Month: October 2012

We have a great event in the back room tonight (regular bar/restaurant service available out front) for all those foodies concerned about GMO-treated crops creeping into your food! Farmer Jim Gerritsen, who was voted one of the “25 Visionaries Who Are Changing our World” by Utne Magazine in October 2011, will be giving a talk (from 6:30-8) followed by dinner. Learn about Jim’s farm (Wood Prairie) in Maine where he grows MOFGA certified organic seeds and organic food.

• The talk begins at 6:30 p.m. (please RSVP) and is $10 at the door
• Dinner begins at 8:30 p.m. (RSVP for the dinner, as well) and is $25 plus tax, drinks and gratuity

Novelist and nature writer Richard Horan will introduce Jim and read from Harvest, An Adventure into the Heart of America’s Family Farms. Books will be available onsite for purchase and signing.

Jim’s presentation will focus on what each person needs to know to protect their family’s health, the environment, small farmers, and the public right of access to good clean food. Dinner will follow – family style – and be “mostly vegetarian” and will include produce from Jim’s farm such as beets, potatoes and fall root vegetables and squash.  All proceeds will go to support Wood Prairie Farm’s outreach activities.  For more information about Jim’s work, click here.

One of our favorite American breweries in Japan returns to Jimmy’s No. 43 for today’s Thursday Tap™. It’s Rising Sun’s Pale Ale, a 5.3% ABV complex and hoppy pale ale that is balanced in the Japanese style of brews. As always, we tap at 5 p.m., and this interesting and unusual beer will be available while supplies last. (Regular bar/restaurant/oyster service available!)

If you’ve been looking for a great excuse to join in the thrill of Cider Week NY, tonight is the night you’ve been waiting for. John Belliveau-Flores, co-owner of Rowan Imports, will be sampling from several Spanish and American ciders. The tasting is free (yes, you read that right!), although we hope your tastebuds will be sufficiently tantalized to order more cider from our extensive list of interesting and unusual brews. Among the ciders John will be pouring:

• Castanon – an unfiltered, natural ciders from the region of Asturias, made with only wild yeast.
• Villacubera – light and floral, the only single varietal cider produced in Spain.
• Espanar – Dry and complex, similar to a white wine.  2012 winner of the Alimentaria Food and Beverage Expo for cider.
• Hidden Star- Sparkling, slightly sweet American cider.  (not made in the champagne style)
• Slyboro Iced Special Reserve – Sweet American iced cider, absolutely delicious.

We anticipate John will be in the house at 6 p.m., and we’ll have our regular bar/menu service available all night long. Come out and get your cider on!

We’re in the middle of Cider Week NY, and Jimmy’s No. 43 has a $10 Tuesday Tasting of ciders to enjoy. Among your tastes (we start promptly at 7:30 p.m. this evening) will be:

• Oliver’s Herefordshire Perry (4.8% ABV)
• Oliver’s Herfordshire Dry Cider (6.6% ABV)
• Etienne Dupont Cuvee Colette
• Farnum Hill Dooryard
• Farnum Hill Extra Dry
• Farnum Hill Kingston black single variety

In addition, tomorrow night John Belliveau-Flores, co-owner of Rowan Imports, will sample Spanish cider. Enjoy Basque options (still TBA) from a traditional, funky cider; a “new expression” cider very similar to a white wine; a sparkling cider made in the champagnoise method; and a very sweet dessert cider similar to a port.

As always, the regular bar/restaurant service will be available, but for those who want to partake of Cider Week, we’ve got plenty of ciders to choose from!

Tomorrow we’ll be part of the kick-off for Cider Week  NY when we head over to Williamsburg for the Harvest Beer & Cider Sessions. There will be two general sessions (from noon-3 p.m. and 6-9 p.m.) with a $20 general admission that covers cider samples from regional cideries, food samples plus one craft beer (additional craft beer available for purchase). Or join in a private tasting seminar with Greg Hall of Virtue Ciders (at 3 p.m.) or Steve Wood of Farnum Hill Ciders (4 p.m.). It’s a full day of cider goodness. We hope you’ll join us. Detailed information can be found here.