steak, Caramelized Yukon Manchego Tart, Flash Fried Spinach, Chive Garlic Butter

Marquis Phillips Carernet Sauvignon, South Eastern Australia, Australia

Fifth Course

Organic Dagoba Chocolate and Hazelnut Budini

Jonesy "Old Tawny Prot", Barossa Valley, Australia

The cost is $75 per person plus tax and gratuity

Please RSVP to scott@eldridgehotel.com

or Call 785-749-1005 and ask for Scott