DOUBLE JEOPARDY

QUIZ NIGHT IS BACK!

WEDNESDAY, JULY 24TH

Katie's got a visiting co-host for this special edition– her cousin Aimee from Vermont,  a former Jeopardy contestant! 

She won 3 nights in a row!

How cool is that???

Usual rules apply.

Teams of 4, 9pm sharp start time, no cell phones. 

Come a little early to reserve your table and fuel up for a serious quizzling!

P.S. We're trying out home-made ice-creams today... look for it on the menu soon.

Current Menu, Summer Hours

Pub Hours:

Tuesday 4pm - 12am
Wednesday 4pm- 12am
Thursday 4pm - 12am
Friday 4pm-12am
Saturday 4pm - 12am
Sunday 4pm - 11pm

Last call is generally at 11:30pm, 10:30pm Sundays

Kitchen hours: 

Tuesday 4pm - 10pm

Wednesday 4pm - 10pm

Thursday 4pm - 10pm

Friday 4pm - 10pm

Saturday 4pm - 10pm

Sunday 4pm - 9pm

After hours, we also offer the Townhouse Tapas Board, the Ploughman's Lunch, a few other snacks, and 2 of our desserts-the Chocolate Almond Torte and Chocolate Amaretto Bread Pudding.

The Townhouse Kitchen

We are developing our new summer menu as more and more great food comes into season here! Please, bear with us!

The Townhouse kitchen makes almost everything we serve from scratch–pickles, chutneys, breads, desserts, patés, etc.– using the best natural ingredients. The few things we don’t make here, we source from excellent local suppliers; The Pork Shop’s smoked sausages & bacon, organic baguettes from Kingsville Farm, Knoydart Farm’s organic cheeses, and pita bread from The Fancy Lebanese Bakery. We buy Antigonish and Guysborough Co. beef from Vacheresse’s, our fish and seafood are all Nova Scotian (excepting the tuna when out of season here), and whenever possible we feature local produce sourced from small local producers like Seabright Market Gardens, MacLennan’s Glen, Eastern Sun Farm, & Admiral Bayfield’s Gardens. Our food takes a little more work, but we feel it’s worth it and hope you do too!

***We try to offer gluten free (GF) options, but please let our servers know if you have any allergies. As we do bake our own bread and desserts with flour in a small kitchen, we cannot guarantee everything is completely free from trace amounts of gluten.

Snacking      

Filipino Ceviché  fresh NS haddock, cured in lemon/lime juice with fresh ginger, coconut milk & chiles (GF) -            10

Bacon Wrapped Scallops  with maple-lemon cream sauce (GF)            15

East Coast Mussels steamed in beer, with garlic, bacon & parsley (GF = in wine )            13

Portugese Salt Cod Fritters potato, parsley,  zippy cucumber-lemon relish (GF)            13

Ploughman’s Lunch rustic pork paté, apple chutney, home-made pickles, Knoydart cheese, soda bread (or GF crackers)    13

Spanish Tortilla  a hearty wedge potato & onion fritatta, served warm (GF)            4

Townhouse Tapas  spanish tortilla artichoke & olive tapenade, aged Knoydart cheese, fresh greens, baguette (or GF crackers) 12

Mexican Pizza, chorizo, black-bean spread, old cheddar, salsa & greens, on tortilla               12

                       

Soup & Chowder

Red Chowder our iconoclastic tomato & tarragon chowder, with smoked cod, fresh haddock and scallops, and topped with whipped cream & arugula oil               8, 10

Lobster Chowder rich, creamy  & full of lobster meat (when available)                         13

Soup of the day always made from scratch, usually vegetarian, gluten & dairy free     6, 8

Hearty Salads a full meal, add side of soda bread $2

Roasted Pumpkin Salad Caramelized onions, feta cheese, marinated lentils, smoked bacon, arugula, balsamic vinaigrette (GF)  15

Tuna Tataki Salad Seared fresh tuna, vermicelli rice noodles, red cabbage, bell peppers, cilantro, & greens, citrus-sesame dressing (GF)  (when available)  19

Herbed Lobster Salad NS lobsters, with tarragon, chives, & lemon, local greens, cucumber, potato focaccia & garlic butter (GF) (when available)               19

Quinoa, Corn & Black Bean Salad lime & cilantro dressing (GF)             12

Add Feta Cheese   2,   Add grilled chicken   4

Townhouse Specials     

Shawarma Plate  thinly sliced, locally raised beef in whole-wheat pita with fresh greens, pickled onion & radish, tzatziki, and side of roasted potatoes  15

Falafel Plate  spiced chickpea patties in whole-wheat pita with fresh greens, pickled onion & radish, tzatziki, and side of roasted potatoes  14

