First is a message from a Beer Fest vendor who works at the Peaceful Paws Rescue

I just wanted to say thank you so much for having us at the beer festival this past weekend.  It was such a great event to be a part of and all our volunteers for the day said how nice you were to them and how accommodating and friendly everyone at the festival was.

To date, it was one of the most successful fundraising events our rescue has been a part of!  We are a small rescue, with some giant dogs and even larger medical bills so the opportunity to be in a spot where we could be so successful was amazing.

I just wanted to say thank you on behalf of the rescue and we would love to come back for the fall festival if you’d have us.

In October 2013, his hard work will pay off.  Rick will introduce his new cookbook, A Century of Restaurants: Stories and Recipes from 100 of America’s Most Historic Restaurants (Andrews McMeel Publishing, October 2013, $40).  The book is filled with restaurant historical profiles, interesting facts, great photography, and tidbits of information on some of our country’s longest standing restaurants. A full press release is pasted below and electronic interior pages are available immediately upon request.  In the meantime, here are just a few fun facts to whet your appetite:

• The bar in Sydney, Nebraska where Ernest Hemmingway edited A Farewell to Arms while sitting on a stool sipping martinis.
• “Black Sam” the native-born Jamaican who operated Gen. Washington’s favorite New York City restaurant, and then was tabbed as the first White House Chef.
• The New Jersey inn that inspired a Rogers & Hart song covered by Frank Sinatra, Jo Stafford, Ella Fitzgerald and many other singers in the mid-1950’s.
• The feisty Pennsylvania innkeeper who told Gen. Washington, at the time the Commander-In-Chief of the Continental Army, “You can’t sleep here.”
• A rustic tavern in Arkansas where a local blacksmith created an unusual knife and presented it to a pioneer who was passing through. Later the knife became as famous as the man who received it.
• The restaurant in Denver that was visited by a tribal war party of 30 Blackfeet Indians in 1938 in full war paint and battle dress, who rode up on horseback and with great ceremony delivered a historic gift to the owner.
• Restaurants where Billy the Kid washed dishes, Ho Chi Minh baked bread and cakes, the King of France taught ballroom dancing, Japan’s 66^th Prime Minister worked while attending college, a tavern where a traitor was hanged on a hill right behind the place, and the tavern where Ben Franklin slept under 100 hams.
• The rural publick house where all the books in the library have been cut in half.
• The tavern where Buffalo Bill paid for drinks and grub with a $1,000 dollar bill- shocking the owner and the whole town.
• The hotel bar where Teddy Roosevelt recruited and signed up many of his Rough Riders.

We are always looking for unique places to eat when we travel to Nockamixon to mountain bike. The Red Lion Inn caught our eye, so we stopped in. We are so glad we did. It was an excellent experience. We sat at the bar. The bartender was super. The menu offered lots of choices. The bartender recommended the bison burgers. They were awesome and prepared just the way we like them. Thanks!!!! We will be back again. The atmosphere was very inviting as well…

Looking forward to seeing you again.

Artist Lorenzo Branca renders lively murals at McCoole’s Arts & Events Place.

Jan Hench, owner of McCoole’s At the Historic Red Lion Inn and Arts & Events Place, has commissioned local Bucks County artist  and musician, Lorenzo Branca to create facade murals to fill the recessed arches that once served as windows and/or doors when the building functioned as a livery stable for the historic Red Lion Inn.

The three murals depict the venues offered within the Arts & Events Place: theatre, music and food and beverage. Each mural measures 11’ in height. The center mural is  8’ wide and the two flanking murals are 4’ wide.

“The arches form a natural frame that just called out for some sort of artwork. I am thrilled with the renditions Lorenzo is creating and feel they will further enhance the overall appearance of the complex, “ states Hench.

McCoole’s Arts & Events Place became part of the McCoole’s complex in 2007. Theatre, live music and business seminars are held upstairs and the downstairs houses private catering events and restaurant overflow. Functions for seated meals can be held for up to 120 people, while 200 can attend cocktail receptions.

Lorenzo Branca is a local Bucks County artist and musician. His work can be seen inside and outside McCoole’s Restaurant and Arts & Events Place as well as other locations throughout the area. At McCoole’s these include the soldiers in McCoole’s dining room, the lion on the exterior rear of the restaurant, the lamppost by the bar entrance at the restaurant and the sea mural on the dividing wall in the Arts & Events Center.

Pictured at left: Mural depicting Theatre, at right sketch of mural to depict Music.

Hi Jan,

Thank you so much! Our family had a wonderful time celebrating my father-in –law’s 80th birthday. The food was delicious and our server, Philip, was exceptional!

Best regards,

Christine Gahman for the family

By the time we found out where to go and get there, we ended up being very late. I’m personally one of those people who does not like to be late!

I had called McCoole’s again…and they said don’t worry it’s not your fault. We were close to an hour late, stressed, and all very hungry by the time we got there.

Thank you !!! to the staff of McCoole’s !!!! you led us in to our waiting table, the staff was friendly and helpful, and the food delicious!

There was no animosity about our lateness . Our trip was completed on a wonderful note! If we travel down that way again I would definitely choose your restaurant again for a group or personal trip.
(as would many of the members)

Thank you again, Tina Ciotoli and The Broome County Doll Club

It is okay to get lost…just call and let us know.
Thank you for your note!
Jan and the team at McCoole’s

We will have draughts of their Belgian Pale Ale, as well as bottles of Ommegang Abbey Dubbel and Duvel.

Free glassware.

Tuesday Trivia: Play for prizes of $5.00 and $10.00 gift certificates.

Wednesday Wing Night: A basket of Wings (8) for $3.50. Choose from the following sauces: Sweet & Sour, Peanut sesame, Buffalo, B.B.Q. or Hot & Honey. Also your choice of Ranch or Bleu Cheese dipping sauce with celery.

Thursday Steamer Night: One dozen fresh steamers with drawn butter $5.00

Each specialty night we have Pabst Blue Ribbon or Miller Lite on draught for $1.00