Pub Grub Plus
If you are a fan of the Two Stones Pubs in Newark and North Wilmington, now hear this:
Its famous beer dinners are coming this month to the newest 2SP in Kennett. Six courses will be paired with six craft beers for $75 per person (including gratuity), beginning Jan. 27, at 6:30 p.m. Here’s the menu. Start with Lake Erie steelhead gravlax with Concord grape caviar, smoked pears and apple-fennel crema over micro mustard greens. Continue with croquettes for dipping in Old Bay fondue with pommes purée and jumbo lump crab. Step 3: pork cheeks braised in Yards beer with broccoli rabe, aged provolone, roasted sesame seeds and liscio romesco. The stars: pan-seared venison loin with Quaker oats risotto, roasted beets, Kennett mushroom ragout, shoofly gastrique and scrapple salt, as well as dry-aged Pittsburgh rib eye with pickled baby vegetables, tomato confit, Gruyere emulsion, gaufrette potato and pastrami spice. You’ll have to go to find out what’s for dessert. Only 40 seats are available, so call today for your reservation. (610) 444-3940, twostonespub.com
Speaking of Beer…
The new 16 Mile Tap House in Newark will host its first monthly beer event on Jan. 16. Sixteen and 16—get it? The 16th of every month will be a special night, with one of 16 Mile’s brews being infused several different ways. Instead of sitting down to a heavy dinner, you can meet the brewery’s VIPs and try the very latest beers. 266-8111, 16miletaphouse.com
Cuckoo for Cocoa
Calling all chocoholics. Hundreds of chocolate treats—cakes, brownies, candies, cookies and cupcakes—will be available for tasting during the Kennett Chocolate Festival on Feb. 9 to benefit the United Way of Southern Chester County. Bring family and friends, then sample all you want—for a mere $5. Contestants will vie for ribbons in these categories: professionals, amateurs and students. Don’t miss the fun. It all happens at Kennett High School. For the hardcore, check out the Salon du Chocolat Wine and Chocolate Evening, in a private home, on Feb 1. For more, hit kennettchocolate.org.
Good Wine for a Good Cause
Now in its 10th year, the Cellar Masters’ Wine Auction has been an integral component of the Meals from the Masters weekend since 2005. VIP tickets to the April 25 event, available now, include entry to Cellar Masters’ Wine Auction as well as early entry to Evening With The Masters, free valet parking, specialty wine pours and gourmet hors d’oeuvres, plus the chance to bid on exclusive, high-end wines from the area’s finest private collections. Enjoy lively bidding while rubbing elbows with fellow oenophiles. It all benefits Meals on Wheels Delaware. So hit the DoubleTree Downtown 
in Wilmington to help the cause. 656-3257, mealsonwheelsde.org