The following come with either seasonal veggies, green salad, or pickled veggies:

Catch of the Day  fresh locally caught fish, steam-roasted in parchment paper parcels with fresh herbs and veggies–ask your server for today’s, herb roasted potatoes on side            19

Lani’s Curry  made from scratch, boldly spiced, but not too hot, changes daily               19

Grilled Bratwurst, 2 smoked sausages, boiled in ale, then grilled, with sauerkraut, chutney, & grilled/roasted potatoes (GF)       15

Steak ‘n Ale Pie  locally raised beef , carrots, potatoes & mushrooms in savoury broth made with Keefe’s Irish Stout, topped with puff pastry crust                        15

Green Chile Mac & Cheese  rich, creamy & cheesy with a nice little bite from the sautéed chiles and garlic, but really not too spicy!                          14

Desserts     

Polish Cheesecake  a Syperek family tradition!

Vanilla cheesecake in light pastry crust, served warm                        6

Chocolate & Amaretto Bread Pudding  with salted caramel sauce                6

Chocolate Almond Torte  moist and rich, with whipped cream (GF)                        6

Dessert Special   Ask server for todays!            6

Beverages

Surely Temple, gingerale & natural pomegranate syrup, fruit garnish               4

Dave Henry, cranberry, orange & soda                        4

Seasonal Spritzer, home-made seasonal fruit/herbal syrups & soda               4

Yuppie Water filtered water with cucumber, mint and citrus            2

Propeller Sodas Spicy Ginger Beer or Root Beer                        3

Perrier             3

Juices Cranberry, grapefruit, orange, limeade            2

Pop Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Club Soda                         2

Tea Black, green, herbal                        2

Coffee Fresh ground organic, fair-trade, from Javablend                         3

We're gonna be on TV - They're shooting tomorrow!!!

Eastlink Magazine will be in our kitchen and the pub tomorrow shooting for a segment called "Nova Scotia's Best"!

We were nominated (and apparently won!) their online competition in the Best Slowfood category. 

For those of you who aren't familiar with the movement that started in Italy in 1989, Slowfood basically means local/real/homemade food in opposition to big box, frozen & deep-fried "fast-food", not that you wait for a really long time for it.

We're pretty excited, and honoured by the recognition, and are hoping for an extra good night in the pub for them to shoot. We'll be talking a lot about our great local suppliers – Vacheresse Meat's, Knoydart Cheese, The Pork Shop, the local lobster fishermen, Seabright Gardens, Eastern Sun Farm, and MacLennan's Glenn gardens, to name a few – and a bit about the SUDS Club, too. But let's face it, this pub would be nothing without the support of an awesome community! So...

 

We would really appreciate it if any of you can come out tomorrow night, Thursday, June 27, to join us around 4:30pm and help us put our local food scene on the map! They will need a few people to comment on the Townhouse and our food, and tell them why you might like it. It would really mean a lot to us if any of you could come and look good eating some food, and maybe chat a bit with the crew. 

Did I mention it will be Happy Hour all night long???

Cheers,

Rose & Terry

June updates! Julie Doiron, new menu times, brewing underway!

 Spring Update!

Well, folks - spring has finally sprung and with it has come all sorts of bright green things. We've already run through the fiddleheads, ramps (wild spring onions), and nettles, and are now getting fresh salad greens with all kinds of wild flavours from Seabright Gardens and MacLennans Glenn - including a blend of baby brassicas (like broccoli and cabbages), arugula, mesclun, and beautiful pale green pea shoots. Even a pile of beautiful tender young asparagus shoots! As you can tell, we're pretty happy to be able to start featuring fresh local produce again! Even the bar is getting shaken up by a home-made rhubarb syrup we're using to make our white wine spritzer and a delicious rhubarb gin fizz. 

We're also in the midst of a bit of a menu transition for the summer, so keep your eyes peeled for new items, and we'll announce the official change over in the coming weeks!

Haddock roasted in parchment with fresh herbs - a new menu item!

Seasonal Cocktail: Rhubarb gin fizz!

Another new menu item: Lobster salad with potato focaccia & garlic butter.

Beer Update

What you all really want to know, of course, is what the heck is happening with the beer. Well, Terry is hard at the test brewing. He's about to do his 6th batch, trying out different malt combinations, hops, and slight recipe variations, in search of the perfect brew... The first few batches have been promising, but there is still a little ways to go. The beer will be a pretty classic English Bitter, and we are cask-conditioning it which means putting the beer through a secondary fermentation to produce a natural and gentler carbonation instead of force-carbonating it with CO2. Also known as "Real Ale" in England, cask beer is usually served on an old-fashioned beer engine or hand-pump. We have a beautiful reconditioned Angram hand-pump we look forward to mounting at the end of the bar, and look forward to (literally) pulling the pints from the keg.  I know this may not mean a lot to everyone, but it's a big deal in the beer world, and getting to   hwe're aiming for sometime in July, but we'd rather have it coming out late and pretty darn close to what we consider perfect, rather than launch something sub-par.

