OCSC- what's normal anyway?
Hello,
We will be closed today, July 4 and tomorrow, July 5. Have a nice 2 days and we will see you on the 6th from 5-midnight.
But this is not the only reason I write…
Starting Friday, July 9th- we are going back to our normal hours! EVERY DAY 4pm-2am!!
SO, here’s the schedule this week:
Sunday, closed// Monday, closed//
Tues, Wednesday, Thursday 5-midnight//
Starting Friday, July 9 open 4pm-2am
We ask you, as before, to be flexible with us. We will be following the numbers and the science carefully and will switch gears without hesitation if the covid situation worsens.
Speaking of Covid, I heard from our Carrboro Alderperson, Jacquie Gist, that there are funds available for Orange County residents needing help with rent, utilities, and mortage. Please contact me for more info or reach out to the town or county.
https://orangecountync.gov/2359/Emergency-Housing-Assistance
Also speaking of covid, we will cease to use our contact tracing sheets but promise to get the word out if someone reports to us that they found out they were ill when at OCSC.
PLEASE DO NOT COME IN IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING ANY SYMPTOMS AND PLEASE GET VACCINTED IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY!!
https://covid19.ncdhhs.gov/vaccines
If you are getting this email and have recently signed up to be a member- thank you! welcome! and your card is ready to be picked up the next time you come to OCSC.
Happy bday to all the cancers and leos- you crazy kids!
Best wishes for a relaxed and healthy July, Tricia
BIG NEWS at OCSC!!
Hello!
Writing today to announce we have decided, collectively as a staff, that we are ready to serve inside! We are so proud of the improvements we made to the space during our time off and can’t wait to see your beautiful faces enjoy them over a cocktail!
Starting today, June 1, 2021, we will have a limited capacity for bar seating, inside seating, AND we are opening up the pool table for 6 or less players/observers!
Also, our canine friends are welcome back, on leash always and as before, only until 9pm.
All staff here at OCSC are vaccinated and we encourage you to do so as well. Walk-in appointments are available and free at many locations in the triangle. Here’s a couple links to info.
https://www.cvs.com/immunizations/co.vid-19-vaccine
https://www.walgreens.com/topic/promotion/covid-vaccine.jsp
https://vaccine.unchealthcare.org/get-vaccinated/
On a personal note, though our whole staff is vaccinated, some of our family members are not yet eligible due to their age- PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR BODY, if you have symptoms, don’t go out and please get tested and if you are not vaccinated, please wear a mask.
We will continue to record names for contact tracing, and we will continue to keep our extended patio open for the extra space. If you have any questions, please feel free to respond to this message.
Our hours will remain as they have been.
// MONDAY - SATURDAY 5pm - midnight // SUNDAYS 2pm-midnight //
We are very excited and thank you all for your support and encouragement with respect to our process thus far. We are trying, as always, to do best for our community.
OK- I’m thrilled to say… HAPPY BDAY GEMINIS & CANCERS! and best wishes to all the fathers and father figures out there! GO DADS!!
Lastly, if you are a new member, your card is ready and you can ask for it next time you come in to ocsc.
Best to you all for a healthy and joyous JUNE!
xo, Tricia
A little change to the hours open...
Hello!
As promised, we are experimenting here and it’s going great but I have an update. Thanks to all who have come in already! It’s SO SO wonderful to see people and serve you all again.
We are taking temps and names and numbers for contact tracing at the door, everyone is wearing masks to order drinks inside and we are all very much enjoying our patio and new extension, the non-smoking patio!
So for now, here’s the reason for writing… we will be changing our hours a smidge
starting this Sunday, May 2-
NEW HOURS will be
5 pm - midnight Monday through Saturday
2 pm - midnight on Sundays
So tonight and tomorrow will remain 4-11pm. Please help us spread the word!
Take care and hope to see you very soon!!
Congratulations to those graduating!! & so many hearts to all the mamas out there next weekend!!
HUG YOUR MAMAS people! Love, Tricia
OMG- it's happening!
