FOR ICE CREAM!!

Beat the oppressive heat and humidity this weekend with our new ice cream by the scoop! Luscious, creamy and locally-produced in Madison, this gourmet ice cream will leave you screaming for more. We mix it up weekly, offering different flavors for you to pile high on a waffle cone or sugar cone, or create a kid friendly smaller scoop on a kid cone. This week: Green Tea Ice Cream and Chocolate. Vote now at http://www. prairiecroissant.com and pick next week's super scoops. Your future favorite ice cream is featured now at Prairie Croissant Cafe! 

There's a tornado warning: you're the one who runs out to your front porch, scanning the skies to see if you can spot it. Tornado Week is a family movie night popcorn-worthy event in your household. C'mon admit it! You're fascinated with extreme weather. Us too! Feed your voracious appetite for Extreme Storm and Tornado Stories Sunday at 7pm as Prairie Croissant Cafe welcomes Fire Fighter, Photographer and Storm Chaser extraordinaire Laura Heiden for a riveting evening of tornado tales and storm chasing stories. What does the air feel like just before you spot a twister? Laura knows! Can you get struck by lightening and survive? Not only does Laura know, Laura EXPERIENCED it. It's an evening you don't want to miss. Bring the kids, bring your neighbors and come to the Prairie Croissant Cafe tonight. We'll open our doors back up at 7pm for dinner, dessert, organic ice cream and riveting evening of Storm Stories!

Make it a summer tradition! Come Saturday morning for a Fair Trade Organic coffee and a Prairie Croissant breakfast sandwich then do your weekly shopping at the Prairie Crossing Farmer's Market with Sandhill Organics, a local Grayslake organic farm. Buy local organic, farm-fresh eggs from Prairie Crossing Learning Farm and visit Prairie Croissant for your organic milk, organic sugar, fresh-baked artisan baguette, and more. Relax al fresco on our dining patio with live music, summer sunshine and soak up the generally cool summer vibe of Station Square. 

Join us Saturday June 21 to welcome summer at Prairie Croissant Cafe! The Prairie Crossing Farmers Market featuring Sandhill Organics begins first thing Saturday morning right in front of the cafe. Come select some amazing local organic produce and eggs and don't forget to stop in to Prairie Croissant for some organic groceries staples like Traders Point 100% organic grass-fed milk and yogurts, Fair Trade organic coffee or tea, or other hard to find organic groceries from orange juice to European butter to Fair Trade organic sugar and chocolate- it's one-stop local, organic shopping!

Then, kick back and enjoy the summer sunshine. Indulge in Prairie Croissant Cafe's Summer Menu of refreshing Fair Trade organic iced teas and iced coffee, our very own organic Latte Frappe, organic all-fruit smoothies, whimsical granitas (invent your own signature flavor- try violet-pear or strawberry-rose- if it's awesome, tell us and we'll put it on our summer menu!). Refresh your palate with our organic salads and our summer chilled soups- the gaspacho and the strawberry-champagne fruit soup are a refreshing treat, just the thing to refresh your palate. Then, don't forget to treat yourself and your little ones to some organic ice cream or organic sorbet. Relax with family and friends al fresco on the Prairie Croissant Cafe outdoor dining patio with live music from awesome local musicians, The Prairie Crossing Front Porch Society.

Then, explore the other local gems all nestled in Station Square: 

Puruse the wonderful selection of books and gifts at the sidewalk sale at Under the Sycamore Tree Bookstore.

Find fashion-fabulous summer apparel and handbags at Affinity Boutique's 20% off summer kick off sale.

Take in a rejuvinating yoga class or massage at Prairie Sunshine Yoga Studio.

Explore beautiful, unique maternity, nursing and baby products at Little Skye.

Get inspired by the exquisite yarns and beautiful local art from Prairie Arts and Fibers.

Indulge in exquisite handcrafted, fairly traded goods from around the world at Ten Thousand Villages.

And when you're done, sit and enjoy the energy and ambiance of summer in front of the Station Square fountain.  Summer fun is right in your neighborhood- explore the unique shops of Staion Square at Prairie Crossing this weekend and see what you've been missing.

See you in the sunshine!

Due to the long power outage yesterday (for the cafe, it was all afternoon from just after lunch to until about 8pm), and despite the most noble efforts of our new generator, we just couldn't keep the fridges cold. The Prairie Croissant Cafe has lost a devastating amount of food- almost everything; we lost our milk and all of our refrigerated food from soup to cheese to meat to eggs. Unfortunately, we have to be closed today and tomorrow to clean everything up, regroup and reorder our stock. Some of our staff will be in, but we will not be open for service. I am so sorry, everyone. We're looking forward to being open first thing Tuesday, as usual, when our new ingredients and food are delivered. Please know that we deeply regret any inconvenience this closure causes you. Feel free to e-mail Scott,
John or I if you have any questions or concerns at info @ prairiecroissant .com (no spaces).

Thanks for your understanding, everyone,

Jacque, Scott and John
Proprietors
Prairie Croissant Cafe

Good Morning, Everyone!

If you haven't already made plans (or if your plans include acquiescing to your sister-in-law's love of Denny's), we invite you to join us for Mother's Day Brunch at the Prairie Croissant Cafe!

All day from 8am-3pm we'll be offering a special brunch menu of plated breakfast crepes, including organic fruit crepes and savory crepes with smoked salmon.

We'll also be debuting our new authentic French cherry clafoutis, organic and baked fresh in house. Breakfast sandwiches with organic egg, gruyere cheese and your choice of proscuitto, natural turkey, French ham, chorizo or smoked salmon and, as always, our selection of French pastries and our organic flax muffins.

Happy Mother's Day! Hope to see you this weekend! 

Jacque, Scott and John H

Prairie Croissant Cafe