Terry in his upstairs brewery...

EVENTS....

Thursday, June 13

Julie Doiron, Live at The Townhouse, 9pm

Juno award winning chanteuse Julie Doiron returns to Antigonish to beguile us with her unique sound and songwriting–at once humorous and heartbreaking, simple and childlike one minute, dark and raw the next. The present finds Julie with 20 years on the road under her belt and probably even more albums–from her start with Eric's Trip in the early 90s, Julie went on to record 13 solo albums, plus recordings with Shotgun & Jaybird, Gord Downie, Herman Dune, Mt. Eerie, and Dan Romano. So Many Days, her newest record is the third in a series produced by Eric's Trip's Rick White. Her live shows are wonderful–unpredictable, endearing, and usually hilarious. Show starts at 9pm, come early for the best seats!

Wednesday, June 19

How to open a local food grocery store, 

People's Place Library, 6:30pm

Although we're not hosting this event, we are helping to put it on, and wanted to let as many people know about it as possible!

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Levi Lawrence of Real Food Connections, a local/organic grocery store in Fredericton, will be giving a talk to anyone interested in the possibility of opening a local food store downtown Antigonish. Jointly hosted by VOICES, the newly formed Antigonish Local Food Store Committee, and Sustainable Antigonish. Lawrence is a lively and engaging speaker, really motivating, and very successful young entrepreneur. Starting out with only a minivan and website, his business has grown to sourcing from 147 Southern New Brunswick producers, with all food groups covered, and in addition to internet ordering, and CSA/delivery, he now runs a full size local foods grocery store.

Anniversary Party - TBA, Early July, 2013!!!

Hard to believe it, but we are fast approaching year 2 of existence. Obviously, this calls for a serious party. Stay tuned!!! It's gonna be a great time...

Terry and I got away on the weekend and paid a visit to our local winery!

So, yes, thanks again for all your support in this the Townhouse's infancy, and here's to the inarguable end of winter!

This week at The Townhouse

BOOK LAUNCH 
& READING
Tuesday, April 16th, 7pm
THE TAILINGS OF WARREN PEACE by Stephen Law



Join author Stephen Law as he launches his social justice thriller, Tailings of Warren Peace. A corrupt mining company, repossessed gravestones, a man’s fractured past, mysterious notes posted to lampposts and murder deep in the highlands of Guatemala. In Tailings of Warren Peace, Stephen Law effortlessly weaves these elements into a powerful story of love and memory, exploring how the past haunts us and how solidarity can save us all. Mysterious, passionate and powerful, Tailings of Warren Peace shows us the interconnections that exist between us, transcending social class, culture and geography. 







AL TUCK
Thursday, April 18th, 9pm
Tickets at the door.

The Townhouse is very happy to announce our next live musical performance: Al Tuck, PEI native, and long time fixture of the Halifax music scene, he is one of Rose & Terry's all-time favourite singer/songwriters (and if you know Terry and his general feelings on the subject of the singer/songwriter you'll know that's saying a lot). Here's an excerpt from his bio:

So – who exactly is he? Well, he’s not exactly a folk singer (Al is too funny to be a folk singer), and he’s nobody’s indie darling (he’s too steeped in roots to be an indie rocker). Country, blues, r&b, rock, dub and maybe even a little vaudeville are all on his map, but he doesn’t really live inside of them. He is, as anyone who has ever met the man will tell you, his own one-of-a-kind creature from first to last. His consummate musical grace and dreamy drawling vocals belie one of the sharpest and most deliberate songwriting minds in music today. He is as perversely funny as the best of Randy Newman, as warm and inviting as Mississippi John Hurt, and as quick with a turn of phrase as Cole Porter. He is one of that rare breed who is tuned to observe life’s details, sympathetic to our devils as well as our angels, and never failing to find the punchline on either side of the line. And like a fine wine or an old song, he seems to only get better with the years.

His music might be difficult to define, but it is definitely not to be missed! If you don't want to take our word for it, how about the word from some of the biggest names in contemporary Canadian music? His fans include Old Man Leudecke, Joel Plaskett, Jason Collett, Sloan, and a gal named Feist. 

“I feel like we have our own living legend. And he’s alive, he’s out on tour… everyone in their right mind should just go sit and listen... We’re lucky he’s got the words and he’s sharing them.” - Feist


St. Patrick's Day Celebrations

While we have never claimed to be an Irish pub, the green exterior, our Irish chef, and some of the traditional dishes on our menu (e.g. Fisherman's Pie), my last name (Murphy), and the Sunday evening Irish trad music sessions have apparently given many that impression. 