Peeps, it’s happening… OCSC is reopening after 13 months, Sunday, April 18th from 4-11pm daily!
We are so, so, so excited to serve you. All mingling will be outside and we have built a temporary patio just for the occasion. Masks will be required to get in, order drinks, and use the restrooms- please always use front entrance for the time being. Also, let’s start out with NO DOGS please.
Capacity will be based on social distancing so there’s a chance you could get to the door and have to wait. You are welcome to call 919-933-0669 and see about your chances in advance but we won’t be holding spots.
We have done a lot to prepare but I would ask you to remember that we are all in this together. We are trying to make being here the best experience for you and for the staff. Please bear with us. We are strict about our community’s safety but we will be quite fluid about operations here at OCSC based on experiential observation.
So with that, I’m going to keep this one short.
BAR REOPENING- SUNDAY, APRIL 18 4pm-11pm daily // MASKS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY.
Is it almost time?
It’s been far too long since I updated all of you, my apologies for that.
We are all hanging in there and still cannot wait to open and get back to seeing you on the regs, making you drinks, and just generally creating a space where you all can relax and feel comfortable-together!
We are plugging away at some small renovation projects- knowing that WE DO NOT WANT TO CLOSE THIS MOTHER DOWN for anything else in the near future!!! We are still evaluating the numbers, staying in tune with the community, and plotting the best plan for opening that blends safety and normalcy.
How are you all? We just can’t believe that next week it will be ONE WHOLE YEAR that we have been closed! Do I still get to say OCSC is turning 20 in September? In some ways, this last year has been the hardest year of owning a business so I’m answering my own question with a resounding “YES!” and then following up with a Gemini-flip-flop-insecure comment of “RIGHT?”
Anyway, I just wanted to touch base and let all of you know that we are working on getting OCSC open soon but we don’t know exactly when- but you will know! Especially if you keep reading these emails or follow us on IG or FB. Or just walk by and look in the window- OLD SCHOOL!
OMG. WE JUST CANNOT WAIT!
Please FEEL FREE to reach out to me with how you feel about coming to the bar and any suggestions you may have for safety protocols. I can’t promise that we can put every idea in place but I would sure like to make all of you feel as comfortable as can be.
xo Tricia
OCSC's opening thoughts
Hey there-
Since the beginning of this public health crisis, all of us here at OCSC felt a great sense of responsibility to the community that has held us up for over 19 years now. As a team, we decided to close 2 days before we were asked to by the state.
With all the unknowns of Covid19, we agreed with NC's decision to have bars be closed all summer and felt and continue to feel very fortunate to have Roy Cooper at the helm.
When we received word that bars would be allowed to open on October 2 with limited capacity and outside seating etc - we met immediately to discuss and start planning.
I worked with the Town of Carrboro, NC and my wonderful landlady on being able to build a temporary patio extension, I signed a contract with OpenTable and set up a reservation system that we schemed to try and make being at the bar as safe as possible for all of us, I definitely chewed the ears off of all my closest friends and family talking about safety measures and feasibility of some kind of normalcy, and finally we met as a staff again this week to finalize details and set an opening date.
WELL- we all want to open so badly and we want to get back to work for you all so much, but we have decided, collectively, we are not going to consider opening until after the new year.
WE WILL MAKE IT THROUGH, I PROMISE!!
We have come this far and we just think that going into the holidays is not the right time to commence operations. With that said, I want to mention that we support all our fellow businesses that have made what we know are difficult decisions to open- every situation is different.
YOU GUYS, we miss you so much and can't THANK YOU enough for the support you have given us for 8 months now! We couldn't have done this without you and we cannot wait to bring OCSC back to our community!!
Keep checking facebook and IG and www.orangecountysocialclub.net
BIGGEST (AIR) XOXOXOXO, Tricia
BEER/WINE SALE & TEE SHIRT PICK UP!
Hello!
For those of you who have already ordered shirts from us- Oct 24th 2-6pm is the pick up day!
