Thursday, January 5, 2012
We're ON SCREEN at the Riverview Theatre!
The Backrub is now ON SCREEN at the Riverview Theater during the pre-show advertising. Look for our new cool ads, and watch the screen for the GREAT DEALS reading these ads provide. Supporting local businesses like the Riverview Theater through advertising is just one of the ways The Backrub helps to make a difference. We're local, so we keep it local. Enjoy the movie!
Everything is NEW
Local artists and local businesses make the difference!
As a regular customer, you may have watched with some interest the transformation of The Backrub in Highland Park. For almost a year the floors have been shifting and the walls have been changing. What we have now is a fully remodeled store that looks and feels great!
The Backrub would like to acknowledge the artists and local businesses that helped to create our new look and feel:
Apropos Studio, Minneapolis, for the Mural Design: www.aproposstudio.com and Derrick from Apropos for the awning design and installation.
Joe Gergen, Artist, for the custom designed Shoe Stand: www.artnujo.com
Celeste's Honey Do, for wood work, painting and more: (no website, but DO look her up!)
Budget Sign, St. Paul, for the amazing new store front design: www.budgetsignshop.com
Suzanne Shaff Photgraphy, for her amazing photography: www.ShaffPhotography.com
Abbott Paint and Flooring Supply, St. Paul, for great flooring supplies and installation: www.abbottpaint.com
Stop in to see and feel the difference!
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Introducing Ardyss Life for pain elimination
The Backrub is hosting monthly introductory evenings!
Try on and experience for yourself the "majic" of Body Magic shaping systems from Ardyss. We are introducing this product because it has the potential to eliminate your pain while at the same time slimming your shape!
Find our more by calling our office: 612-221-0131
Introductory evenings are held the second Sunday of each month,
7-9pm at The Backrub in Highland Park. 762 S. Cleveland Ave., St. Paul, 55116
Try on and experience for yourself the "majic" of Body Magic shaping systems from Ardyss. We are introducing this product because it has the potential to eliminate your pain while at the same time slimming your shape!
Find our more by calling our office: 612-221-0131
Introductory evenings are held the second Sunday of each month,
7-9pm at The Backrub in Highland Park. 762 S. Cleveland Ave., St. Paul, 55116
Annette Rondano wins 2010 Super Chick Award
Annette Rondano, owner of The Great Metropolitan Backrub in St. Paul, has spent 15 years devoting her time, energy and ingenuity into growing her small retail massage store into a thriving bodywork/massage therapy business. In honor of her success, Rondano recently received the 2010 SuperChick Business Innovation Award from Rich Chicks, a Minnesota organization devoted to prosperity-based financial education for women. The award recognizes Rondano’s innovative collaborative business model as what sets her apart from other businesses in the ever-growing, ever-competitive massage industry.
Read the official press release: http://www.free-press-release.com/news-st-paul-s-great-metropolitan-backrub-wins-kudos-for-business-innovation-1290628631.html
Read the official press release: http://www.free-press-release.com/news-st-paul-s-great-metropolitan-backrub-wins-kudos-for-business-innovation-1290628631.html
Monday, July 13, 2009
The Backrub gets some ink from the St. Paul Pioneer Press! No one was rubbed the wrong way here...
Our Store Troopers test public massages, and some were rubbed the wrong way
By Allison Kaplan
Updated: 07/10/2009 11:07:27 AM CDT
Photo: David Miller gives a 40-minute massage to a customer at the Great Metropolitan Backrub in St. Paul's Highland Park neighborhood. The walk-in massage studio offers fully-clothed massage in an open setting. (Pioneer Press: Chris Polydoroff)
Wherever there are crowds of people with time on their hands, money in their pockets and tension in their necks, there's a massage chair. Quickie relaxation outposts have become as ubiquitous at shopping centers as pretzel stands and the pushy characters selling lotion at kiosks.
On the one hand, it makes sense to offer folks a fast, affordable escape from a noisy, chaotic place. Mall massages average a buck a minute and don't require reservations. But is it possible to relax on the spot, exposed, surrounded by shoppers and cash registers and screaming children? Does a 10-minute rubdown do much more than leave a customer wanting more?
We found out by treating — or, more aptly in a couple of cases, subjecting — five of the newspaper's consumer volunteers, the Store Troopers, to 10-minute public chair massages.
Take a cleansing breath and let our loosened-up troop help you decide whether to go for the instant gratification, with its obvious limitations, or save up for a spa experience complete with cucumber water, new-age music and a door.
STORE TROOPER: Rolla Breitman of St. Paul
Visited: The Great Metropolitan Backrub, 762 S. Cleveland Ave., St. Paul
Price: $10 for 10 minutes (senior rate; regular price is $15 for 10 minutes or $10 with a $25 monthly membership)
Experience: Located in a storefront in the heart of Highland Park, three massage tables are set up in a common room with window views for walk-in massages. Getting massaged next to a stranger was, well, strange, but Breitman was able to "block it out" because the person next to her was quiet. When another customer wandered in, Breitman's masseuse handed him a sheet and asked him to wait.
Effectiveness: The masseuse asked about problem areas and concentrated on those. At the end, he showed Breitman exercises to loosen her shoulders. Breitman worried 10 minutes would not be enough to help her sore neck but says, "It definitely helped relieve stress in a short time."
