Thanksgiving & the Holidays!

The History of Thanksgiving!

In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn't until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.

Here at Patrick's we are offering a full Thanksgiving Menu from 11:30 am - 7:30 pm including a full Roasted Turkey Plate with stuffing, mashed potaotes, green beans, yams, kraut & cranberry sauce! See our full menu on our home page at www.patricksrestaurant.com

We are also having wonderful Christmas Eve & New Year's Eve Menus . Parties are a specialty at Patrick's with private rooms for all occasions!

Stop by to take advantage of our Gift Certificate Deal!!!! Buy a gift for your family or friends and we will give you a gift too! Offers thru December 31, 2010. $50 in a Gift Certificate = $5 for you! $100 in a Gift Certificate = $10 for you!

Happy Holidays from your friends at Patrick's in Cockeysville!

Restaurant Week EVERY Weekend!

Due to popular demand the 4-course Prefixed $35.10 menu is being featured every weekend ~ choices will vary with seasons. The menu will be posted on our website soon...
From appetizer to salad to entree to sweet endings! A great way to try our famous signature dishes!
Bon Appetit! Look below for menu beginning 9-9-10!

More Restaurant Week & the MD FAIR

We have extended our Restaurant Week thru Sept. 5th! Look for Winter RW in January 2011!

When you enjoy the best 11 days of summer in the Timonium area ~ save your ticket stub and enjoy $10 off your $45 bill! Our way of saying thanks ...enjoy a ride then enjoy our food!

See you soon!

Restaurant Week every weekend beginning 9-10-10

Restaurant Week Continues at Patrick’s Restaurant!

Dinner Menu (after 4 pm)
a 4-course culinary dinner experience including appetizer, salad, entree and dessert

■ Appetizer ~ choice of one

Md Fried Red Tomatoes, Shrimp in Spanish Garlic Sauce, French Onion Gratinee, Stuffed Mushroom Caps or Clams Casino

■ Salad to refresh the palate ~ choice of one

Caesar Romano or Crisp Garden Salad

■ Our Chef’s Dinner Specialty Entrée ~ choice of one & served with two sides

Chessy Surf & Turf - a succulent Angus petite filet béarnaise paired with our colossal crab cake
Shrimp Louisa~ jumbo gulf shrimp stuffed with our famous lump crab imperial
Don Pepe Tournedos ~ medallions of filet finished with a wild mushroom sherry Demi-glace
Chicken Chesapeake ~ stuffed with imperial and served with an Alfredo sauce over linguini


■ Sweet Ending ~ choice of one

Cappucino & Biscotti, Triple Chocolate Mousse cup, Spanish Pinenut roll, Hot Fudge Sundae, Fresh Fruit Cup or Vanilla bean crème Brulee

$35.10 per guest
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Summer's almost over ~ Where did it go?

Hot days still around and we are on the cusp of a brand new time ~ Baltimore County's First Annual Restaurant Week ... August 13-20, 2010!

3 coursed Lunches = $20.10
4 coursed Dinners = $35.10

Our menu is posted on our website .. please come in and try some new dishes!

Hot Days Of July!

Patrick's is offering a great deal in August for the first annual Restaurant Week in Baltimore County! $20.10 3 course lunch & $35.10 4 course dinner running from the 13-20th! Menu to be posted on our webpage this week!

$10 coupons flying in & out the door .. locals know good savings and good food/service! Check out the coupon on our website or come on in and you'll get one!

Our colossal crab cakes have finally been noticed - we can't make them fast enough! Come in, take away or ship to your family or friend all over USA!

Check out our new Catering Menu - great for local corporations or your house party! Call Carole at 410.683.0604 to set up a free local delivery. Private rooms available for any celebration or get together - from 16 to 280! Call Chrissy at 410.683.0604 today!

Summer Happenings

Hello!
A couple of things ...

• We are open 4th of July from 12 noon until 8 pm - Brunch & regular Menu!


