A Little More

Oh dear I'm terrible on keeping up.  We haven't done a whole lot lately.  Well we have, but not downstairs that makes much difference.  We have done a lot of cleaning upstairs, making room for storage.  Downstairs we have been working in the back (kitchen area) taking out some old plumbing and taking down the old nasty ceiling tiles.


Yesterday (Christmas day) we did make a hole in the wall.  No worries, it's all good, we meant to put it there.  We have plans for a bigger hole there some day, but for now it will help get a little more heat to the very back.

We also started arranging games a little better, and putting some of them back together and plugging some in.

2015 is coming.  It will be here in about a week.  We are looking forward to the changes at Cosmic Castle!  We hope you are too.  

Building Progress

Oh dear the stuff was just put in there where ever.  It was a disaster!  Good thing they left a path.

We spent a night moving things and putting them in some sort of order so we could move around easier.

 We have also started work in the new kitchen area

Here is a "mystery area".  No it's not a basement, but we have big plans for this area in the future.

New Building Update #2

After Thanksgiving we acquired some help to get our back room cleaned out.  Most of the games in there went to the new building to be stored for now.  Some games were brought up front.

our back-up ice cream freezer was moved

and our rocket was moved.

Things are looking good!

New Building Update!

So no news is good news right?  I'm sure you're wanting to know all about the new building.  Well here's the scoop.  The new building is at 110 South 18th Street in Parsons, KS.  It's just south of our current location by half a block, and across the street.  At this time it looks like we will be able to stay open at 1800 Main for a couple more months.  At least until we need the kitchen equipment moved to set up our new kitchen.

We got the keys to the building on November 24th

Here are a few before pictures, before we had the electric turned on:

Here are a couple more after we turned electric on.  Rooms you couldn't see in the dark.

Our plans are to build a kitchen in the back (the green room), have the games in the middle and the sitting/dining area in the front.

Some Excellent News!

We are excited!  We have found and are purchasing a building in Downtown Parsons, for Cosmic Castle.  No it's not the one we are currently in. We are asking for your help!  We are using our Token Cards as a way to help generate extra income for the move/building/etc.  The cards don't expire, and you can use them even while we are moving into our new place.  We do plan to be open and have the games available.   The best part......everything will be in the SAME ROOM!

Cards are available at Cosmic Castle, Steve's Lock Out (1806 Main, just a couple doors west), and  from our website.

On November 1st, we will be joining other small businesses, crafters, and more at the old Arron's building (out by save-a-lot, in Parsons) for the Holiday Shopping Spree from 9am to 4pm.

Watch here and on our Facebook page.  We will be updating both (Facebook probably more often than the blog) with pictures and progress.

Soups

WE have some pretty amazing homemade soups at Cosmic Castle.  Yes they are 100% homemade.


On Tuesday, when we also have our homemade chicken noodle dinner for supper, we have chicken noodle soup.



Wednesday we have homemade tomato soup, and offer a "Tom Grill Deal", which is a bowl of soup, a grilled cheese sandwich, and either a small coffee or  20 oz fountain drink.



Thursday we have some amazing homemade clam chowder!  We have heard from many of our customers that it's the best chowder they have had.

If you need a quick lunch or just wanting a bowl of soup, give us a try.  Our soups are available each day while it lasts, and available for dine in or take out.

Caramel Apple Crisp Sundae

Do you like homemade apple crisp?  How about apple crisp à la mode?

If you have never had our caramel apple crisp sundae you must give it a try sometime.

We make our own homemade crisp and our own whipped cream to add to this delicious dessert.  We top two generous scoops of the most delicious vanilla ice cream with both caramel and apple topping.

This week at Cosmic Castle

Goodness, I get busy and I forget to come post something.  We have a very busy week this week.  Not only are we having our soups, we are also adding another and having a little celebration. 

Coming up this week at Cosmic Castle:

Today (Sunday): Single scoop old fashioned sundae $2.59

Tuesday: Homemade chicken noodle soup at noon
Homemade chicken noodle dinner starting at 5:30

Wednesday: Homemade Tomato soup at noon
Our Tom Grill Deal from 11-2 and 5-8 (while soup lasts)

Thursday: Homemade Clam Chowder
Cosmic Castle's 4th birthday (but we're celebrating on Saturday)

Saturday: Happy Birthday Cosmic Castle!!!!!!! Free cupcake with food or drink purchase, while they last. (limit 1 per person)

Throne O Bone

One of our favorite spooky photo opportunities at Cosmic Castle is the 

Throne O Bone.  It's back and will be out all of October.

