DJ Saturday April 16, 2011

It is Springtime so it must be time for DJ Saturday! Our 1st DJ Saturday of 2011 in March had to be cancelled for the Memphis Beat Photo Shoot, so that has given us more time to prepare for the April DJ Saturday. Our April DJ Saturday will be April 16th from 1-5pm.

Our DJ Saturday will now have a DJ Saturday winner every month for best car. The winner will receive a special plaque and a picture of the car will be featured in the next month's poster. If we have enough interest, we will do a plaque for motorcycles in the future. The winning motorcycle would also be featured in the poster.

Our April DJ Saturday will have a giveaway of tickets to the New Orleans Zephyrs vs Round Rock Express game that will be on Monday April 18 at 7pm. We will also bring back the Color The Mug for a cone that was so popular last year.

So join us for great tunes, delicious food, and good times at the LaPlace Frostop for our DJ Saturday!

Memphis Beat Photo Shoot at the LaPlace Frostop

We received an exciting call on Ash Wednesday from the folks with TNT's Memphis Beat. They were interested in using our LaPlace Frostop for a photo shoot for season 2 promotional shots. The date for the photo shoot happened to be the same day as our 1st DJ Saturday of 2011, March 19th. The DJ Saturday would have to be rescheduled for April since they would need the restaurant for the entire day.

The process for the photo shoot was very interesting. The crew for the photographer came the day before the shoot and set up for all of Saturdays shots. They marked off where all of the actors would stand. They knew exactly what the shots would be for the next day.

The first thing to arrive for the shoot on Saturday was the car that Jason Lee's character, Memphis Detective Dwight Hendricks drives. The GTO arrived along with two Memphis Police cars.

The Cars Arrive For The Photo Shoot

Soon after the arrival of the cars, the crew started to show up to get everything in place for the photo shoot.

All Set Up For The Shoot To Begin

After everything was in place, the five actors that would be in the photo shoot arrived.

The actors would be shot individually and then as a group for the promo shots.

The actors were Jason Lee (Detective Dwight Hendricks), Alfre Woodard (Lt. Tanya Rice), Sam Hennings (Detective Charlie White aka Whitehead), DJ Qualls (uniform cop), and Leonard Earl Howze (Detective Reginald Greenback).

The Cast Shots

Chairs Set Up In Our Dining Room For The Cast

Takes Lots Of People For A Quick Photo Shoot

Photographer Justin Stephens, Crew, And Folks From TNT

To check out the terrific previous work of the photographer Justin Stephens - see his website below.

http://www.justinstephens.com/

To check out Memphis Beat online:

www.tnt.tv/series/memphisbeat

Thanks to TNT and Memphis Beat for choosing our LaPlace Frostop for the season two promotional shots!

All New Hamburger Steak Poboy

Hamburger Steak Poboy
Originally uploaded by FT1958

Our all new Hamburger Steak Poboy is the latest addition to the LaPlace Frostop menu! Our traditional Hamburger Steak from our dinner menu, is now available on delicious french bread. The poboy comes dressed with mayonnaise, lettuce, tomatoes, grilled onions, and our homemade brown gravy.

Stop by the LaPlace Frostop and try one!!

A Look Back at 2010 for the LaPlace Frostop

The year 2010 started off the 52nd year for the LaPlace Frostop! As we look forward to 2011 and our 53rd year of serving the River Parishes, we look back at the year that was 2010.

The biggest news for our LaPlace Frostop in 2010 was the filming of a scene for TNT's new show Memphis Beat! The crew filmed on July 6th and the episode "I Shall Not Be Moved" aired on August 10th.

Crew setting up for Memphis Beat

We started a new tradition with our 1st DJ Saturday in August. It is an event where everyone can enjoy great tunes, delicious food, and good times. It was a sucess and was followed with two more in October and November. It will return in March 2011.

DJ Saturday Flier

New menu items were added this year - our BBQ Grilled Chicken Sandwich, Salsa Burger, and our Frostop Frenzy.

Frostop Frenzy Flier

The year also brought us new friends to our Frostop family - the Riggen's Frostop of Chrisman, IL (built in 1954). Not long after we featured them in our blog, their Frostop had a devastating fire. We had a 50/50 raffle and through our local Frostop supporters helped to raise $340 to help them rebuild. They reopened in October to huge crowds.

50/50 Raffle Flier We had our 1st We CAN Make a Difference food drive for Second Harvest Food Bank and collected 175 pounds of food for a very worthy cause.

We CAN Make A Difference Flier

In November we met Cathi Deever, daughter of CJ Pastor the first person to lease out and run the LaPlace Frostop from Morris Terry! She sent us a great picture of her Dad and brother in front of the LaPlace Frostop 1958.

CJ Pastor & son Ken 1958

In December, we were extremely honored by Navy CWO5 Michael Fontenot for presenting us with a flag flown over Bagram, Afghanistan 9-11-10. We can not begin to thank Michael enough for his service to our country.

Jimmie Toler & Michael Fontenot

Thank you to our great LaPlace Frostop crew!

And finally thank you to all of our loyal LaPlace Frostop customers, without you we could not continue our LaPlace Frostop tradition.

We CAN Make a Difference!

Starting November 1st, get 10% off of your order by donating a canned good for the Second Harvest Food Bank at the LaPlace Frostop.

http://no-hunger.org/

Give back by donating some daily non-perishable food items like: Peanut Butter, soup/stew, canned fruit/vegetables, tuna fish, chili, cereal, beans, pork & beans, juice, pasta, and crackers.

Canned food drive and discount offer last until November 20, 2010.

LaPlace Frostop Ad 1963

LaPlace Frostop Ad Originally uploaded by FT1958

Great LaPlace Frostop ad from May 1963! The ideal hot weather combination Icy Cold Frostop Root Beer and delicious Frostop hamburger for 19 cents or all the way 25 cents!

DJ Saturday October 16, 2010

Join us for great tunes, delicious food, and good times at DJ Saturday October 16th from 2pm - 6pm. Classic cars and motorcycles are welcome. Our 1st DJ Saturday was a great success back on August 7th. We skipped a month in order to be able to enjoy some great October weather in South Louisiana! So come on out and bring the family for a great time. We will once again have our Color the Mug for a Cone which was enjoyed by the young and young at heart at the last DJ Saturday.

Hope to see everyone at the LaPlace Frostop!