NABC Bank Street Brewhouse

NABC’s Bank Street Brewhouse is now taking reservations for Valentine’s Day (Tuesday, February 14).

We will have a special Valentine’s Day menu created by Chef Matt Weirich, our usual fine craft beer selections, new selections on the wine list, and additions to our bourbon and spirits program.

Also, there’ll be classical guitar music performed by Alexander Edwards. Alexander holds a Bachelor of Music degree in guitar performance from Stetson University, where he studied with Dr. Stephen Robinson. He is currently completing a Masters at the University of Louisville as a student of Dr. Stephen Mattingly.

Call us today at (812) 725-9585. Here’s a look at the menu.

Roger A. Baylor, NABC

Valentine’s Day at Bank Street Brewhouse

February 14, 2012

Starters

French Onion Soup w/ Gruyere Cheese 5

Grateful Greens Paradai Lettuce with Roasted Beets, Capriole Farms Goat Cheese, Toasted Pistachios, and a Crème Fraichè Vinaigrette 8

Spinach Salad with Candied Walnuts, Granny Smith Apple, Bacon Lardon, Moody Blue Bleu Cheese and a Bacon Vinaigrette 7

Brie en Croute – Brie wrapped in pastry and baked, Served with Apple, Honey and Crostini 9

Entrees

Brown Butter Gnocchi with Roasted Vegetables and Parmesan Reggiano 14

8oz Filet of Beef with Pommes Pavè, Roasted Brussel Sprouts, Domestic Mushrooms and Veal Stock Reduction 26

Cocoa Rubbed Diver Scallops with Fingerling Potatoes, Haricot Vert, and a Vanilla Beurre Blanc 28

Roasted Pork Chop with Truffle Mashed Potatoes, Apple Chutney, Broccoli Florets, and a Roasted Demi-Glace 22

Dessert

Beignet
Community Dark Ice Cream
15-B Chocolate Mousse

We will have a special menu created by Chef Matt Weirich, Our fine craft beer selections, a new and improved wine list, new additions to our Bourbon and whiskey selections, and much more.

Also, we will have Classical Guitar pieces performed by Alexander Edwards. Alexander holds a Bachelor of Music degree in guitar performance from Stetson University where he studied with Dr. Stephen Robinson. He is currently completing a Masters degree at the University of Louisville as a student of Dr. Stephen Mattingly. Call us today!

After a two-week holiday outage, the acclaimed (well, by me) Brewhouse Brunch returned this past Sunday, January 8, at Bank Street Brewhouse.

Brunch menu items are served from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with afternoon hours lasting until 6:00 p.m. The inimitable Sarah Howell tends the Build-Your-Own Bloody Mary Bar, which at inception more than two years ago was the first of its kind in this area. Growlers of proven merit will be dispensed and refilled … and the new patio doors have even be installed.

Also, remember that Old Lightning Rod Day is Sunday, January 15, at Bank Street Brewhouse.

Be there, or be Legacy Square. That’s an inside joke for New Albanians in the know.

Roger A. Baylor, NABC

We’re expecting the garage doors on the 4th or 5th of January. After they’re installed, the main work will be finished. All we’ll have to do then is furnish the new room.

Roger A. Baylor, NABC

Bank Street has rolled out a few menu changes. Our 3d Valley Farms Angus Burger is now only $10, Our Community Dark beer battered onion rings are a permanent fixture, and wings can now be had with Spicy Asian, BBQ, or Honey Mustard Sauce.

    Patio conversion is under way
    Gumbo trial
    “Soft” 11 am – 5 pm hours on Christmas Eve
    Solidarity Baltic Porter bottled

Our friends at Resch Construction have started on Bank Street Brewhouse's long-anticipated patio build-out, and to say that we’re both excited and grateful is a profound understatement. Thanks again, Steve.

Bank Street Brewhouse will remain open throughout the process of converting our current patio area into an all-weather facility with garage doors opening into what will become a beer garden in time. Much of the work will be completed within a couple of weeks, but the new roof will have to wait for installation during warmer weather.

The wall stones were being stacked on pallets yesterday, to be put into storage and returned when the future beer garden is landscaped next spring/summer. Since the outdoor area isn’t being used very much during cold weather, this patio work will have the minor effect of causing a bit of a mess, but it will not stand in the way of doing business in the customary way.

Picture this Bank Street Brewhouse

Tuesday night was the first sighting of gumbo on the BSB menu. We’re thinking about making this a regular Tuesday food special, along with the reduced price session ales. Wednesday remains growler discount day. Remember that Bank Street Brewhouse now opens for lunch at 11:00 a.m. from Tuesday through Saturday. Sunday Brunch begins at 10:00 a.m., but because of this year’s dates for Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, the next brunch date is January 8.

We're also bottled Solidarity on Tuesday and it headed to the wholesalers Wednesday.

Roger A. Baylor, NABC

Imagine the BSB north patio “finished,” with real walls and access doors, and also garage doors for opening in nice weather just like the ones already facing Bank Street.

The plan is in place, and (re)construction will begin within the next two weeks. Our landlord Steve Resch and his construction company is doing the work; they’re keeping busy on Main Street, too, with the Feast BBQ project across the street from the YMCA. The BSB plan will be completed in two stages, with the walls and doors going up first, and then the roof being replaced when the weather gets warmer.

We’ll be able to use the year-round space for big parties, music and events, and by making the patio into an extension of the building, the state-mandated floor plan rules will permit the use of the taps attached to the big brewery walk-in, and the current parking area to be converted into a landscaped patio. Think in terms of a beer garden, with the garage doors opening into it from the former patio.

I want to give a huge public thanks to Steve Resch and the people who usually help him at places like PC Building and Sprigler Door. This “finishing” has been a long time coming, and will leave us with a one-time brewery expansion option, to be exercised at some point in the future, before BSB becomes the way we first envisioned it — without the green rooftop, to be sure, but who knows?

Roger A. Baylor, NABC

Thanks to everyone who patronized BSB last Sunday, and to our staff for hoofing it. Brunch got off to a wonderful start!