Homemade Sugar Cookies

We recently purchased a convection oven so we can make our homemade cookies at Cosmic Castle.  I was a little nervous about using the new oven since I've never used one before.  I must say everyone who told me how easy and efficient convection ovens are were.  The only time I felt heat was when I opened the door, and set the hot pan out. 

 The cookies.....turned out absolutely amazing!  They are crispier, and have a more flaky texture than before.  We had a hard time just sampling one or two.  

Come have a cookie or two.  You'll be glad you did. 

Dog with Cheese

Have you ever had a hot dog with cheese sauce?  This isn't a normal menu item, but it kinda is.  This Jumbo Dog was ordered with a squirt of cheese sauce.  Adding something that doesn't already come on an item sometimes cost a little extra.  Cheese sauce is 25 cents for the jumbo and the regular dog.  The monster dog would be a little more since it requires a little more cheese.  We can also top this off with a little onion at no additional charge.

Our Hot dogs are all beef.  The Regular and Jumbo dogs are Nathan's brand hot dogs and our Monster dogs are Farmland brand.

You're invited to our 4th Birthday Party!

Yep that's right we have been in Downtown Parsons for almost 4 years!  We opened on Sunday October 9, 2011 at 3:30pm.  People were lined up at the door waiting on us to open!

We spent 2 months and 2 days painting and building and creating the most fun atmosphere in Parsons.

Here is a glimpse of what the building looked like before we took over.  This was the day after we brought the tables and chairs in.

Here is a view from that balcony you see at the top, looking the opposite direction.

We have added a lot more since that day.  If you want to see our "The Making of Cosmic Castle" photos, they are available on our Facebook Page.  Sometime I will add it to our Google pictures.

We hope you can make it!  We are celebrating on Saturday October 11.  We have cupcakes planned.....and we're still planning.

Homemade Chicken Noodle Dinner

Starting Tuesday, September 30th, our Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup will be available during lunch, and until we run out.  Beginning at 5pm we will also be serving our Homemade Chicken Noodle Dinner.  They will continue every Tuesday until it warms up again.

If you are one of our Facebook Fans, watch our page for a CND Dinner giveaway.  It will be up first thing Tomorrow (Thursday) Morning.  If you're not a fan already we'd love to have you join us there too.

Fruit Ninja and More Games

The last game update I posted was when  Popeye had been repaired.  Since then, we have had Star Wars Racing repaired, Batman Pinball repaired, and have added the Love Machine.  Most recently Fruit Ninja stopped working.  We have ordered a new screen and it has arrived.  We have installed it and are happy that it it working again!

Homemade Tomato Soup

Starting this week.....Wednesday September 24th, we will be serving homemade tomato soup every Wednesday until it gets warm again.  We will start serving it for lunch and will serve it until it is all sold, or 8:30pm, whichever comes first.

Sector 7

What's not to like about the Sector 7?  It is so amazing and chocolaty it should be illegal!  It has been our September special.  It will continue to be available after September, it will become a secret menu item.

All I will say about it is if you like our 6 Feet Under sundae you are sure to like the Sector 7.

April Survey Results

Well it has been a while since I've posted.  May 7th to be exact.  Summer got here and we got busy.  I know, not a good excuse at all, but hey, it's the best I can come up with.

It seems to be a constant struggle to get the word out.  Which social media do most of you hang out on?  How do you prefer to receive notifications?  Back in April  I posted a survey on how you would like to connect.  I never did post the results, and to be quite honest, besides Facebook and Twitter (everything from FB goes to Twitter and Twitter to FB) I haven't done much at all.  The choices for connecting were:

Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Web page/Blog, and E-Mail.  Out of those options, Facebook was on top and Twitter, Web Page/Blog and E-mail, all tied for 2nd.  Google+ came in next to last and Foursquare only had 1 vote, so it was thrown out.

So here is the plan, It's fall, things should start to slow down a little, right?  My goal is to post more here, which will be shared to G+, then share the post to Fcebook or Twitter, which will share to the other.  E-mail will have to wait for now.

Since Facebook has made so many changes, it's harder to get the word out.  They want us to pay to promote our posts, which isn't as effective as you might think.  We have tried that before, and didn't see much of a positive effect.

Do you have any other suggestions on ways to connect?

New Beast Challenge Winner

Friday May 2nd Greg W.  Set the new BEAST CHALLENGE time to 8 minutes 11 seconds.

Greg beat the 17 minute 34 second time set by Chase R. on October 9, 2013.

