Get Your Green On with ST. PATRICK'S DAY Specials and Recipes

McAlister's Deli - Participating locations are offering a free green tea to all guests who are wearing green on Friday, March 17th. McAlister'salso offering "The Reuben Spud" from March 13th to the 17th. This is an Irish-inspired, oven-baked spud topped with corned beef, sauerkraut, Thousand Island dressing and Swiss cheese. For more information, visit McAlister's Deli at https://www.mcalistersdeli.com/.

Feed Your Soul Bakery - Feed Your Soul Bakery is an online retailer for cookies, brownies and other baked goods that will be opening its first storefront Café at 14 Wall Street this spring. The founder and CEO, Mya Zoracki has shared a recipe on their "Drunken Cookies," oatmeal stout cookies with chocolate chips that are made from an oatmeal stout reduction.

Drunken Cookies (Servings: Approximately 2 dozen cookies)

Ingredients:

1 12-ounce bottle of your favorite Oatmeal Stout (reduced to 6 ounces), 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 cup butter, unsalted at room temperature; 2/3 cup sugar; 2/3 cup brown sugar; 2 eggs; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking soda; ½ tsp baking powder; 1 tsp salt; 2 ½ cups rolled oats; 1 ¾ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1) Pour beer into a pot and turn on medium high. Keep an eye on the reduction so it doesn't boil over. Once reduced by half, remove from heat and let cool. 2) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 3) Cream the butter and sugars 4) Add the eggs and beat again 5) Add 1/2 cup of reduced stout and the vanilla extract. 6) In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and oats and stir. 7) Pour dry ingredients into wet and stir to combine just until evenly mixed. Do not over mix. 8) Add chocolate chips and stir on low. 9) Cover and refrigerate for at least one hour 10) Use a small ice cream scoop (about 2 tablespoons) to portion cookie dough and set on baking sheets about 1 inch apart. 11) Bake for 12-15 minutes until golden. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes on baking sheet.

For more information on Feed Your Soul Bakery, visit: https://www.feedyoursoulbakery.com/.

Stoli Vodka - Stoli Vodka's new St. Patrick's Day-inspired Ginger "Beer" Mule will help you to channel "the luck of the Irish." With ginger-honey syrup, crisp Pilsner beer and lime, the Stoli "Beer" Mule is a refined and lively twist on a traditional St. Patrick's Day cocktail.

Ginger "Beer" Mule

Ingredients

1.5 oz. Stolichnaya

1 oz. ginger-honey syrup*

.5 oz. lime juice

3 oz. lager or Pilsner beer

Intstructions

Combine all ingredients in a Moscow Mule cup and fill with crushed ice. *To make ginger-honey syrup, combine equal parts (by volume) rough-chopped ginger, boiling water and honey in a blender. Purée ingredients until mixture is smooth, then strain through a fine strainer or cheesecloth.

For more information on Stoli Vodka, visit http://stoli.com/.

Treadwell Park - This year, Treadwell Park will offer a selection of beers that go beyond green beer and the ever-popular Guinness. The Upper East Side beer hall and restaurant will be opening at 11am for lunch and serving specialty Irish beers on draft from The Porterhouse Brewing Company and a corned beef sandwich special.Treadwell Park's regular menu will also be offered with selections such as BBQ Baby Back Ribs, Smoked Pork Nachos and Bacon Lollies. For dessert opt for one of their Beer Floats or a Giant Warm Chocolate Cookie in a Skillet with vanilla ice cream, dried apricots in rum and pecans - perfect for sharing! Apart from the Irish eats and drinks, Treadwell Park supplies the ultimate St. Pats gaming spot with Pinball, Ping-Pong and Foosball.

Treadwell Park is located at 1125 1st Avenue (at 62nd Street) NYC. For more information, visit: http://treadwellpark.com/.

Mundo's Cocktail "The Shamundrock" - The "Shamundrock" by Mundo at The Paper Factory Hotel in Long Island City is a delicious vanilla cocktail by that will have you leaping like a leprechaun on March 17th. The "Shamundrock" is comprised of 2 ounces of Stoli Vanilla and a ½ ounce each of crème de menthe, Frangelico liqueur and heavy cream. For those who are looking to get fancy add a chocolate syrup shamrock on top. Mundo is located at 37-06 36th Street and visit their web site at: www.mundonewyork.com.

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Feed Your Soul Bakery

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