Sip and Savor with Pantry and Clown Shoes Brewery

On Friday, October 3rd, Pantry, the signature on-site restaurant at The VERVE – Crowne Plaza Natick and resident Executive Chef Alastair Mclean, will welcome the changing seasons by hosting a four-course prix- fixe beer dinner in conjunction with Ipswich, Massachusetts-based Clown Shoes brewery.

In addition to pairing two pours with each course, Chef Mclean has playfully incorporated a variety of ales, lagers and stouts throughout the menu, giving each guest the opportunity to sip and savor all evening long.

Upon arrival, guests will whet their appetites for the main event with a standing first-course that includes an assortment of beer-inspired snacks and cocktails like Pantry’s “Hop’s and Honey” beer nuts and house-made pretzels served with beer cheese, along with an Apple a Day “beertini.” Boasting tender beef, fresh seafood and slowly-simmered pork, the remaining courses for Pantry’s prix-fixe beer dinner will be served as follows:

-Passed-

Beer Bacon Oyster

Cherry Stone Clams

Sweet Corn Relish, Beer Foam, Pancetta

Mini Beer Dogs

-Mains -

(one of each)

Drunken Pork Rillettes

Ciabatta, Pork Rinds

-Tramp Stamp-

-Belgian India Pale Ale-

Beer Cioppino

Shrimp, Mussels, Calamari

-Clementine Witbier-

-White Ale-

Beer Braise Veal Osso Bucco

Potato Puree, Beer Mustard Jus

-Undead Party Crasher-

-American Imperial Stout-

-Dessert-

Beer Flourless Chocolate Cake

Stout Caramel, Vanilla Anglaise

-Brown Angel Ale -

-Brown Ale-

WHEN: Friday, October 3rd from 6:30PM to 9:00PM

WHERE: Pantry

The VERVE –Crowne Plaza Natick

1360 Worcester Street

Natick, MA

COST: $60 (all-inclusive)

MORE INFO: For reservations, please call 508.416.1352 or visitwww.thepantrynatick.com (24-hours’notice of cancellation is required)

About The VERVE – Crowne Plaza Natick:

The VERVE - Crowne Plaza Natick is owned and managed by the Distinctive Hospitality Group. Lou Carrier, President of DHG is no newcomer to successful, upscale, branded hospitality concepts. Carrier’s background includes the development and management of the AAA Four-Diamond Hard Rock Hotel in Orlando and Las Vegas as General Manager and Executive Vice President from 2000-2007. In 2008, Carrier introduced BOKX 109 American Prime to the Boston market, a modern American steakhouse at Hotel Indigo in Newton, Mass. In 2009, Carrier launched the Wit Hotel in Chicago. As Chief Brand Officer and later Chief Operating Officer, Carrier’s responsibilities included conceptual development, brand culture and operating results of the AAA Four-Diamond gem in the heart of Chicago’s famed theatre district. For more information, please visit www.VERVEhotelnatick.com or by calling 877.348.0706