Month: October 2012

Thursday Tap™ – Weißenoher Altfränkisch Klosterbier

Sprechen Sie Deutsch? No matter your linguistic prowess, you’ll love this week’s Thursday Tap™: a 5.1% ABV “Cloister” Oktoberfest/Märzen beer by Klosterbrauerei in Bavaria. We’ll serve this interesting and unusual beer from a gravity cask as part of our on-going Oktoberfest celebration. We’ll have the Worker’s Special ($20 for a large plate and two mini-mugs of beer) and oysters, along with the rest of the regular bar/restaurant menu. Jimmy taps at 5 p.m.

Celebrate National Chili Month With NY’s Best Amateur Chili Cook-Off

October is National Chili Month and to celebrate New York’s only all-chili restaurant, Lucky 777 Chili Parlor is helping us host New York’s Best Amateur Chili Cook-Off. On October 14th (Sunday) from 1-3 p.m. guests will sample, compare and judge amateur chili cooks finest representation of one of America’s oldest comfort foods.

Participating cooks can go as wild or as tame as they wish and they don’t have to be filled with just meat…. vegetarian chili (like Lucky 777’s) can hold it’s own against even the most meat-heavy chili. (If you’re a last-minute entrant, e-mail Mckenzie to get in to the competition!)

Top prizes will be awarded to The People’s Choice and The Judge’s Choice. In addition to claiming glory of the best amateur chili in NYC, the winner of Peoples Choice will receive a gift certificate to Lucky 777 Chili and Jimmy’s No. 43, and a post-event write-up on both sponsors’ websites. The Judges Choice winner will receive a gift certificate to Lucky 777 Chili and Jimmy’s No. 43. All chefs will receive a $20 gift card, and Seamless has donated $5 gift cards to first 100 attendees!

Tickets are $20 for unlimited chili tastings, fresh baked cornbread muffins and a voucher for a free Lucky Taco at Lucky 777 Chili’s store. Our extensive beer and wine list will be available for purchase separately (regular brunch/bar service will be available during the event). Bobby Do Tube is the MC for the cook-off. All proceeds from this event will benefit God’s Love We Deliver and their expansion campaign.

$10 Tuesday Tasting – Oktoberfest Continues!

Join Jimmy and B.R. Rolya from Shelton Brothers Imports this Tuesday, for six more Oktoberfest and “The Like” brews. The interesting and unusual beers on the list include:

  • Weissenohe Monk’s Fest gravity cask
  • Brauerei Sauer Rossdorfer Urbräu gravity cask
  • Mönchshof Kellerbier draft
  • Mahr’s Saphir Weisse draft
  • Freigeist Hoppeditz draft
  • Trois Mousquetaires Doppelbock bottle

As always, tastings start promptly at 7:30 p.m., and regular bar/restaurant service is availabile. Hope to see you out!

And if you can’t make it out tonight, there’s a prix fixe Oktoberfest dinner tomorrow night!

Ready For Launch: It’s Thursday Tap™ With Atlantic Brewing Company

We’re going back to Maine for today’s Thursday Tap™ with a NYC launch of Atlantic Brewing Company. You’ll have two taps to choose from: New Guy IPA, a well balanced 5.9% ABV beer made with Columbus hops, and Bar Harbor Cadillac Mountain Stout, a 6.7% ABV dray stout that won the rare Platinum Medal at the World Beer Championships in Chicago (1995). In addition, we’ll have a couple of ABC bottles: Bar Harbor Blueberry Ale (a 5.2% ABV fruit ale made from Maine blueberries) and Coal Porter (a 5.5% ABV made with pale, crystal, Munich, chocolate, and black malts).

We’ll have Tess and Enrica from the brewery and special guest Luke’s Lobster will be bringing in some tasty treats (limited availability, first-come-first-serve with Atlantic Brewing beer purchase). And if you miss out on Luke’s, no worries, because tonight is our famous Oyster Night! It’s prime NY local oyster season, and for the next few Thursdays,we’ll be serving up Mike Osinki’s “Widow’s Hole” oysters from Greenport (North Fork, Long Island). Mike grows and harvests the oysters himself; he even self delivers!

We tap at 5 p.m., and – as always – regular bar/kitchen service is still available.