Archie Weekly

APRIL

Tuesday / 17 BookBook Club Presents Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski

Every six-ish weeks we will read a new memoir,collection of essays, novel, or anything else we find interesting that somehow, in a big or small way, relates to food.  In what is widely hailed as the best of his many novels, Charles Bukowski details the long, lonely years of his own hardscrabble youth in the raw voice of alter ego Henry Chinaski. From a harrowingly cheerless childhood in Germany through acne-riddled high school years and his adolescent discoveries of alcohol, woman, and the Los Angeles Public Library's collection of D.H. Lawrence, Ham on Rye offers a crude, brutal, and savagely funny portrait of an outcast's coming-of-age during the desperate days of the Great Depression.Cheese and wine. Books for sale!FREE, 7-9p

Wednesday / 18 NEW Pasta Fresca Plate!

A relaxed evening of fresh, homemade pasta from a pasta-making Chef + Friend of Archie's.

Every week there will be two dishes to choose from on the menu.Menu this week: Rucola Salad with a choice of Pappardelle Grass-fed Beef Bolognese OR Fettucini with Riverdog Farm Asparagus and wild foraged Mushrooms. Pasta dinners will mostly take place on Wednesdays or Fridays. Expect a different menu each week.$20

Thursday / 19 Our Sicilian Vegan Dinner

An evening of Sicilian, family-style food inspired by Nonna. Expect a different vegan menu each month, homemade bread and full plates.Expect full plates with beer & wine for sale. Reserve online, or drop by between 7-9p. Follow our instagram@_archestratus_ for Tuesday and Thursday morning posts about the menu. $18-ish

Sat + Sun / 21 + 22 BirreBallz BookBallz Happy Hour

Drinking amongst the books feels right. Thus, we are frying up a new arancine EVERY WEEKEND from opening until we run outta ballz. NY MAG THINKS THEY ARE THEE BEST. Free with the purchase of any drink or NEW Cookbook. But yes—buy a beer or book, get a ball!$4.00+

Tuesday / 24 Cookbook Club

Cook through DINING IN by Alison Roman during the month of APRIL and drop by with your favorite dish on APRIL 24th—all are welcome! It's a potluck party! It's

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us a monthly dose of hope for the universe! Come by Archestratus to pick it up for 20% off now.

FREE, 7p

Wednesday / 25 Trivia Night

Expect categories to be various, beer innumerable, arancine aplenty. There will be three rounds + a lightning round, but only one epic trophy. Win Beer! Win Food! Study up renaissance man style!!!!!!!! Show up as a team, or swing by solo-- all are welcome! With Quizmaster Lucie Levine. All topics covered, not just food! 4 people max per team.FREE, 8pm

Thursday / 26 No Blue Plate Special tonight. We'll be slinging books at Adelina's in Greenpoint for a special event! 

Wednesday / 27 NEW Pasta Fresca Plate!

A relaxed evening of fresh, homemade pasta from a pasta-making Chef + Friend of Archie's.

Every week there will be two dishes to choose from on the menu. Stay tuned for menu details via instagram!Dinners will mostly take place on Wednesdays or Fridays. Expect a different menu each week.$20

Saturday / 28 Greenpoint Cat Club

If you are passionate about the welfare of our neighborhood cats, join us for Greenpoint Cat Club, a new monthly meet-up group at Archestratus. Let's come together to try and understand the complex and emotional issues relating to outdoor cats, combat cat overpopulation, and keep local cats safe and healthy.FREE, 12p

MAY

Thursday / 3 Muffaletta Night

An evening of Sicilian, family-style food inspired by Nonna.  Expect full plates with beer & wine for sale. Reserve online, or drop by between 7-9p. Follow our instagram@_archestratus_ for Tuesday and Thursday morning posts about the menu. $18-ish

Saturday / 5 A South Indian Cooking Class

Together we’ll be making delicious regional specialties from the south of India! Rohan Kamicheril of the Tiffin Club will give you the hands-on low-down on using south Indian spices, grains, herbs, cooking techniques, and more, and we’ll end with a delicious brunch (paired with South Indian filter coffee, naturally).

On the menu:

We’ll start with huli avalaki, a tamarind-tinged dish of beaten rice, peanuts, and fried lentils that’s ground to a couscous-like meal and served with brussels sprouts palya, a lovely green tangle of shaved sprouts sautéed with warm spices in fragrant coconut oil. You’ll also learn how to make an earthy, spicy, herb-rich fish saaru, packed with black pepper, cilantro, and ginger. We’ll finish with a bowl of warm payasam, a milk-based rice noodle pudding studded with toasted cashews and ghee-fried sour cherries. And after we’re done cooking and eating we’ll send you home with a little pamphlet of recipes and a little treat. 10-12:30p, $85

Huli Avalakki

Brussels sprouts palya

Meen Saaru

Payasam

The Tiffin Club is a pop-up dinner series dedicated to showcasing regional Indian food in a contemporary and thought-provoking light. Its companion blog, Tiffin, serves as a forum for recipes, articles, interviews, and more.

Saturday / 19 CLASS: Cinnamon Buns Three Ways

Come learn a paramount life skill with FIKA author Johanna Kindvall: to make Swedish Cinnamon Buns from scratch! You will be baking up the iconic cinnamon bun topped with pearl sugar and a few beloved varieties, cardamon bun twists with cardamon sugar and long braided buns with an almond filling. 

Endless coffee or tea and a signed copy of the book FIKA, by Johanna Kindvall herself are included in the ticket price. All classes at Archestratus guarantee a hands-on cooking experience, a meal with some new friends, and something to take home and share with your loved ones.$70, 10a 

Saturday / 19 Let us eat CAKE with Maira Kalman and Barbara Scott-Goodman

With great style, wit, and joy, Maira Kalman and Barbara Scott-Goodman celebrate their favorite dessert.

Spend your Saturday afternoon with authors Maira and Barbara who will be at the shop to sign copies of their new masterpiece and share in Cake and Rosé.

In Cake, renowned artist and author Maira Kalman and food writer Barbara Scott-Goodman bring us a beautifully illustrated book dedicated to their mutual love of cakes. Kalman’s enchanting illustrations, in her inimitable style, and Scott-Goodman’s mouthwatering recipes complement each other perfectly, making Cake a joyful whimsical celebration of a timeless dessert.

Price of admission includes a copy of the book. Complimentary cake and rosé.