{"id":1925,"date":"2017-07-31T20:21:19","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T20:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/?p=1925"},"modified":"2017-08-15T11:00:26","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T11:00:26","slug":"sizzling-summer-nights-at-i-ricchi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/?p=1925","title":{"rendered":"Sizzling Summer Nights at i Ricchi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have an exciting array of events in August from Italian cultural traditions and spirits tastings to educational culinary experiences all designed to tantalize your taste buds and entertain.<\/p>\n<p>Sample Bruichladdich Classic Laddie Scotch whiskey described as &#8220;smooth as pebbles in a pool . . . clean, fresh and lively with both the oak and the grain in perfect harmony&#8221; with a favorite cigar at our <strong>Spirits Tasting &amp; Cigar Smoker, Thursday, August 10 at 6 pm<\/strong>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=vbg5s49ab.0.0.bmh99jnab.0&amp;id=preview&amp;r=3&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bruichladdich.com%2Fbruichladdich%2Fthe-classic-laddie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find out more about whiskey<\/a> \u00a0Also, you will be able to try i Ricchi&#8217;s very own Botanist Gin Ricchi made with fresh lime juice and basil.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, we will be participating in <strong>Restaurant Week, Monday-Saturday, August 14-19<\/strong>, so be sure to check out our menus for <a href=\"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RW-Lunch-August-2017-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3-course lunches<\/a> at $22 and <a href=\"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RW-AUG-17-DINNER-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dinners<\/a> at $35.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ramw.org\/restaurantweek\/list?field_mem_name_value=i+ricchi&amp;field_cuisine_tid=All&amp;field_tax_neighborhood_tid=832&amp;field_no_brunch_reservations_value=All&amp;field_no_lunch_reservations_value=All&amp;field_no_dinner_reservations_value=All\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reserve your table now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tuscans prepare long communal tables in the streets and feast on local specialties during the Palio di Siena annual horse race every July and August as you can see in the picture. We will transform our Piazza to recreate that sense of <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1926\" src=\"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/palio-party-cropped-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/palio-party-cropped-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/palio-party-cropped.jpg 618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>camaraderie and merriment on the day of the race in Italy at our <strong>Palio Party, Wednesday, August 16 at 7 pm<\/strong>. Sample Sienese specialities like &#8220;Pasta della Misera&#8221; &#8211; an almost forgotten dish popular after World War I of homemade pasta with pancetta, tomato, chickpeas and Tuscan pecorino. \u00a0\u00a0If you missed our Cena Bianca (White Dinner) in June, you definitely don&#8217;t want to miss this one!\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=vbg5s49ab.0.0.bmh99jnab.0&amp;id=preview&amp;r=3&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fpalio-party-on-the-piazza-tickets-36511148829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy tickets now!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll have fun with your favorite furry companions later on this month.\u00a0 Bring your pet to dinner outside <strong>Wednesday, August 23 for our Pets on the Piazza<\/strong>.\u00a0 Make your reservation starting at 5:30 pm. Find out more below, and if you share a picture of your pet on our Facebook page, you could win a gift certificate from the Cheeky Puppy AND a gourmet dinner for your pet!\u00a0 What is his favorite meal &#8211; hamburger, steak, tuna?\u00a0 We&#8217;ll let him decide!<\/p>\n<p>Good food is our specialty, but we also like to provide informative events so you can host great parties on your own. Cheese boards can become the centerpiece of your party when you know how to choose and arrange the right cheeses and their accompaniments. Alice Bergen Phillips, owner of Cheesemonster, is a cheese expert with an artistic hand who will educate us on how to craft our own unique boards. The only limit is your imagination.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more and get tickets<\/a> for\u00a0our <strong>Summer Entertaining with Cheese, Thursday, August 24 at 6 pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have an exciting array of events in August from Italian cultural traditions and spirits tastings to educational culinary experiences all designed to tantalize your &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-specials","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1925"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1946,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925\/revisions\/1946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}