Now Offering 20% Discount for Military

20% Off for Military!

Come into Copeland’s ANYTIME with a valid I.D. and ask about our 20%off discount for active duty and veteran military!

We will continue to try to support those that support us!

A Tribute to Our Quiet Heroes

For Deserving Moms of CURE

Copeland’s is proud to sponsor the eighth annual “A Tribute to Our Quiet Heroes”.

Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 11:00 am
Grand Hyatt Atlanta (Buckhead)
3300 Peachtree Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30305

This year’s event is in honor of over 225 mother’s of children with cancer. Host Chris Glavine returns to pay tribute to the merciful love and patience of these parents.

A Silent Auction and Raffle are included in this event with all proceeds benefiting CURE for Childhood Cancer.

For reservations and more information go to: www.quietheroes.org.

http://www.CureChildhoodCancer.org

Meet Glen Helmstetter, managing partner of Copeland of New Orleans—Atlanta Franchise

Meet Glen Helmstetter, managing partner of Copeland of New Orleans—Atlanta Franchise—One of the People Who Makes Copeland’s a Special Place.

“You either love the restaurant business or it chews you up” says Glen Helmstetter, Managing Partner with Copeland’s of New Orleans Atlanta Franchise. With 30 plus years in the business, it is apparent that he loves the business. “Like most people who are lifers in this industry I started out young and at the bottom washing dishes when I was 14 years old at a neighborhood seafood restaurant in New Orleans.” It didn’t take long for him to find his niche in the business, “I loved the atmosphere of being where everyone was. happy and having a good time, the camaraderie of the staff was big influence to me”

When Thornings Seafood Restaurant closed its doors, it had a profound impact on the 20 year old who had spent 6 years working every aspect of the business. “I loved that restaurant and when the owners decided to close I thought I had no options”–until a fateful drive and he saw a sign for a soon to open restaurant named Copeland’s of New Orleans on the Westbank of New Orleans. “I had done everything at Thornings except wait on the tables- the managers insisted that I apply for server- had no idea how much I would enjoy serving tables and the energy that could be produced in a large restaurant.” He met a couple of important people at Copeland’s, “On the opening team where my wife Amanda and my partner Bill Goudey, I liked them both very much at the time but had no idea how important they would be to me 30 years later!”

He left Copeland’s and opened a restaurant of his own in Algiers- “The folks who opened Thornings after a while closed down and I decided to buy it and open it back up as Captain’s Cove, it was a scary exciting experience but I loved every minute of it”. A fateful meeting one late afternoon would change his life forever. “I had opened up and was doing anything we could to get business in, a banker friend of mine suggested I join the Kiwainis club that was forming at the time. They met at 7:00am on Thursdays which was not a great hour for me being that I worked a ton of nights. The first meeting I attended I was at a Shoney’s close to my restaurant, they were outgrowing the room and where looking for a more permanent home- I was shocked when someone said- how about Glen’s place- I reluctantly agreed but it was the best thing I ever did- it changed my life. My restaurant had more exposure than ever and my business picked up a great deal right after I started hosting the meetings. One day my future wife walked in, she was marketing manager for Shoneys in New Orleans and came to check out the competition that had stolen the Kiwanis Club from one of her stores. Amanda and I noticed each other as soon as she walked in the door, we had dinner the next night and have been together ever since. I am so grateful I didn’t have the nerve to tell the Kiwanis that they couldn’t have their meetings at my restaurant.

Glen Helmstetter tours Buckhead Beef

Join Copeland’s Glenn Helmstetter as he takes you on a personal tour of Buckhead Beef.

Back Again! Copeland’s Express Business Lunch: Starting at Only $6.99!

9 Dishes Starting at $6.99

Back by popular demand, Copeland’s will now be serving our Express Business Lunch on Monday through Friday from 11 am to 4 pm.

Host a meeting, take a friend or client to lunch, or just come to try out some of our quick and delicious New Orleans inspired dishes! Everything on our regular menu is still available including our desserts and famous cheesecakes!

*Limited Time Only and not valid with any other offers or promotions.

National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month is Coming Up

September, National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, is right around the corner.  CURE childhood cancer is committed to raising childhood cancer awareness and dedicated to sharing brave childhood cancer survivor stories. Copelands is a proud supporter of CURE and we encourage everyone to check out the website.

http://www.curechildhoodcancer.org/events/cures-kids-conquer-cancer/

 

To donate click on the link below:

http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/cureskids/2011curekids

Thank you! Please keep checking our blog for more information!

