Local Wine Events

Craig Fass, chef/co-owner and a member of the Glunz Beer Culinary Council, and co-owner Mandy Franklin, former owners of Menagerie and Cooper's, host the first beer dinner at their new gastropub in Lincoln Square, The Bad Apple.  Five-course menu includes Rarebit - Pranqster Ale-braised pork, Swiss brioche served with a Black Velvet Beer Cocktail of stout and prosecco; Scallop Carpaccio - pickled shallot and radish salad, Petrus Aged Pale Ale mignonette; Graham Cracker-Crusted Sweetbread - pumpkin ravioli, candied pecan, pomegranate served with Southern Tier Pumking Imperial Ale; Charkoota Rye-Braised Rabbit - root vegetable mélange, stone ground mustard spaetzel, braising jus; Foie Studded Burger Wellington - truffled fingerling potato and black trumpet mushroom ragout, petite salad, crispy shallot, foie gras demi-glace, served with beer to be announced; and, Beer Bread Pudding - Founder's Breakfast Stout beer bread, dried cherry and chocolate, caramelized apple, vanilla ice cream, apple cider vinegar caramel, served with Arcadia Ales Cereal Killer Barley Wine Ale and Duchesse de Bourgogne.  Cost is $50 per person.  Reservations required.  Call (773) 360-8406.