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If you’re looking for a truly laid back vibe to your beer experience, you should make your way to Jimmy’s No. 43 this coming Saturday, March 16th (or on Saturday, April 27th), for our monthly installment of Bacon & Belgians. We created this event out of our very successful Battle of the Belgians, but we discovered that plenty of you (including our beer community in Jersey and Connecticut) enjoy this guided tasting with owner Jimmy Carbone of some of the best Belgians available to sample.

We take our time (we open at noon, and the tasting generally is underway by 12:30 p.m.) and work our way through 10+ Belgian beers. This week’s list includes the following:

• Piraat
• Saison Dupont
• Monk’s Cafe
• Dupont Bons Voeux
• Poperings Hommel Ale
• Others, TBA.

And as if these beers weren’t enough reason to belly up to the Belgians, we pair brews with different bacon samples from the East Village Meat Market, along with our famous, award-winning buttermilk mini-biscuits. This is a unique opportunity to sample some interesting and unusual beers in a congenial atmosphere. You can join in by getting your tickets here. Hope to see you

 

Another successful ducky day was had by plenty in attendance to show some love for FSNYC. Not to mention taste some incredible duck offerings from a dozen amateur and professional chefs. The range from Duck Mac & Cheese to Tacos to Charcuterie, the afternoon was a duck lover’s delight.

And after careful and difficult determination, the winners are:

Judge’s Choice

• 1st Place, Judge’s Choice – Gramercy Tavern (Micah Mowrey and Andrew Gumpel), Duck Pastrami with Sunchokes & Aji Dulce Pepper Jam (need to confirm the names of the two chefs)
• 2nd Place, Judge’s Choice – Jamie Saurman, Confit of Cumin & Coriander Duck Legs
• 3rd Place, Judge’s Choice – Laura Luciano, Duck Confit Tart

People’s Choice

• 1st Place, People’s Choice – John Bondurant, Dumpling ‘Blood’ a l’Orange
• 2nd Place, People’s Choice – Marina Berger, Roasted Duck in the Style of Porchetta
• 3rd Place, People’s Choice – Gramercy Tavern, Duck Pastrami with Sunchokes & Aji Dulce Pepper Jam

Additional photos will be posted on Facebook this week.

It’s a duckie cook-off! This Sunday, March 10th, from 1-3 p.m., guests will “get ducked” when they partake of the ducky creations of a room full of amateur and professional cooks who will prepare their most creative, duck-dominated dishes using ducks from the famous Hudson Valley Duck Farm.

Chefs (and their duck dishes…):

• Adrian “The Cook-Off King of Queens” Ashby – Duck Burrito Pie
• Marina Berger – Roasted Duck Breasts in the style of Porchetta
• Josh Bondurant – Wanton ‘Blood’ a l’ Orange
• Patricia Clark – Duck Duo Taco with Cherry & Caramelized Onion Salsa
• Cathy Erway – Duck, Duck, Cheese!
• Gramercy Tavern – Duck Pastrami with Sunchokes & Aji Dulce Pepper Jam
• Emily Hanhan – Pulled Duck Sliders
• Jessica Henesy – Duck Ramen
• Margrethe Horlyck-Romanovsky – Corned Duck Breasts with Caraway Cabbage
• Laura Luciano – Duck Confit Tart
• Jamie Saurman – Confit of Cumin and Coriander Duck Legs

Judges:

• Kathy Blake, Writer, The Experimental Gourmand
• Jonathan Forester, Food and Beverage Writer & Consultant
• Matt Igoe, Proprietor, Hudson Valley Duck Farm
• Nancy Matsumoto, Food Writer & Editor

Just think of the duck-a-licious possibilities: charcuterie, roasted, smoked, braised. Proceeds benefit Food Systems Network NYC. Buy tickets online or $25 cash at the door. Available for additional purchase are specially selected beers and ciders to pair with all the ducky goodness. (Regular bar/restaurant service is available to the non-duckers among you!)

NYC Beer Week really built enthusiasm for the local beer scene, and we were happy to feature some of Port Jeff’s brews at last week’s Nano Brewery Dinner. We held back one of their newest for this week’s Thursday Tap™: Cold North Wind, an American style barleywine (8.6% ABV).

As always, we tap at 5 p.m. while supplies last. Regular bar/restaurant/oyster service is also available.

Jimmy’s No. 43 is thrilled to have guest chef Patti Jackson (f/o iTrulli) returning next Monday (March 11th) for our Italian Craft Beer Vegetarian Nonsense™ Dinner with beer pairings curated by B. United. The menu was just announced, and this looks to be our best vegetarian prix fixe dinner to date. Tickets are still available, and here’s what you’ll be feasting (and drinking) over five courses:

• Erbazzone—Traditional Swiss Chard, Egg and Cheese Pie from Emilia Romagna paired with Del Ducato Via Emilia (wet-hopped lager) from Parma, Emilia Romagna.
• Cavolo Nero e Fagioli—Braised Black Kale and Beans on Bruschetta paired with L’Olmaia PVK (spicy, light, an Italian “wit”) from Montepulciano, Siena, Tuscany.
• Gnocchi alla Romana—Baked Semolina Gnocchi with Cippolata paired with Del Borgo ReAle Extra (IPA using only late-addition hops) from Rieti, Lazio.
• Agnolotti—Squash and Taleggio Filled Pasta with Sage and Hazelnuts paired with Loverbeer D’Uvabeer (sour beer made with grape or fig must) from Marentino, TO, Piemonte.
• Capunet—Piemontese-style Stuffed Cabbage with Riso, Mushrooms, Leeks and Toasted Grain paired with Grado Plato Strada san Felice (strong Chestnut lager) from Chieri, TO, Piemonte.

Tickets are also on sale for our Spanish Cider Sidra Seder dinner for Passover (March 25th, tickets here) and for next month’s Magic Potions Dinner with Stillwater Ale’s Brian Strumke (April 8th, tickets here). Our Monday night dinners are a great chance to mix and mingle with some beer stars and enjoy some amazing food at Jimmy’s No. 43