• Jazz on Saturdays will begin at 8:30 pm until 11:30 pm! Alittle early for the dinner crowd to enjoy!


• Spanish Weekend will begin again in September! Watch for a date!


• 1/2 price Wine Nights to begin Monday & Wednesdays ~ 6/14/10


• New Dessert Menu!


• Happy Hours : $2 Domestic Drafts & $3 rail drinks & 4 House Wines!

Happy Memorial Day Monday!

Thanks & best wishes to all our locals & regulars and our hearts go out to all families with military officers, past & present, that have honorably protected the Freedom of the United States of America!
Patrick's salutes you!

June is bustin' out all over!!! Especially at Patrick's!

So many cool things are happening
as the thermometer
heats up!!!

• Jazz Begins 6/5 at 9:30 pm - BE THERE to experience a first in Cockeysville! Great jazz sounds north of Charles & Saratoga!

Updates to our menu include new fish selctions, healthy salads, homemade desserts and loads of daily fresh catches & lots of local produce!

Catch me Wednesday 6/9 at the Maryland State Fairground to demo some things to do with LOCAL strawberries at the grand opening of the Farmer's Market in Timonium!

Look for web coupons to enjoy savings all summer long plus in this month's Smart Shopper!

Half Wine Bottle Features menu begins the first Wednesday in June ~ what a deal!!!!

WE ARE OPEN MEMORIAL DAY from 2pm until 8pm ~ full menu plus specials!!!!

Mother's Day Around the Corner & so is our Jazz Duo!

Make your reservations soon ~ we are filling up for Mother's Day & would love to serve you and your special Mom!
Menu includes lamb, ham, turkey, lobster, shrimp, chicken, veal and of course, our famously delicious CRAB CAKES!! 11:30 am until 8 pm this Sunday~

Beginning June 5th, Jazz is going to become HOT again north of our old stomping grounds, Charles & Saratoga! Steve & Dave will make your toes tap and fingers snap all night in our lounge while our kitchen makes your tummy happy ! Begins 9:30 pm!

The Brosso's are bringing Jazz to Cockeysville!

The former owners of the Legendary “Buddies Jazz Pub” in Baltimore, are bringing Saturday night Jazz to Patrick’s Restaurant in Cockeysville (http://www.patricksrestaurant.com/) starting in June. The venue will feature the Virtuoso Guitar Stylings of Steve Yankee paired with the Jazz Accordion Masterworks of Dave Janesh. This incredibly fresh jazz sound is catching on in the Baltimore Washington area. Be sure to come out and experience the Culinary Artistry of Executive Chef Carole Brosso (CEC) and then relax in the lounge to the straight ahead jazz sounds of Dave and Steve. Sure to be a great evening! Bring some friends, and be prepared to enjoy Saturday night at a new Jazz venue in a fresh new way!

KIDS EAT for only $2.99 Sunday thru Thursday ....

New stuff....

• $2.99 Kid's Eat from Sunday thru Thursday Nights!
• More to Weekday Night Dinner Specials ~ Burgers added to Wednesdays, Thursday is Comfort Night - Meatloaf or Stuffed Chicken with sides $14.99, Monday Battered Codfish & Chips $14.99 along with Crab Cakes!
• Saturday Night Straight-Ahead Jazz in the Bar beginning Sat June 5th!

• Welcome Justin to our Kitchen staff - BIC graduate and lots of enthusiasm and ideas to work into our menus! We are all looking forward to the future!

Take A CoWorker Out Wed & Thursday to say Thanks!

Administrative Professionals Day (or the old Secretarys Day!) ...Come on in & enjoy a $13 Crab Cake Sandwich, Beverage & Oreo's togo! Just another way to say thanks to all those behind the scenes folks!

Spanish Weekend April 23-25!

Thank you for a great Easter turnout!!! Everyone who joined us was happy ~ our ultimate goal.

Spanish Weekend around the corner featuring a special regional menu for all to enjoy ...

