A pairing you won't want to miss

a Challenge accepted

For the past 4 years, the chefs and bartenders at Parkside Tap House have worked tirelessly to create menus that would delight patrons and provide an experience worthy of dining out. Inventing these menus is incredibly timeintensive, requiring continued tweaking and rethinking to perfect, and once a menu is finally complete, it needs to be changed within a few short months to make way for a new season's produce and opportunities. Though creating these menus is certainly challenging, creating a menu from scratch to be used solely for one evening can be considered even more so. Such is the case with Parkside's pairing dinners, a challenge they've dared to accept repeatedly for the past 2 1/2 years. The first 4-course whiskey pairing dinner took place at Parkside in February of 2019 and has given way to a long string of dinners since. Pairings have included drinks expertly crafted by Parkside bartenders utilizing tequila, rum, gin, vodka, beers from local breweries, and many more. Each alcohol has been perfectly paired with a dish whose recipe was created to inspire connection with the drink it would be served with, elevating the flavors of both when enjoyed together. The experience has been such a hit that Parkside decided to make the dinners a monthly event earlier this year, and the two since—the Basquestyle and Farmers Brewing Company dinners—sold out long before the evening of the dinner itself. Having sampled the upcoming August 5th pairing dinner with Rogue Spirits, created by Parkside Chef Jaime and Parkside bar manager, Colin Jones, we have no doubt that pattern is sure to continue. The Rogue Spirits dinner will include the following 4 pairings:

1. Fresh tomato and olive salad on a crostini boat paired with a grapefruit gin daiquiri

2. Scallop on a mackeral mantecato with jalapeño polenta cake and spinach paired with a cucumber and thyme gimlet

3. Braised short rib with pan-seared gnocchi, covered in a parmesan mornay sauce and paired with a cherry manhattan

4. Tiramisù paired with a chocolate coffee old fashioned

Tickets are $50 with tip included and can be purchased at www.OrderParkside.com under menu "dinner pairing." Check their instagram page @parksidetaphouse for information on upcoming pairing dinners! We'll look forward to seeing you there!