Saints Days
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St. Patrick's Day - 17 March  Like every other bar in the US, on 17 March, we celebrate the feastday of St. Patrick. St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland who drove all the snakes out of Ireland. No green beer at the GLP (unless Dogfish Head brews one again); we do have a few Irish beer selections for that day as well some of the harder to find Irish Whiskeys. |
St. David's Day - 01 March  St. David is our newest addition to our Saints line-up. St. David is the patron saint of Wales. Thanks to Lew Bryson for suggesting some Welsh beers and a whisky. We will also have some Welsh food. We'll have to figure out what is, but that's not a problem. It's Googleable. |
St. George's Day - 23 April St. George is the patron saint of England who drove all the dragons out of England. We keep it low-key, but we do get in a bunch of English beers for that day. And of course our banging Fish and Chips. |
St. Jean-Baptiste Day - 24 June On 24 June, we celebrate St John the Baptist Day. In Quebec it is called St. Jean-Baptiste Day. St. John the Baptist had nothing to do with beer, but his feast day is the provincial holiday of Quebec and that's all the excuse we need to get in some Québécois beer. The Québécois make great beer and have some great unique food. For 2009, we celebrated our second annual St Jean-Baptist Day with poutine (french fries and cheese curds under brown gravy) and several varieties of bottled beer from Quebec's Unibroue Brewery. |
St. Andrew's Day - 30 November On 30 November, we celebrate
St. Andrew Day. St. Andrew had nothing to do with beer, but he is the patron saint of Scotland, and the Scottish have a lot to do with beer and
whisky. His feast is a national holiday there, so what better way to celebrate here than with a lot of Scottish beers and Scotch whiskys (what better way is there to celebrate anything?).My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare. - Mike Myers. Researching Scottish dishes for our first St. Andrew's Day, we have to agree. Our kitchen was up to the challange and our customers were up the dare. For 2009 we plan to had Scotch Eggs, Haddock Fish and Chips, and more. |
Looks like we have room for another saint. Got one in mind? Then please email us (scoats@greylodge.com). |
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