• Paella
• Black Bean Soup with fixins'
• Mushroom Toast & Spanish Shrimp in Garlic Sauce
• Zarzuela ~ a symphony of seafood topped with a lobster cream sauce ... shrimp, mussels, calamari, lobster, crab & more!
• Spanish Pinenut Roll & Zabaglione with berries

Make your reservation now !!! Ole!

Full Menu posted on our home page!

Reservations being taken for Easter Sunday!

You can view our menu online for Easter ~ Lamb, Ham, Roasted Turkey, Crab, Shrimp, Lobster, Slow-Roasted Prime Rib, Filet Mignon & More. Buttered Green Beans & Red-Skinned Mashed Potatoes served family style. Kid Friendly Menu.

Our fav bartender Sherry will be pouring the Easter beverages and offering a special bar menu along with sports on the HD Plasmas!

See you Sunday April 4th!

An Adult Easter Drink to Enjoy!

Easter Bunny Cocktail

1 1/2 oz. Dark Creme de Cacao

1/2 oz. Vodka

1 tsp. Chocolate Syrup

1 tsp. Cherry Brandy

Shake creme de cacao and vodka with ice. Strain over ice in an old-fashioned glass. Top with a float of chocolate syrup and cherry brandy

Survived the Day of Green~ Great Turnout!!!

THANK YOU COCKEYSVILLE ~ YOU MADE THIS DAY SHINE!!!!
We had a great turnout ~ food, drinks, bagpipers ... all good!
My bartenders have green fingers and my kitchen is tired of corned beef for meals!
I have made my famous St. Pat's Soup - a creamy sweet & savory broth loaded with corned beef, cabbage, potatoes & onions with a hint of caraway seed.
Luck be with you ~ may 2010 bring prosperity to all and we will see you next St. Paddy's Day!
Next post...Easter Sunday!

The only REALLY GOOD Corned Beef in Cockeysville!

FINALLY Here - St. Patty's Day!!!
11:30 am until ???
Bagpipers 5-???
Note....I've been corning beef for DAYS!!!!!

• Corned Beef & Cabbage w/ green beans, Irish potatoes & Soda Bread
• Homemade Reuben & Fries
• Colossal Lump Crab Cake (1 or 2) Platter
• NY Strip Steak & Shrooms
• Filet Mignon Sandwich & Fries
• Norwegian Salmon & Apricot Honey Glaze
• Sour Beef & Dumplings
• Battered Fish & Chips, creamy slaw, tartar sauce
• Mama Dell's Shepherd's Pie
• Fried Oyster Platter
• Shrimp Salad Platter
• Munchie Combo - Mozz Stixs, Chix Tenders, Fried Shrimp

Anything you don't see ~ just ask!!!

WEEKDAY SPECIALS : 4pm til close!

• Mondays : Colossal Lump Crab Cake Platter $15.99 includes creamy slaw, crispy fries & tartar sauce!
• Tuesdays: Maine Lobster Tail & Drawn Butter $19.99 ~ baked potato & garden salad
• Wednesdays: NY CAB Grilled Strip Steak $17.99 ~ baked potato & garden salad

Enjoy these specials plus our regular menu and "Green Plate Menu!"

Also our 3-course All-Inclusive Sampling Menu $29.99 - we have our own Restaurant Week Menu ALL YEAR LONG! Includes appetizer & dessert/cappucchino

BTW - SEE YOU SUNDAY & WEDNESDAY FOR PATRICK'S 2010 ST.PADDY'S CELEBRATION ...INCLUDING BAGPIPERS & Homemade Corned Beef!!!!

OLE~ Spanish Weekend is almost here!

