Culinary Passport to the Winter Olympics
Posted by The Editorial Desk / Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Hockey. The flying tomato. Vodka. Ice. It’s the 2010 Winter Olympics!
Image: Vancouver Winter Olympics, © VANOC/COVAN
If you can’t make it to Vancouver, you can still get your Passport to the Winter Olympics with Neighborhood Restaurant Group (NRG).
From Friday, February 12 until Sunday, February 28, each NRG restaurant will represent a country competing in the Olympics. All six restaurants will offer food and beverage specials inspired by a different country.
Canada: ChurchKey will serve putine, a Canadian dinner staple, and a rotating selection of Canadian beers.
Germany: Rustico will offer housemade pretzels and spaetzle with wild mushrooms and have several Bavarian drafts on tap.
Italy: Vermillion Chef Tony Chittum will serve four-cheese ravioli with blood orange negroni and wines from the Italian Peidmont region.
Poland: At Tallula and EatBar, Chef Barry Koslow will serve his version of traditional Polish dumplings paired with Polish-brewed Zywiec porter.
Russia: Enjoy Shortrib stroganoff with housemade egg noodles at Columbia Firehouse. Don’t forget the house-infused peppered Stoli vodka!
USA: Cheer on Team USA at Evening Star Café by eating all-American burgers like a Waffle burger and a Five “B” Stinger burger.
Each time you visit a restaurant, you receive a passport stamp. If you receive a stamp from all six countries/restaurants you will win a $50 gift certificate redeemable at any NRG restaurant.
Celebrate the closing of the Olympics with NRG’s 2nd Annual Oyster Roast at the Evening Star Café parking lot on Sunday, February 28. The roast begins at noon and features an outdoor screening of the gold-medal men’s hockey game.
Sadly, Jamaica isn’t represented. Neither is their bobsled team.
–Aisha Salazar
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