An Irish Christmas in New York

For travellers as well as shoppers passing through New York City looking for fun legal legal holiday spots to have the gratifying lunch or the Yuletide cocktail, The Wheeltapper Pub during the Fitzpatrick Grand Central Hotel (141 East 44th Street during Lexington Avenue) is the undiluted stop.The pub, which features the huge festively flashy all-season Patio, is carrying the twelve Beers of Yuletide celebration now through Yuletide day. These seasonal specialties have been $6 the bottle as well as suggest the extended spectrum of flavors:

  • Hibernation Ale (Great Divide Brewing Co.)
  • Old Jubilation Ale (Avery Brewing Co.)
  • Never Summer Ale (Boulder Beer Co.)
  • Christmas Ale (Breckenridge Brewery)
  • Celebration Ale (Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.)
  • Samuel Adams Old Fezziwig Ale (Boston Beer Co)
  • Isolation Ale (Odell Brewing Co.)
  • 2 Below Ale (New Belgium Brewing Co.)
  • Cocoa Porter Winter Warmer (Tommyknocker Brewery)
  • Shiner Holiday Cheer (Spoetzl Brewery)
  • Winter Warlock Oatmeal Stout (Bristol Brewing Co.)
  • Snow Bound Winter Ale (Left Hand Brewing Co.)

The Wheeltappers sommelier, Patrick Lutz, has also put together some fabulous food pairings from The Wheeltapper menu, including Snow Bound Winter Ale with the Turkey Club ($11), Winter Warlock Oatmeal Stout with Four Cheese Macaroni ($15), Cocoa Porter Winter Warmer with the Caramelized Apple Salad($11)or Isolation Ale with the Irish classic Fish as well as Chips ($19).

If youll be in the city for Yuletide Day, The Wheeltapper as well as its sister restaurant The Fitz during The Fitzpatrick Manhattan Hotel (at 687 Lexington ! Avenue) will be portion really special Yuletide menus featuring such normal legal legal holiday dishes as Roast Turkey as well as Sugar Glazed Ham with Irish Sausage Stuffing as well as house-made Irish Yuletide Pudding. The Fitz is charity the four-course Yuletide prix-fixe take the break ($79) as well as The Wheeltapper is charity Yuletide cooking specialties both the la carte as well as as the prix fixe ($47).

An Irish Yuletide in New York is the post from A Luxury Travel Blog


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