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NYE at Barley Johns

Another cool and no doubt tasty New Year’s Eve event at Barley John’s:

Save the Date! Our Annual New Years Eve Dinner will happen December 31st. Celebrate the coming New Year with a special menu in a cozy atmosphere.

We are now taking reservations: 651-636-4670

The special menu is a la carte and will have a suggested beer and wine pairing for each dish.Prices will be posted closer to the dinner as we acquire the fresh ingredients


Appetizer
Seared Scallop wrapped in Lox served with a Lobster Bisque Sauce

Corn Fritter Napoleon with White Bean Salsa

Salad
Sun Dried Tomato Chevre Terrine with Arugula

Roasted Beet Salad with Carmelized Cashews and a Ginger-Serrano Chile Vinaigrette

Entrees
White Pumpkin & Black Truffle Ravioli

Grassfed Beef Tenderloin, Mushroom Ragout & Savory Horseradish Breadpudding

Seared Tuna with a Ponzu Sauce served over warmed Julienne Vegetable Salad

Cheese Plate
Assorted Cheese and Fruits

Dessert
Triple Layer Chocolate Cheesecake
More TBA

New Year’s Eve at the Ugly Mug

The Ugly Mug is serving up quite the NYE party. $100 gets you a six course beer dinner, premium open bar, balloon drop, champagne and live music, plus dress up in black and white for a chance to win $300.

The menu, with beers in parentheses, is:

Amuse
Lobster Croquette
black truffle  aioli
(DueS)

Appetizer
Butternut Squash Ravioli
pine nut – sage burre blanc
(triple karmeleit)

Salad
Winter White Salad
bacon lardoons, medjool dates, fried goat cheese, marcona
almonds, cider vinaigrette
(Bells Winter White)

Entrée (choose one)
Black Trupmet Crusted NY Strip
herb and chevre yukon smashed potatoes,  lost arrow reduction, grilled white asparagus
(Rush River Lost Arrow)

Brick Pressed Free Range Chicken
black garlic risotto, rosemary cream sauce
(Fulton Sweet Child of Vine)

Dessert
Mini Mug
friutesse white chocolate mousse, chocolate whip, blackberry crème anglaise
(Southern Tier Chokalot)

View the flyer for the event here.

New Years at Ngon

Per tradition, Ngon Vietnamese Bistro will be tapping their keg of Surly Darkness at 5pm on New Years Eve and will be available for the incredible price of $6 until its gone.  Hai is also working on some more specialty beers for that night.

And if you’re looking for that perfect New Years Eve dinner, Ngon is offering a Four Course dinner for $40 with optional MN beer (yes, Darkness is one of the beers) or wine pairings.

The complete menu will be available the week of New Years Eve and will also include a vegetarian option. Call now for reservations, 651-222-3301.

UPDATE: MENU ANNOUNCED

Here is the tasting menu($40) for NYE. Beer($13) & Wine($19) pairings are available. We will be tapping Surly Darkness & a firkin of Lift Bridge Chestnut Brown with roasted hazelnuts a.k.a the nutsack. Call for reservations, as always NYE is a busy night. Cheers, Hai

First Course Fischer Farms pork belly & green beans in a ginger sauce (Vegetarian: Fried tofu & green beans in a ginger sauce)

Second Course House Cured Salmon: Anise cured salmon with a daikon cake in a cilantro sauce (Vegetarian: Curry tempura shiitake mushroom & daikon cake in cilantro sauce)

Third Course Pheasant Pasta: House-made pheasant sausage, fresh Thai basil pasta & asparagus in an anise cream sauce (Vegetarian: Mock duck braised in pho spices, Thai basil pasta & asparagus in a cream sauce)

Fourth Course Thit Kho: Braised Fischer Farms pork shank with sweet potatoes, egg, & mustard greens (Vegetarian: House made sweet potato & scallion stuffed raviolli, grape tomatoes, shiitake mushrooms, asparagus, & almonds in a curry butternut squash sauce)

Flat Earth Growlers – XMAS Week Edition

Greetings,

If you are seeing this it means your email survived The Great Hard Drive Crash of 2010.* Right now would be the perfect time to swing by the brewery and pick up some liquid refreshments for the big game tonight and your upcoming festivities.

We have:
Angry Planet Pale Ale
Belgian Pale Ale
Cygnus X-1 Porter
Hemispheres – Double Chocolate Cygnus
Northwest Passage IPA
Wassale
Winter Warlock ’09
Orange & Grape Sodas

Growler Hours this week:
Monday thru Thursday Noon to 630
Friday 9 am to 2 p.m.
Saturday Closed

Cheers!

*As happens from time to time, usually at the worst time, Flat Earth’s computer crashed so if you’re used to seeing their updates in your inbox, not just here, and you didn’t see the above already you may want to sign up for the mailing list again.