Spanish Weekend this Friday thru Sunday...including Roasted Pork Loin with Wild Mushroom Stuffing and Demiglaze drizzle. Regular Menu includes Paella, Zarzuela (Seafood Symphony loaded with Lobster, Scallops, Shrimp, Crab & more topped with a lobster brandy cream sauce!), Fresh Fish, Grilled Boneless Prime Rib Bordelaise, Fried Tomato Imperial, Captain's Catch ~ a fried seafood assortment. Stand-by favs include Mushroom Toast, Black Bean Soup, Seafood Gumbo, Shrimp in Garlic Dipping Sauce & more!!!

See you this weekend ...Next weekend is IRISH weekend with our own Homemade Corned Beef & Cabbage! Bagpipers Sunday & Weds 3/17!

Mr.Weatherman ... Please Stop with the scary SNOW Reports!!!

YES, we are open this weekend and I am doing a Mixed Grill Celebration!

• Crispy Duck Breast ala Orange


• Rosemary Infused Lamb Rack with Garlic Sauce


• Roasted Pork Shoulder Stuffed & napped with a Wild Mushroom Demi-glace


• Slow Roasted Boneless Prime Rib ~ King Cut with Fresh Horseradish Cream


• Mussels steamed in a wine butter sauce with fresh lemon


• Black & Blue Salad ~ our classic Wedge served with grilled bistro sirloin filet


• Harvest Chicken ~ our sweet & savory fav ...Marsala meets Pumpkin!


• Fried Tomato Imperial ~ our classic app topped with Jumbo Imperial

Our Sampling 3 course prix-fixed meal is featuring Normandy Chicken ~ topped with brie and a craisin marsala sauce!

ALL good ... stop by and enjoy today!

Spanish Weekend 3/5-7!!! Make reservations today!

NEW NEW NEW ....Cockeysville Caterers has sprung out of Patrick's Kitchen. We are offering many types of sandwich platters, 2' subs, salads, entrees, packed for your house or office; all with the same quality you are used to from Patricks! FROM A TO Z ... you won't be disappointed and we can even bring it to you! Call Chrissy or Carole today at 410.683.0604. We can even offer you a 5% VIP Catering Discount on any order over $250.00!

OPEN Monday & Tuesday so come on in!!!

Please don't let the unpredictable weather reports stop you from coming by and letting us serve you Monday or Tuesday ... remember, we can pack it up & even bring it our front for you - just call ahead at 410/683.0604!
Spanish Weekend just around the corner (3/5-7) as is our Grand St. Paddy's weeklong celebration beginning 3/13 thru 3/17!! Check out our menu online! Luck of the Irish be with you!

Greek-Italiafest Themed Menu This Weekend

Some of the specials this weekend:

1. Italian Wedding Bell Soup with Pecorino & Escarole
2. Flash Fried Calamari with Marinara Dipping & Lemons
3. Greek Salad with Dolmades (rice stuffed leaves)
4. Warmed Dolmades with a lemon drizzle
5. Chicken Athena - stuffed with feta & spinach, over risotto topped with a lemon cream sauce
6. Homemade Jumbo Meatballs Marinara over Linguini with garlic bread & Italian salad
7. Veal Parmigiana over Linguini with garlic bread & Italian salad
8. Whipped Zabaglione prepared with sweet Marsala and berries
9. Warmed Italian Cocktail ~ Rich Black Coffee with Amaretto di Saronno & whipped cream
10. Sambuca Bocci-tini
11. Pomegranate Cosmo-tini (the seeded fruit from Greece!)

OPEN Monday & Tuesday with or without SNOW!

See you this week! We will be open no matter what!!! Come by and enjoy our Greek-Italiafest Themed Menu this weekend ~ Spanish Weekend is coming 3/5-7!

Thank you for a GREAT Valentine's Weekend!

Valentine's Weekend has been a huge success thanks to our loyal customers and some new faces! May everyone enjoy love and happiness all year long!
The 4 course 3 alcohol 2 guests 1 price menu will be offered on a regular basis - different culinary ladders of choice!

We REALLY have had our fill of snow!!!

