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Bastille Day Happenings
Oh là là! Bastille celebrations around town are happening all weekend long.
Bastille Day Happenings
To celebrate the 14th of July, the French national holiday commemorating the storming of Bastille and the beginning of the French Revolution, several of Philadelphia's finest French restaurants will be offering special menu items. Oh là là!
Check out the weekend line up of menus, music, and historial reenactments at London Grill, Bistrot la Minette, and Parc after the jump!
London Grill and Paris Wine Bar (2301 and 2303 Fairmount Ave.) Annual Bastille Day Block Party, July 13h, 14th and 15th at
Friday, July 13th, Wheel of Fortune: Test your French trivia for prizes all day
Saturday July 14th, Storming of the Bastille Reenactment 4:30PM at the Eastern State Penitentiary - Starring the Bearded Ladies and co-owner Terry Berch McNally as Marie Antoinette, featuring appearances by Napoleon, Joan of Arc, Benjamin Franklin impersonators and a life-sized French Baguette, as well as American and French revolutionary music, from the 1700s and today
French fare courtesy of chef Michael McNally - Baked escargots with spinach, Pernod-herb butter and foie gras fondue, Steamed mussels with saffron, thyme, mustard and grilled bread, Roasted duck with port-chestnut compote, and Cheese and charcuterie plates
Dancing in the Street with the West Philadelphia Orchestra until 9PM and the Hot Club of Philadelphia until midnight
Paris Wine Bar - Intimate 50-seat venue with live music by Mike Kennedy from 9PM until midnight
Sunday, July 15th - Champagne Brunch
Bistrot La Minette (623 S. 6th Street) Annual Bastille Day Feast July 13th, 14th (opening an hour earlier at 4PM) and 15th, $40 per person with reservation
First Course, choice of: Soupe au Pistou – Provençale vegetable soup, pesto Vichyssoise Glacée – Cold potato leek soup
Second Course Buffet: Salade de Pois Chiche – Garbanzo bean salad Cake aux Olives – Savory olive and roasted pepper cake, lardons Carottes Râpées – Grated carrot salad, shallots, mustard vinaigrette Salade de Tomates – Sliced tomatoes, basil, sherry vinegar, olive oil Salade de Betteraves – Red beets, orange vinaigrette Salade Piémontaise – Potato salad, ham, cornichons, crème fraîche Terrine de Campagne – Country-style paté, toasted brioche, Dijon mustard, cornichons Olive Tapenade Olive, anchovies, olive oil Champignons a la Greque – Mushrooms cooked in court bouillon with lemon and tomato Rillettes de Canard – Duck confit rillettes Quiche Lorraine – Bacon and Comté cheese quiche Salade de Lentilles – Puy lentil salad
Third Course, choice of: Gigot d’Agneau Rôti avec sa Ratatouille – Lamb leg roasted with garlic and rosemary, classic Provençal ratatouille, natural jus Saumon au Beurre – Blanc Grilled salmon, Provençale tomato, gratin dauphinoise, beurre blanc Artichauts à la Barigoule Gourmand – Artichokes cooked with onions and carrots in white wine, morels, potatoes, English peas
Dessert, choice of: Tian de Pain aux Pêches – Peach bread pudding, white peach sorbet Tarte aux Abricots – Apricot tart, apricot sauce, lemon verbena ice cream
Parc (227 S. 18th Street)
Weekend Brunch, July 14th and 15th from 11AM to 3PM with live accordion music and Merguez sandwiches, a spicy North African sausage commonly eaten as street food in France.
July 14th evening prix fixe menu, 3-courses for $45 per person
Bastille Day Cocktail St. Germain Sangria Flora ($8 a glass, $22 a carafe)
Bastille Day Rosé $20 a bottle Château Bellevue La Forêt 2011
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