If you didn't order a shirt and are still interested- email tm.ocsc@gmail.com with your size and color preference (olive & coral or black & white, XS-XXL) and I can see if we have what you need.
Also BEER & WINE! six packs and bottles of wine will available to buy to go!
(Please bring CASH as our credit card machine is still off)
All transactions will take place outside and we will maintain proper social distancing and masks will be required.
We will definitely be interested in your opinions about us opening and we just want to see the tops of your faces in general!
Help us spread the word! xo
VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE (once of course) like your life depended on it. If this doesn’t make sense to you, write to me and we can talk.
Thanks, see you on the 24th! Tricia
New OCSC tees available for preorder
Hello!
Above and below are the new, limited-print "be back soon" OCSC shirts! lovingly designed by Ron Liberti
Preorder by emailing -
tm.ocsc@gmail.com
SUBJECT: TEE
We are working on a plan for a Saturday in mid/late October for a safe, easy pick up or I will ship if you live out of town.
$20 + shipping
indicate what color, size, and quantity
Black & White or Coral & Olive
XS, Small, Medium, Large, XL, 2XL, 3XL
(the shirts are unisex fit)
I will reply with payment and pick up/shipping options.
Thanks so much & spread the word!! xo Tricia
OCSC JULY
a long overdue email from me-
what else am i doing?
i can't write a note? i stink. my apologies.
i cannot express the gratitude i feel for the notes i have received from friends and customers missing us- we miss you all SO MUCH! but we do stand by that being safe is the most important thing so we are resolved to being closed until the time is right.
we are hanging in there... all of us and ours are healthy, thank goodness. we have been able to do a few small cosmetic renovations and some deep cleaning projects. new urinals- what? so exciting! (thumbs down emoji, giving a depressing raspberry emoji)
we have met as a staff a few times and have been in an ongoing discussion of how we will operate safely once open- our ideas on protocols are ever-evolving as we know more(and the numbers change) and i imagine they will definitely evolve once we open and all move through a day together.
how are all of you? i hope well. this situation is so terrible. again, i dearly thank people on the front lines from the get-go: grocery store workers, farmers, nurses, doctors, maintenance people, service workers, and all i'm not mentioning.
BLACK LIVES MATTER
OCSC remains vehemently against racism and stands in solidarity with people effected by it.
&
here's the NC absentee ballot form,
please print it out and send it in.
with hope for the future,
tricia
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OCSC TOUCH BASE & BEER ETC SALE
so thing is- we miss you, we miss bartending, AND we have beer, wine, topo, blenheims, & cigs at the bar.. so we figured we would all sit up on the patio, spin tunes, sell you said items to go, and give out virtual hugs and high fives!
we will be selling at below normal bar prices and will offer free prizes the more you buy! 6 pack minimum please.
you can mix and match- go crazy!
it will also be your first opportunity to see & pre-order our new, limited-run, ron liberti designed tee shirt!! ($20)
and also Ron will be joining us to sell his posters & some tees!!! (cash or venmo)
we will be selling cold or warm beer but there will be no drinking on premises-
oh and CASH ONLY PLEASE with hopefully a little saved for a shared tip jar between the 5 bartenders.
looking forward to seeing you then! we will all be in masks when serving- please do the same.
and PLEASE help us spread the word!!
SO, we are still closed by mandate as I write this.
Many of you may wonder where I stand on this and I have to tell you that as much as ALL OF US want to get back to work, we are still quite concerned with community spread, our own health, and the health and safety of our families.. so frankly, we’re disappointed in countless ways but ok with the decision.
We will figure out a way to open safely when we are allowed. Trust that whatever way that is will be very different for some time… but we will all figure this out together!
This email is coming to you via a newly published WEBSITE- what???? 2020 and you have a website, TM? Genius, I know, thanks. It’s www.orangecountysocialclub.net I’m so high tech!
All right- hope to see you this Saturday, Sept 12!
Stay healthy, stay distanced, wear a mask.
Love, Tricia