Copeland’s Live Jazz, Sunday Brunch

Every Sunday Copeland’s hosts a live jazz brunch from 11-3. Come check it out!

French Market Creole Tomato Festival in New Orleans- Come Celebrate at Copelands

June in New Orleans marks the famous culinary festival, the French Market Creole Tomato Festival.  The festival, which features the unique Louisiana vegetable has been going on for 20 years and centers around the historic French Market.  So come into Copeland’s to celebrate with some New Orleans inspired food!

Jazz Chat with Copeland’s Own Traci Wynn

Traci Wynn at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta

Since 1999 Traci has graced Copeland’s with her smooth and straight ahead jazz music. We wanted to know where she gets her inspiration and what motivates the genius behind the saxophone.

Traci grew up in Los Angeles and found her passion for music from her step father Sam Cross Jr. Mr. Cross played sax for legends like James Brown, Tina Turner and The Temptations. After growing up listening to impromptu jam sessions, Traci decided to pick up a sax herself. Since then she has been touring and playing around the world and keeps her home base here in Atlanta.

As most already know, Copeland’s hosts live jazz every Friday night and Sunday morning for brunch, to feature great artists such as Traci. She plays standards and jazz of all types as well as her own original music. The kids who gather around the stage at the brunch love it so much that they nick named her the ‘pied piper of jazz’.

The Original Pied Piper

Her funky renditions and her take on standards like “All of Me” and “Round Midnight” capture the hearts of audiences both young and old. Some of her variations are:

1. Bee-Bop like Charlie Parker’s Ornithology. This even inspired Traci to write a song called “Father’s Day”, a form of ‘straight ahead jazz’.
2. Smooth Jazz like Marvin Gaye’s R&B hit “What’s Going On”, or even Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff” can all be heard in her passionate stylings.

What Traci brings to Copeland’s no matter what you are listening to, is soft, beautiful and relatable music for all ages. Traci says, “my funky tunes are reminiscent of artists such as Stanley Clark; or my tune Joe Beam which is a dedication to Antonio Carlos Jobim, inspired from the works of saxaphone great Stan Getz and his work passionately called The Bossa Nova years.”

Listen to “Only Dance Samba” here.

For more information on Traci Wynn please visit www.TraciWynn.com or Visit Copeland’s for our Sunday New Orleans Live Jazz Brunch Buffett from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.

Music starts at 11:00 am!

IT’S JUST ABOUT TIME FOR CRAWFISH

Atlanta has been in the mother natures icebox for several months now and it seems like South Louisiana is in the same boat. I could spend this whole blog talking about why I want the weather to warm up but one of the main reasons is for those tasty little creatures that inhabit the swamps of South Louisiana to start moving around so they can be caught. Mid January every year I go on “Crawfish Alert”.

I make a couple phone calls every week to the purveyors we use in Louisiana and have gotten the same answer- very scarce right now but soon. AH soon, I can’t wait- I don’t get my official Crawfish Jones until mid February but I am ready to see some more movement now.

I don’t think that there is an official crawfish season but there are certain milestones in every year for the crawfish.

1.   The first crawfish of the season in Louisiana- This has already happened but does us no good in Atlanta as all are sold locally. Sometimes this can happen as soon as New Year, generally it is right after New Year. The price is very expensive, the supply is limited and the crawfish are really small.

2.   Plentiful Supply- This happens every year in mid February (this is when we are targeting getting the crawfish for Copeland’s in Atlanta) The price stays high but at least they are available.

3.   Good Supply and Price goes down- This is after Mardi Gras and before Easter- You will see some price spikes around the holidays (big demand at these times) but the crawfish has a good size and price is going to settle down if it is a normal season.

4.   Lowest price of the year- My favorite time, right after Mothers Day- Crawfish are large, price is good and basically unlimited supply!!

5.   It gets to hot and crawfish get hard- When summer sets it and the sun beats on the ponds and swamps all day the crawfish start to get hard and tough to eat.

I am thinking that mid February we will have Hot Boiled Crawfish on Fridays at all 3 Atlanta Copeland’s but stayed tuned and we will update you. Until then, get your propane tanks and burners ready- They are almost here!!

What is your favorite seasonal food??