Jimmys No. 43

If you’re from around these parts (or have taken a Circle Line tour), then you probably know all about NYC’s rich oyster history, when oysters lined the banks and were quite literally “poor man’s food.” As the waters again become safe for oysters to inhabit the Hudson and East Rivers, it’s time to celebrate our beloved bivalve with New York Oyster Week (September 22-29)!

We love our oysters, and we offer them every Thursday. This week on Thursday, September 27th, we’ll be having both our usual Chief Shucker Dave Miss in the main dining area plus our favorite aquaculturist, Karen Rivara (from the Noank Cooperative), who will be doing a bit of shucking of her own in the back room at a ticketed event to benefit Slow Food NYC. Karen will shuck, beer will be served, and you can get schooled in all things oyster. Or just buy from our regular menu, where we will have a few specialty oyster dishes available for regular purchase.

Save by purchasing your tickets for Karen’s event online; they’ll be $30 at the door.

Beer for breakfast? We say yes! Especially if that beer is today’s official launch of Founders Breakfast Stout, an 8.3% ABV, that the brewer describes as, “The coffee lover’s consummate beer. Brewed with an abundance of flaked oats, bitter and imported chocolates, and Sumatra and Kona coffee, this stout has an intense fresh-roasted java nose topped with a frothy, cinnamon-colored head that goes forever.”

We’re happy to have Tim Traynor (Brand Manager for Founders) help us launch the Breakfast Stout and celebrate Friday Founders’ Night. We’ll have both the Breakfast Stout and Founders Pale Ale on draught, plus the Backstage Series brew Frangelic Mountain Brown (available in large bottles). Of course the bar is open as usual for those who don’t want a Founders beer, and if you really want pancakes with your Breakfast Stout, we’re open for brunch tomorrow and Sunday at 11:30 a.m.

It’s the final Thursday Tap™ of the summer (yes, autumn starts on Saturday)! We’re happy to be tapping Brasserie de la Senne’s Jambe de Bois, an 8% ABV Tripel, described as ” full-bodied and powerful. The nose evokes ripe banana and a subtle blend of old varieties of aromatic hops… the malt dominates, supported by a long and delicate bitterness.”

As always, we tap at 5 p.m. And as always, this interesting and unusual beer is available while supplies last.

We have a lot of favorite Harvest Ales we’d love to feature, but we also have some favorites that are worthy of a taste. Thus, our favorite $10 Tuesday Tasting guide Mike Lovullo returns to tempt you with some of his favorite Harvest (and “kinda/sorta” harvest) beers. Scheduled for tomorrow are:

• Bronx Rye Pale Ale Draft
• Bronx Pale Ale in Bourbon Barrels bottles
• White Birch Hooksett bottles
• Two Brothers Bonfire bottles
• White Birch Tavern Ale bottles
• AleSmith Wee Heavy bottles

Please join Mike at 7:30 p.m. (we start on time for this event) and, as always, regular bar service is available for those not wanting to partake of the $10 Tuesday Tasting.

Brian Baird has brought a little bit of Americana to his Japanese brewpub, Fishmarket Taproom, and for today’s Thursday Tap™  we’re bringing a bit of Japan back to Jimmy’s No. 43 with Baird Brewing’s Red Rose Amber Ale. This 5.4% ABV offers a nice blend of floral citrus hops and a caramel finish. As always, we tap at 5 p.m. And as always, it’s while supplies of this interesting and unusual beer last.