Original time set for this challenge was 25 minutes on December 3, 2012.  Each winner sets the new time to beat.

Congratulations Greg W.!

Who will be our next winner?  Will it be YOU?

Local 1st Graders Visit

We had the privilege of having some local 1st graders visit us at Cosmic Castle. We served over 100 bowls of ice cream over a 2 day span. Each group was here about 15 minutes each. I wish I would have taken a group picture the first day, but I didn't think about it.

Here is some of the first group.....in 2 pictures

And the second day in a group picture.

Thank you 1st grade classes!

S'more Sundae

Seriously, who can't resist our S'more Sundae?  We take the S'more to a whole new level.  Chocolate, Vanilla, Marshmallow, Homemade Whipped Cream, Chocolate drizzle and a S'more in the middle!

Cosmic Castle Photo Spots

We want Cosmic Castle to be fun for everyone!  One way we do that is to have opportunity spots for you to take pictures.  Some of them change some are available all the time.  You never know what kind of fun you will find here.

Our alien.....he usually holds signs.  He stands near the door to greet you when you first come in.

 The Throne 'O Bone was for Halloween of 2013.  It is currently in storage

 The Dead Ringer Coffin Co. Coffin.  It was for Halloween 2012.  It is currently out for photos.  Minus Emperor Xyludrian, although you might see him or one of the other aliens around sometimes too.  

Our Black light hall.  Simply amazing and fun.  There have been a few music videos filmed  there for some local bands.

We have 2 fun house mirrors that always get a lot of laughs.

This one makes you tall and skinny

This one short and fat.

We are always on the look out for and thinking about new and creative ways to have fun at Cosmic Castle.

POPEYE is back!

We have taken Cue Ball Wizard Pinball to be repaired.  No more constant "what kind of cow pie shot was that".  It just recently started doing that all the time.  It's not how it's supposed to work.  LOL!  Guess that means it's loved and played a lot.


And we are bringing POPEYE back! It's an old enough arcade game that it is Quarters Only.  We are glad the business we take our games to in Galena, KS (which the town got some damage from Sunday's storms) wasn't affected.  Answer to prayer.  Besides Popeye wasn't at the castle very long before it decided to have problems, so it's like an all new, never played at Cosmic Castle game for most of you.

The Crane has been back for about a week.  The bouncy balls were missed.  We took it to be repaired and while it was in the repair shop we had them exchange the claw on the other side to a bigger one. The other side we have stuffed animals.

Our Chicken Noodle Dinner was a HUGE success!  We sold the dinners every Tuesday night, except for the Christmas/New Years weeks, since early September. I can't remember the exact date, but the earliest picture I have found refers back to September 17, 2013.  I think it was about 25 weeks of dinners.  We sold over 400!  Many of our customers were repeat customers every week.  All compliments were good.  We are taking a break from the dinner for the warmer months.  We do plan on bringing it back once cold weather comes again.

Here are our Specials Today:

Here are our Specials Today:

Tuesday April 29, 2014
Business Hours: 11:00 am to 9:00pm

1.

This is the Last Tuesday evening for our Homemade Chicken Noodle Dinner $6.99 dine in or take out. This will return in the fall.

2.

Pepperjack Smoked Sausage *available for a limited time* $2.99

3.

Don't forget to try our NEW Waffle Bowls! They are replacing the homemade cookies for the summer.

4.

It's a chilly spring day, How about a Venti Chocolate Covered Cherry Latte! $3.89

5.

We have Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup today. $1.69 a bowl (larger sizes available)

Visit our web page for a free token coupon  

Web Page Updates

We have updated our web page, and made some changes over the weekend.

Our web page now has our daily specials listed, and we have updated the food/dessert menu, coffee menu, and current games list.  The best part though,  we have made it possible that you can view the Cosmic Castle web page at cosmic castle, without being logged into our wifi. This way you can see what is happening each time you come in. However, in order to browse the internet, you will need to comply with our WiFi policy.

Reese's Overload

Have you had our Reese's Overload Sundae?  It is our most popular sundae right now. Don't be left out. Hurry in and get one today!

NEW Waffle Bowls for Summer!

These waffle bowls will replace our homemade cookies for the summer.  Enjoy one or all 3 of our sweet treats.

Waffle bowl sundae.  Same as our single scoop sundaes only in an edible waffle cone bowl.

Waffle Boat Sundae  2 scoops of your favorite ice cream with your favorite topping, topped with our homemade whipped cream, nuts and a cherry

An edible waffle bowl  with a scoop of your favorite ice cream and sprinkles.