Recommendation: "I would recommend it to friends. Not a bad way to spend $10.74 (with tax)."
Click here to see the whole article with four other businesses reviewed.
By Allison Kaplan
Updated: 07/10/2009 11:07:27 AM CDT
Photo: David Miller gives a 40-minute massage to a customer at the Great Metropolitan Backrub in St. Paul's Highland Park neighborhood. The walk-in massage studio offers fully-clothed massage in an open setting. (Pioneer Press: Chris Polydoroff)
Wherever there are crowds of people with time on their hands, money in their pockets and tension in their necks, there's a massage chair. Quickie relaxation outposts have become as ubiquitous at shopping centers as pretzel stands and the pushy characters selling lotion at kiosks.
On the one hand, it makes sense to offer folks a fast, affordable escape from a noisy, chaotic place. Mall massages average a buck a minute and don't require reservations. But is it possible to relax on the spot, exposed, surrounded by shoppers and cash registers and screaming children? Does a 10-minute rubdown do much more than leave a customer wanting more?
We found out by treating — or, more aptly in a couple of cases, subjecting — five of the newspaper's consumer volunteers, the Store Troopers, to 10-minute public chair massages.
Take a cleansing breath and let our loosened-up troop help you decide whether to go for the instant gratification, with its obvious limitations, or save up for a spa experience complete with cucumber water, new-age music and a door.
STORE TROOPER: Rolla Breitman of St. Paul
Visited: The Great Metropolitan Backrub, 762 S. Cleveland Ave., St. Paul
Price: $10 for 10 minutes (senior rate; regular price is $15 for 10 minutes or $10 with a $25 monthly membership)
Experience: Located in a storefront in the heart of Highland Park, three massage tables are set up in a common room with window views for walk-in massages. Getting massaged next to a stranger was, well, strange, but Breitman was able to "block it out" because the person next to her was quiet. When another customer wandered in, Breitman's masseuse handed him a sheet and asked him to wait.
Effectiveness: The masseuse asked about problem areas and concentrated on those. At the end, he showed Breitman exercises to loosen her shoulders. Breitman worried 10 minutes would not be enough to help her sore neck but says, "It definitely helped relieve stress in a short time."
Recommendation: "I would recommend it to friends. Not a bad way to spend $10.74 (with tax)."
Click here to see the whole article with four other businesses reviewed.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
South Minneapolis location CLOSES after 15 years!
It's sad but true! After 15 years in the Uptown and South Minneapolis, the Great Metropolitan Backrub has closed it's Minneapolis doors. Much to the chagrin of our most regular customers, we have consolidated our locations into one fabulous location in Highland Park, St. Paul.We hope you will join us there! With so much to see and do, Highland Park is the GEM of both St. Paul and Minneapolis. Bookstores (2), restaurants (many), gift shops, coffee shops and more await you as you wait for or finish up the best massage or shiatsu session of your life. See our blog posting below for the most recent schedule. But most of all: STOP BY AND SEE US!!!
We will miss you South Minneapolis. So come and see us soon!
Looking for someone specific on staff?
With so many changes - store closings and staff leaving, we thought you might want to know where your favorite therapists are on the staff schedule. Look for your favorite GMB practitioner on this updated schedule:
Monday
11am – 3:30pm Bridgette Jackson
3:30pm – 8:00pm Dean Jurek
Birgit MacIntosh
Tuesday
11am – 3:30pm Manola Suvannarad
3:30pm – 8:00pm Bridgette Jackson
Manola Suvannarad
Wednesday
11am – 3:30pm Dean Jurek
3:30pm – 8:00pm David Miller
Manola Suvannarad
Thursday
11am – 3:30pm Jen George
3:30pm – 8:00pm David Miller
Ben Bartlein
Friday
11am – 3:30pm Dean Jurek
2:00 – 6:00pm Nicole Klett
3:30pm – 8:00pm Manola Suvannarad
Crystal Bauer
Saturday
11am – 3:30pm Manola Suvannarad
1pm – 5:00pm Birgit Macintosh
3:30pm – 8:00pm David Miller
Dean Jurek
Sunday
12:00pm - 3:30pm Ben Bartlein
Nicole Klett
3:30pm – 7:00pm Dean Jurek
DeAnna Caudillo
Monday
11am – 3:30pm Bridgette Jackson
3:30pm – 8:00pm Dean Jurek
Birgit MacIntosh
Tuesday
11am – 3:30pm Manola Suvannarad
3:30pm – 8:00pm Bridgette Jackson
Manola Suvannarad
Wednesday
11am – 3:30pm Dean Jurek
3:30pm – 8:00pm David Miller
Manola Suvannarad
Thursday
11am – 3:30pm Jen George
3:30pm – 8:00pm David Miller
Ben Bartlein
Friday
11am – 3:30pm Dean Jurek
2:00 – 6:00pm Nicole Klett
3:30pm – 8:00pm Manola Suvannarad
Crystal Bauer
Saturday
11am – 3:30pm Manola Suvannarad
1pm – 5:00pm Birgit Macintosh
3:30pm – 8:00pm David Miller
Dean Jurek
Sunday
12:00pm - 3:30pm Ben Bartlein
Nicole Klett
3:30pm – 7:00pm Dean Jurek
DeAnna Caudillo
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