Sadly, one more day we have to give in to Mother Nature - Wednesday. Patrick's will be OPEN Thursday serving up lots of hot meals and warm seats for our friends that stop by!
This weekend looks great for Valentine's outtings or just to stop by and see our staff! We will be creating lots of great plates and popping the corks on wine & sangria ~ and, of course, champagne to toast a romantic weekend!
We have lots of reservations and will see you soon!
~ Chef Carole

Drink for the Snowy Day...

Hot Chocolate mixed with Chambord Liqueur (Black Raspberry flavor) and topped with whipped cream ...for adults! And Hot Chocolate mixed with Hazelnut Syrup topped with whipped cream and drizzled with Hershey's syrup...for the young adults! Enjoy!

SNOW, be done already ... sadly, not!

First of all, thanks to all who may have tried to stop by Sunday! We had a crew there this morning to open but realized after you get off York Rd...you may get in trouble! The roads were either not plowed or barely plowed! Not worth safety over business!
They are calling for more snow Tuesday - after Saturday, this will be a dusting! Then it looks like SUN!!! Come on Valentine's Weekend ... it is my debut of Madagasgar Bourbon soaked Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee. Plus my regulars are going to start experiencing withdrawal! Ha ha!

See you soon!!!!

Super Bowl Menu at the Bar this Sunday PM!

Check out our special sports menu that we offered all season for the Ravens and will put out one more time to enjoy this Sunday afternoon and night for SuperBowl XLIV beginning at 4pm.
Discounted Drafts and martinis with great bar munchies and snacks.
Blackened Prime Rib Sandwich, Cheeseburgers, Chicken Sliders, Buffalo Fries, Poppers, Kielbasa & more!

Go Saints ... sorry, you don't forget '84 that easily. (although, I do think Peyton Manning is cute!)

A Sunset from the Gulf Shore in Sarasota

While we are dealing with Winter Blah's this weekend ... Patrick's will be featuring Pomegranate Martinis, Mojitos, Crispy Buffalo and BBQ Wings ala Blue, Caribbean Coconut Tilapia with pepper jelly dip, Spicy Jalapeno Poppers, Margarita Drunken Shrimp and Scallops with mango salsa, Battered Cod with sweet potato fries and homemade key lime pie ~ all in honor of cold weather, Miami and SuperBowl XLIV. We will be open all weekend ~ come in and get warm with a Spanish Coffee or Kahlua Cuban Cappachino.

Savings and Mother Nature

http://www.patricksrestaurant.com/Web_Coupons.pdf

I have included the address to my web coupons - they will be updated on a bi-monthly basis to insure savings for all customers during this trying time we live in. Print and bring one every time you come by.

While Mother Nature brings us snow - Patrick's will pack up your food to-go. We even offer limited delivery during these times. Just call and we will make sure you have our bites on your table at home in a jiffy.

We are doing a corporate blitz to remind locals of the great food waiting here for you to enjoy. Private parties and pre-ordered menus to assure you quick service are easy for us to handle for you- we even design a name card and meal choice for every guest to place by their setting - 30 minute gourmet in-house lunches, NO PROBLEM at all. Let us handle your affair - stress free.

Spanish Weekend and more!

Ole...we are featuring our Spanish menu this weekend (along with our regular menu) and boy, is it popular. We offer creamy mushroom toast, authentic paella, prime rib bordelaise and zarzuela - a symphony of seafood including lobster, shrimp, scallops and more. I prepared a hearty black bean soup served with sour cream, saffron rice and minced onion...yummy.
Our Valentine's Pairing Menu is available all weekend in mid-February and on Sunday, we will still offer our Sunday Brunch in the morning. A great deal including three alcohol beverages.

We are beginning a new promotion including an email club and more - all involving giveaways for our customers...look on our web site or stop by.

Have a great weekend and I will catch up next week with a few recipes and ideas for you to enjoy in your own kitchen.
best, CB

Monday begins my week!

