It’s tough times here in California.  The state is falling apart, the seas are on the verge of boiling, friends are loosing their jobs, and every every dollar counts. Lucky for you, your friends at Beer & Nosh and Mission Street Food are here.  You want help you be green, eat local, and have a few quality fermented beverages with a real dinner without breaking the bank. Like any good neighbor, we want to help.

So, we’re happy to present this menu that both saves the environment and  leaves you full, featuring a San Francisco summer menu from house chef Anthony Myint, paired with craft canned beer. Nothing on the menu is over ten dollars.  This menu highlights locals who love what they do.

This Saturday, July 25th, why don’t you stop by for dinner?

Team Mission Street Food: we’ve got a great menu from designed in collaboration with Anthony, Karen and the whole team at Mission Street Food. It’s seasonal, stylish, delicious food, specifically crafted to go with the beer.  I secretly love it when there’s no guest chef, and the home team at Mission Street Food has the stage to themselves.

MENU:

Watermelon and Heirloom Tomato Salad: with Tartine fry bread, goat cheese and basil – $7
Recommended Pairing: 21st Amendment Watermelon Wheat

Cheese Plate: Langres French washed rind soft cheese with grilled nectarine and balsamic-malt honey – $6
Recommended Pairing: 21st Amendment Brew Free or Die IPA

Banh Mi Fish Taco: Siamese TwinBattered Rockfish with lemongrass guacamole, cucumber, daikon, carrot, jalapeno and cilantro on crispy tortilla – $7
Recommended Pairing: Uncommon Brewers Siamese Twin

Kale and Maitake Gratin: with “beer nuts” spring onions and gruyere – $7.5
Recommended Pairing: Big Sky Moose Drool

Lamb Belly and Fig: with farmers cheese, shiso and pasilla pepper on a homemade flatbread – $7
Recommended Pairing: Oskar Blues Gordon

Bierwurstbrotten: slice of malted beer-sausage bread griddled and topped with caramelized onions and Black Noddy gravy – $7
Recommended Pairing: Buckbean Black Noddy

Smoky Chicken Wings with pear, celery, and rocquefort – $7.5
Recommended Pairing: Oskar Blues Gordon

DESSERT:

Brioche Donuts: one light malt and toasted coconut and one dark malt and chocolate frosted – $5.5
Recommended Pairing: Maui Brewing Coconut Porter

We’ve also got some assistance from neighborhood foie gras, prosciutto and jesus juice flavored ice cream pusher  Humphry Slocombe.  They worked with 21st Amendment to create Watermelon wheat beer ice cream. The flavors are fantastic, but it’s the people who make Humphry Slocombe such a nice place to be.

Scoop of Humphry Slocombe 21st Amendment Watermelon Wheat Ice Cream – $3.25
Recommended Pairing: 21st Amendment Watermelon Wheat

And then there’s the beer:  First of all, canned beer is the green choice. Canned beer is also serious craft beer.  All of our beers are from small to medium craft breweries, run by dedicated craftsmen to care most that the beer tastes good. For example, this is how Uncommon Brewers feel about their fermenter:

How committed is this organic Santa Cruz brewery?  All of their hand canned 16oz tall boy beers are brewed using fresh local well water – because tap simply wouldn’t do.

Want to drink local? 21st Amendment is your backyard brewing west coast staples and original fruit wheats – both featured tonight.

CANNED BEER MENU:

21st Amendment Brew Free or Die IPA (7.20% ABV)
A classic West Coast IPA –  Carmel malt backbone balanced with a hoppy citrus and pine aroma

21st Amendment Watermelon Wheat (5.20% ABV)
Light wheat beer flavored with a touch of watermelon – Dry and refreshing

Big Sky Moose Drool (Brown Ale 5.10% ABV)
An earthy brown ale with coffee and toast flavors

Uncommon Brewers Siamese Twin (Organic Thai-spiced Belgian Double, 16 Oz Can, 8.50% ABV)
A Belgian double with a fruity amber malt character, phenolic nose and hints of Thai spices

Buckbean Black Noddy (Schwarzbier Black Lager, 16 Oz Can, 5.20% ABV)
A german style black lager – dark roasted malt character with a clean, surprising light finish

Oskar Blues Gordon (Imperial Red IPA, 8.70% ABV)
A sticky, sweet red beer with huge bitter hop aroma and flavor to balance out this imperial red double IPA(ish) beer.

Maui Brewing Coconut Porter (5.70% ABV)
Dark, full bodied porter with rich chocolate malt flavor and toasted coconut finish

In the usual MSF style, we’ll be supporting a local charity.  We’re proud (with the very generous help of the breweries involved!) to support Marlene Guerrero, who makes sandwiches for homeless people and distributes them under bridges and at bus stops. Marlene partners with organizations that are also reaching out to the homeless but the majority of the money comes out of her own pocket. She loves the experience of giving to her community and getting to know people in the process. She gives out 200 meals twice a month and is trying to expand her program to once a week. We’ll donate our profits from this night to support her efforts.

Saturday July 25th
Starting at 6pm
2234 Mission St
(Lung Shan Restaurant)
Cash Only

It’s gonna be fun.

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