This Week: Beer and Monks!

This Week: Beer and Monks!

November 06, 2017

Archie Weekly

THIS WEEK

MONKS & CRAFT BEER!Inside Trappist Beer TravelsTUESDAY → NOV 7Free, 7:00pArchestratus is thrilled to welcome experts Caroline Wallace, Sarah Wood, and Jessica Deahl, the writers behind Trappist Beer Travels and contributors to the popular all-women-run beer blog BitchBeer.org, for an in-depth look at the legendary breweries of Trappist monks!

Partake in some Trappist beer samples, and join us as they relay their journeys traveling the globe, from the United States to Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Italy, and back again, for the complete tour of the world’s 11 Authentic Trappist monastery breweries. From the ancient sun-baked walls of Tre Fontane to the US's first Trappist brewery in Spencer, Massachusetts, learn about these beer-soaked histories, gain helpful travel tips, and enjoy both new and historical photography and original artwork capturing the spirit of each destination. 

Event Format: Trappist Beer Reception, Discussion moderated by beer & cocktail expert Orr Shtuhl, Q&A, and Books for Sale.

THURSDAY → NOV 9

$19-ish, 7-9p

An evening of Sicilian-style timballo, (a highly theatrical savory multi-layered pie). Expect full plates with beer & wine for sale. Reserve online, or drop by between 7-9p.

BIRRE BALLZ HAPPY HOURSAT/SUN → NOV 11 + NOV 12$3.50+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. But yes—buy a beer, get a ball!

TUESDAY → NOV 14

FREE, 7pm

Cook through SWEET: Desserts from London's Ottolenghi during the month of OCTOBER and drop by with your favorite dish on NOV 14th—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.

TRIVIA NIGHTWEDNESDAY → NOV 15FREE, 8pm

Our previous TRIVIA NIGHT in October was a huge success! 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.

BLUE PLATE BREAK on NOV 16!See you on NOV 30 for Vegan Night. 

MARY TAYLOR SIMETISATURDAY → NOV 18FREE, 6-8 pm

Mary Taylor Simeti, the absolute authority on Sicilian cuisine, is back in her homeland of NYC to chat with us about her chosen homeland of over fifty years, Sicily. Fun fact: It is in her indelible book 

Pomp & Sustenance 

where we first heard the name 'Archestratus.'

Join the celebrated author of the classic Pomp & Sustenance at Archestratus as we celebrate the release of her new book Sicilian Summer: An Adventure in Cooking with my Grandsons.

Part memoir, part family recipe collection, and part delightful photographic record of an extraordinary experience, Sicilian Summer is also a meditation on the integral role food can play within the family in bonding, creating memories, and consolidating tradition and identity.

Event Format: Discussion moderated by a fellow lover of Sicily and chef, Linda Sarris, Q&A, Wine Reception and Books for Sale.

ROOF TO PLATE PIZZASUNDAY → NOV 19$15, 3-5pm

Join Archestratus & Eagle Street Rooftop Farm for the first Roof to Plate Pizza Sunday of the season! Come build your own pizza using superfresh, hyperlocal ingredients and edible flowers sourced from Eagle Street's Sunday market. Either here or while you're at the shop, purchase a copy of Annie Novak's indispensable book, The Rooftop Growing Guide ($23). All pies are personal and $15 each. We sell beer and wine.

We will be closed on NOV 23 + 24 for THANKSGIVING. 

VEGAN NIGHTTHURSDAY → NOV 30$18 ish, 7-9p

An evening of Sicilian, family-style vegan food inspired by Nonna. Expect full plates with beer & wine for sale. Drop by between 7-9p. 

CAT CLUBDATE TBDFREE, 12p

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.

We are very excited to announce our second pick for the new Book Club series. 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. Our second pick is Arbitrary Stupid Goal, by Tamara Shopsin, a book we already love. In Arbitrary Stupid Goal, Tamara Shopsin takes the reader on a pointillist time-travel trip to the Greenwich Village of her bohemian 1970s childhood, a funky, tight-knit small town in the big city, long before Sex and the City tours and luxury condos. The center of Tamara’s universe is Shopsin’s, her family’s legendary greasy spoon, aka “The Store,” run by her inimitable dad, Kenny―a loquacious, contrary, huge-hearted man who, aside from dishing up New York’s best egg salad on rye, is Village sheriff, philosopher, and fixer all at once. All comers find a place at Shopsin’s table and feast on Kenny’s tall tales and trenchant advice along with the incomparable chili con carne. Filled with clever illustrations and witty, nostalgic photographs and graphics, and told in a sly, elliptical narrative that is both hilarious and endearing, Arbitrary Stupid Goal is an offbeat memory-book mosaic about the secrets of living an unconventional life, which is becoming a forgotten art.There will be lots-o-free-cheese and wine for sale!

Many thanks to Olia Hercules who cooked up a spectacular Georgian feast this past Friday at the shop.

Come check out our lovely collection of rare books...