Merlins Rest - A British Isles and Irish Pub in Minneapolis

Kilt Night, Live Irish Music

Jul 3rd, 2009 by Merlin

Kilt Night with Live Irish Music
8:30 pm

Kick off your weekend with the jigs and reels, our Kilt Night fun, and plenty of pints and pies. Music starts around 8:30/9:00 pm.

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Whisky Tasting Tonight (July 2)!

Jul 2nd, 2009 by Merlin

Tonight: Single-Malt Scotch Tasting with the Whisky Wench
Time: 7:30 pm

Fiona, aka the Whisky Wench, returns for this month’s single-malt tasting tonight, July 2, at 7:30 pm. Cost to participate: $25/person.

Fiona has sent along a tasting card preview. In thinking of the unusual heat that plagued us much of June, she’s come up with the following, all of which have names we quite like:

#1: Black Bottle

#2: The Dimple Pinch

#3: Compass Box Hedonism - Vatted Grain Whisky

#4: The Naked Grouse

Cost: $25/person.

Full tasting notes are available at: http://www.whiskywench.com

Come to Merlins Rest (merlinsrest.com) for this 7:30 pm event; but come early to get a table and get your ticket sorted. I have a deal with a man, who has very long hair, who says that there must be shortbread…or else!

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Summer Menu, Wednesday Quiz

Jun 24th, 2009 by Merlin

Tonight: Watkins Wednesday Pub Quiz
Time: 7:30 pm

NEW AT MERLINS!
Summer Menu

How to cope with this heat? Stay hydrated–and keep in mind that research (and we’re not joking about this) has shown how beer can hydrate better than water, particularly after some exercise–and enjoy some summer favorites here at Merlins Rest: Chicken Wings and a Hummus Platter. Some details:

Chicken Wings

Over a half-pound of our specialty oven-baked chicken wings, cooked to perfection, in spicy Buffalo of BBQ sauce. Served with blue cheese or cool ranch and celery sticks.

Hummus Platter

A healthy serving of Tahini hummus, roasted red pepper or feisty feta (crumbled feta cheese blended with tomatoes, green peppers and spices) served with pita bread, carrots and celery sticks. Your choice of two.

Deluxe Hummus Platter

Can’t choose between the Tahini, roasted red paper and feisty feta? Get them all on the deluxe hummus platter!

WATKINS WEDNESDAY PUB QUIZ

Join us and our friends and their friends and maybe one or two brainy villains as Bill Watkins delivers the Wednesday Pub Quiz! Bill and his feverish brain will provide 25 questions and a great deal of levity. It really is a wonderful time. Bring your friends, your ringers, even your enemies!

Quiz starts at 7:30 pm.

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Open Mic Monday

Jun 22nd, 2009 by Merlin

Tonight: Monday Open Mic
Time: 8:00 pm

Beat the heat with a pint!

Tonight, as every Monday, we start off the week with the Open Mic, hosted by Harrison Matthews. The ever-changing participants of this event deliver an eclectic mix of songs, stories, poems and so forth.

It’s your mic, it’s your talent. We invite all patrons to join in the community: lend your voice and ears! Raise a pint and start the week with a little creativity. Cheers!

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Sunday Brunch and Pub Quiz

Jun 21st, 2009 by Merlin

Today
Brunch: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Sunday Pub Quiz: 8:00 pm
Music: Sam Fiske, 7:00-8:00 pm & 30 minutes after the quiz

BRUNCH
10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Sunday brunch starts earlier than Saturday’s. Good. Join us for traditional Irish and British breakfasts (and classic American fare, and even a few of our own). Brunch is served 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. Get your coffee and enjoy the day!

TONIGHT:
Sunday Pub Quiz

Join us at 8:00 pm for the weekly bending of your brain: the Sunday Pub Quiz! Let the Dingley shock and awe you with a generally interesting run of general interest questions. Compete on teams of up to four. Tell your friends and your enemies!

Providing the music an hour before and 30 minutes after the quiz is yer man Sam Fiske. It’s Sam’s Sandwich!

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