our last dinner was a gift from husband to wife. and nothing says i love you like five courses of food and wine. steve and woodie have been regulars at muss & turner's since the beginning and have become good friends along the way. when steve got a hold of me and said he would like to buy a dinner for woodie as a christmas gift, we were honored. they brought a fantastic group of friends and some amazing wines along to pair with the food. as our own toughest critics, it's rare when jen, ben and i are all in love with every dish, but this night was perfect, and it's always better when you have great guests to share it with. the picture below is our housemade pasta filled with duck confit. it was prepped earlier in the day. before our guests arrived. 
first course... a staplehouse favorite. fennel, radicchio, goat cheese, housemade bacon, hazelnuts and wholegrain mustard vinaigrette. we washed the salad down with a lovely chateauneuf du pape.
the favorite of the night. fried little neck clams with chorizo and cilantro with chili lime mayo. paired with the rose above, can you tell we are itching for spring?
course three. duck confit pasta, parmesan jus roasted tomatoes and housemade ricotta paired with 2007 saint damien cotes du rhone... crazy good!
riverview farms grass fed beef and berkshire pork meatloaf, mash potato sauce, and red wine roasted mushrooms. if this wine and this dish don't make your mouth water something is wrong.
and last... chocolate terrine with creme fraiche ice cream, salted peanuts and blood orange.
we are honored to have shared our home with steve, woodie and their guests. this dinner will be one for our record books. not only for the food and wine, but mainly for the company! thank you to steve, woodie, bert, jane, charles, kristie, dallas, margaret, scott and margaret!
impromptu underground dinner - family style - prelude to staplehouse
dinner's at our house - casual and comfortable
family style dinner - 3 courses, paired with wine or beer
reservations required - 10 open seats - first come first served
sunday, december 12th - 5:30pm reception / 6:00pm dinner
$45 per head donation - gratuity always appreciated
48 hour notice of cancellation
cash only please
email to make reservation
please feel free to pass on
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warm salad of roasted root vegetables, grain mustard, tarragon, chicken stock vinaigrette
bbq baby back ribs, jowl and corn bread farinette, greens
cheese cake with housemade orange marmalade
salad of roasted beets, walnuts, great hill blue cheese, arugula, housemade orange marmalade vinaigrettehousemade tagliatelle, roasted amish chicken, brussels sprouts leaves, french horn mushrooms, baconchocolate pots de creme, soft whipped mint cream, cookie crumbs
staplehouse will be competing in cabbagetown's chomp & stomp chili cook off 2010! if you haven't made plans for saturday the 6th, come out and enjoy local art, live blue grass and awesome chili! stop by the staplehouse booth, say hi to ryan and VOTE!
first course... a staplehouse favorite. fennel, radicchio, goat cheese, housemade bacon, hazelnuts and wholegrain mustard vinaigrette. we washed the salad down with a lovely chateauneuf du pape.
the favorite of the night. fried little neck clams with chorizo and cilantro with chili lime mayo. paired with the rose above, can you tell we are itching for spring?
course three. duck confit pasta, parmesan jus roasted tomatoes and housemade ricotta paired with 2007 saint damien cotes du rhone... crazy good!
riverview farms grass fed beef and berkshire pork meatloaf, mash potato sauce, and red wine roasted mushrooms. if this wine and this dish don't make your mouth water something is wrong.
and last... chocolate terrine with creme fraiche ice cream, salted peanuts and blood orange.
we are honored to have shared our home with steve, woodie and their guests. this dinner will be one for our record books. not only for the food and wine, but mainly for the company! thank you to steve, woodie, bert, jane, charles, kristie, dallas, margaret, scott and margaret!