Well, we're going to go with it this weekend, and we're preparing to enjoy our first St. Patrick's Day tomorrow. Our glasses are poised for toasting, and the old songs will be sung! It will be grand old time, and what's more - and this is our promise to you - you will find no green beer, Leprechaun hats, or large shiny shamrocks here!

That is not to say that we don't have some very special treats in store. Due to the fabled Irish luck, tomorrow is a Sunday which means it's Irish music night! It will be an extra special session tomorrow, with a few guest appearances... if you haven't checked it out yet, you should, and see why Sunday night is our favourite night of the week at The Townhouse.

Here's a little taste of what to expect:

We're offering some Irish inspired specials, as noted below, and, as per usual, we'll be serving traditional pub fare found on the Emerald Isle like our Fisherman's Pie, Banger's & Mash, and Steak & Ale Pie.

St. Patrick's Day menu:
Black Pudding pastries to start
Lamb Burgers with bacon and mint yogourt sauce
Apple crumble and vanilla ice cream

While we do have cans of Ireland's biggest export in the fridge, tomorrow we'll be featuring the Granite Brewery's delicious Keefe's Irish Stout. We'll also have plenty of Irish whiskey on hand, and have we mentioned that we do a terrific and authentic Irish coffee?

So come join us and raise a glass to your favourite Irish men and women, songs, traditions, and food! We'll be toasting some special friends and family, and if the Irish luck holds out, a St. Patrick's day baby for Susie (host of our sessions) and Will (Dubliner, and chef extraordinaire!)!

MARCH / APRIL Upcoming Events

Well the winter is starting to wear on us all, but spring is just around the corner... In the meantime, we have lots on to keep you busy! Grab a pen (or I suppose your phone) and mark your calendars.

HAPPY HOUR 
Every Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 4pm - 6pm

Full pints of the Maritimes best craft beers on for the price of a small!



SESSION NIGHT 
Every Sunday night, 6:30ish

Every Sunday night, The Townhouse and Susie Murphy host an Irish traditional music session - it starts around 6:30 and goes until close. More like a kitchen party than a formal concert, the sessions are seriously good craic, as they say – lively, casual, unpredictable, and open to anyone who plays trad music. And for those of us who don't play, it creates the best pub atmosphere imaginable. Come in for dinner or dessert, or just a enjoy a quiet pint and take in the tunes. There is no cover charge, the kitchen is open until 9pm on Sundays, and last call is around 9:30.

QUIZ NIGHT 
Wednesday, March 6th and 13th
Our first quiz night, hosted by Katie Edwards, was a roaring success. We had a great turn-out and some stiff competition, but ultimately Team Panda prevailed. Sharpen your pencils, gather your team of 4 and come by at 8:30 for another few rounds of serious brain bending and beer...



GAMES NIGHT
Every Other Wednesday
We have on offer crokinole, darts, backgammon, blokus, rummikub, dominoes, and you're welcome to bring your own board games! Players get one large beer for the price of a small!


MORGAN DAVIS
Saturday, March 30th 
Blues night! Juno and Maple Blues award winning musician Morgan Davis's great guitar sound, clever songwriting, and wicked sense of humour sold out The Townhouse when he was here last in September, and we're looking forward to having him back!



BOOK LAUNCH
Tuesday, April 16th
THE TAILINGS OF WARREN PEACE by Stephen Law
A corrupt mining company, repossessed gravestones, a man’s fractured past, mysterious notes posted to lampposts and murder deep in the highlands of Guatemala. In Tailings of Warren Peace, Stephen Law effortlessly weaves these elements into a powerful story of love and memory, exploring how the past haunts us and how solidarity can save us all. Mysterious, passionate and powerful, Tailings of Warren Peace shows us the interconnections that exist between us, transcending social class, culture and geography. Facebook event site here.


AL TUCK
Thursday, April 18th

One of Rose & Terry's all-time favourite singer/songwriters (and if you know Terry and his general feelings on the subject of the singer/songwriter you'll know that's saying a lot), the inimitable Al Tuck is coming to town! And if you don't want to take our word for how great he is, maybe you'll take hers..

“I feel like we have our own living legend. And he’s alive, he’s out on tour… everyone in their right mind should just go sit and listen. He weaves slow stories from the infinite wide range of things that usually stick in the rest of our throats. We’re lucky he’s got the words and he’s sharing them.” - Feist


Stay tuned for more info and updates, and send us an e-mail if you'd like to be added to our mailing list...

February's visiting Blues artist, Doc MacLean,
and the winner of one righteous blues tour jacket, Mr. Pat Curry.