Archie Weekly

MAY

Wednesday / 2Pasta 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

Thursday / 3Muffaletta NightAn 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

Sat + Sun / 5 + 6BirreBallz 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+

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

Wednesday / 9Pasta 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

Thursday / 10Scaccia Night: A Sicilian Pizza StyleA traditional Sicilian Scaccia is a dish that is part pizza, part pasta, with layers that resemble lasagna. Everyone gets a white pie and a red pie. Vegetarian options. Salad, too. This is your new favorite pizza style. A Friend of Archie's, Chef Liam, is cooking up the Scaccia. Expect full plates with beer & wine for sale. Reserve online, or drop by between 7-9p. $18-ish

Wednesday / 16Pasta 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

Thursday / 17(Accidentally Vegan) Dinner with Victoria GranofJoin food stylist (thee food stylist), cookbook author, and fellow Siciliana Victoria Granof for (An Accidentally) Vegan Sicilian Dinner! Menu:frittelle di alghesmashed favas with toastpasta with artichokes + strattupistachio cremolatapistachio amaretti​$28

Whether you find her draping curled octopus tentacles over the edge of a stockpot for Anthony Bourdain’s latest cookbook, or crafting a tribal headpiece out of gold flecked cotton candy for an indie food magazine, or working her way through gallons of ice cream to create the perfectly imperfect scoop for one of her corporate clients, VICTORIA GRANOF is as much an artiste as a food stylist. With a background in visual arts and classical culinary training at Le Cordon Bleu, Victoria is known for her “beauty is where you find it” sensibility and provocative images that stay on brand while going off on a tangent. Her keen eye and fearless approach have earned her accolades among her peers and loyal clients across all platforms of food media.

Saturday / 19CLASS: Cinnamon Buns Three WaysCome 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 / 19Let us eat CAKE with Maira Kalman and Barbara Scott-GoodmanWith 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.

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

Wednesday / 25Trivia Night

This is a very special TRIVIA NIGHT! Join our host Lucie Levine on the night of her birth!

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

NEW DAY: Sunday / 27Greenpoint 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

Tuesday / 29BookBook Club Presents The Vegetarian by Han Kang

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.  Before the nightmares began, Yeong-

hye

and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. But the dreams—invasive images of blood and brutality—torture her, driving Yeong-

hye

to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether. It’s a small act of independence, but it interrupts her marriage and sets into motion an increasingly grotesque chain of events at home. As her husband, her brother-in-law and sister each fight to reassert their control, Yeong-

hye

obsessively defends the choice that’s become sacred to her. Soon their attempts turn desperate, subjecting first her mind, and then her body, to ever more intrusive and perverse violations, sending Yeong-

hye

spiraling into a dangerous, bizarre estrangement, not only from those closest to

her,

but also from herself. Cheese and wine. Books for sale!FREE, 7-9p

JUNE

Tuesday / 12Cookbook Club

Cook through HOW TO EAT A PEACH by Diana Henry during the month of MAY and drop by with your favorite dish on JUNE 12th—all are welcome! It's a potluck party! It's

mad

civilized! It

give

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

FREE, 7p