Top Chefs To Compete In Sunday’s Fourth Annual Cassoulet Cook-off

We love a good cassoulet, and the drop in temperature this week makes Sunday’s Cassoulet Cook-off a well timed event. Competing chefs will include:

  • Green Brown Orange’s Alejandro Alcocer, whose cafe/catering company focuses on simplicity of flavors, organic and biodynamic foods from local, seasonal farms;
  • Jessica Wilson, formerly of aVoce and Prune;
  • Hadley Schmitt of Northern Spy, the East Village Restaurant/Pub that has a menu built around seasonality and quality, whenever possible using locally grown, caught, and produced ingredients;
  • Edi and the Wolf’s Eduard Frauneder and Wolfgang Ban will bring some Austrian flare to the cassolet cook-off;
  • Phil Conlon of The Highliner Restaurant;

and, of course, Jimmy’s No. 43, which will be offering cassoulet on the menu all next week.

Amateur chefs are competing, as well. You may still join if you sign up with Danielle before Thursday (that’s in two days, so hurry!). Otherwise, tickets are $20 with proceeds to benefit the Greenmarkets’ Hurricane Farm Relief.

Fourth Annual Cassoulet Cook Off To Benefit Greenmarket’s Hurricane Farm Relief

It’ll be another amazing face-off between amateur and professional chefs when we host our Fourth Annual Cassoulet Cook Off on January 8th from 1-4 p.m. Whether you’re eating ($20 ticket at the door) or cooking, this is a chance to partake of some great casserole-style fixings! Continue reading Fourth Annual Cassoulet Cook Off To Benefit Greenmarket’s Hurricane Farm Relief

The Holidays Are Here… And So Is Jimmy’s No. 43

Hark and herald, we’ve got a slate of holiday happenings for our extended beer family. From Christmas Day (our Green Flash Hanukkah/Christmas dinner) to our Boxing Day Coat Drive (bring a coat, get a pint!) all the way up through New Year’s Eve (two ticket options) and our special New Year’s Day brunch, we’ve got you covered for the next couple of weeks. We hope to see you celebrate with us at some (or all) of our upcoming holiday events: Continue reading The Holidays Are Here… And So Is Jimmy’s No. 43

Press Awards Its Recognition to Belgium’s Own – Battle Of The Belgians, Pt. 1

We have previewed some of the Belgian beers that will be available at today’s Battle of the Belgians (and for as long as they last at Jimmy’s No. 43… and we’re guessing that won’t be long at all). Several of our press friends – Tony Forder (Ale St. News), Gregg Glaser (Yankee Brew News), Elizabeth Keyser (Zagat survey – Connecticut editor), Adam Levy (founder – NY International Beer Competition), and Javier Ansorena (Spain’s gastroeconomy.com) – determined the judge’s winners:

 

  • Overall winner: Brasserie Dupont, La Biere de Beloeil
  • 2nd (tie): Rodenbach Vintage 2007 and Smiske Naturale
  • 3rd: De Dolle “Oerbier” Reserva

All are limited beers submitted by the importers, one of which – Vanberg & Dewulf’s Wendy Littlefield – comments, “Only Jimmy’s No.43 would have a Belgian battle competition with Beloiel (rarest of the rare) in the mix. You are the taste maker for the nation!”

So be sure to join us today (limited $60 tickets available at the door at 1 p.m.) to vote the people’s choice awards for Belgian beer!