Today I go thru all the specials - what worked, what didn't, suggestions, comments from customers & staff. I plan the menus for the week, lunches & the weekend. This weekend is easy-it is Spanish weekend. While I am not Spanish, most of my crew had worked with Chef Tomas Sanz from the Tio Pepe fame (we lost Chef in 2005 but his memory lingers on) and they have taught me a thing or two about the cuisine. I added my CIA knowledge and we have a winning menu with variety for all ~ a coursed menu to enjoy.

I am so tired of hearing about the doom & gloom of the restaurant industry right now ... it is my local clientele that sustain me in these tough times and I am grateful for all that come by and the positive feedback we receive on a daily basis. We are starting an email club to get people more informed of our specials via the net. We are also marketing a VIP discount card for regulars and newcomers alike, to offer a discount every time you stop by.
I understand we are all on a budget and my goal is to offer the best I can for the least I can ~ easy on your wallet. As a nation, we will get through this and come out stronger. I focus on positive energy as much as possible.

Drink of the day : Coco Cranberry Smoothie
Place 1 banana, 6 oz. cranberry juice, 2 oz. Coco Lopez coconut cream, 1 shot of lime juice with 4 ice cubes in a blender until smooth. Garnish with lime slice. Note: add a shot of Malibu Coconut rum, if you'd like (must be 21 yrs)

Enjoy and talk to you soon.
CB

Brunch on Sundays

Sunday is my semi-day to rest but when I do come in to do inventory or work on schedules, I sit at the bar with Karon & Foula, play a few videos and enjoy an Eggs Florentine.
Everyday we make Hollandaise for our Filet Oscar & our Bearnaise sauce and like any great Chef knows ~ practice makes perfect. I swear this is the best Hollandaise I've ever had and with the sauteed baby spinach and perfectly poached eggs, I am in heaven. Tip for poaching at home - add a splash of white vinegar to your poaching water and your whites will bind beautifully - just a small splash or your eggs will take on a sour flavor.
I stick to coffee but Foula likes our Bloody Marys ~ we garnish with pepperoncini, queen stuffed olives and a cherry tomato so it has a salad like garnish. I remember years ago my Mother went somewhere for Bloodys and they took it a step up and garnished with pepperoni. Too many vegetarians today to presume that works.
I am going to introduce smoked salmon and bagel plate in early February complete with tomato, red onion, cukes and caper garnish along with smoked salmon benedict. We now serve steak and eggs and will expand to grilled kielbasi and bacon as sides, too. Mom wants scrapple and creamed beef - I am thinking specials.
Just ordered pomegranites so next week look for pome-tinis, a twist on the cosmo. Golden ripe pineapples are part of my fruit garnish, sweet from Hawaii.

Come to Patrick's and lose your Winter Blah's

While a slow down usually occurs after the holiday season, Patrick's has been steady with regulars, private parties and some new faces. We have developed a "tried true favorites" on our special menu ... items that customers ask for again and again. Harvest Chicken is back ... a mix of savory and sweet, Chicken Marsala loaded with wild mushrooms served over pumpkin raviolis ~ simply spectacular. Foula's new favorite.
We are offering Spanish Weekend next week along with some new ideas to help save your green (money) during the winter blahs. Theme Weekends start right after Spanish to include French, Italian (my favorite), Lobsterfest, Chesapeake Shore, American Regional, Caribbean, Oktoberfest and more.
Patrick's will soon offer a Whole Lobster Special with a baked and salad for a great $$$ deal. Same with a Mushroom NY Strip with a baked and salad.
Internet Coupons will be posted early next week - print for each visit and keep your budget in tact while enjoying our classic cuisine.
One last reminder - Valentine's Weekend. We are excepting reservations all weekend and featuring 3 pre-fixed menus to compliment red, white & sangria wines ~ all with a champagne toast for two. From 2/12-14, 2010 and the menus will be posted online asap. I will be unveiling my Bourbon Madagasgar Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee that weekend.

best,
Chef Carole aka CB