Thoughts on the 2012 RVANews beer dinner

Originally, when we posted the ticket purchase form for the 2012 RVANews beer dinner we forgot to close the comments on the post. This was our mistake. Five people left comments, and some of them were pretty bummed about the lack of vegetarian options on the menu. We felt like the ticket purchase form wasn’t […]

December 13, 2011; 9:59 PM • by RVANews staff

Originally, when we posted the ticket purchase form for the 2012 RVANews beer dinner we forgot to close the comments on the post. This was our mistake.

Five people left comments, and some of them were pretty bummed about the lack of vegetarian options on the menu. We felt like the ticket purchase form wasn’t the best place for this conversation, so we’ve moved that conversation here.

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  1. Lindsey on said:

    Lame, the change means it’s not veg so I will have to break tradition and skip it. Tell me how the beer is! Also, gingerbread panna cotta sounds awesome.

  2. Bryan on said:

    I was thinking the same thing. Not veggie this year? Lame. I was wondering just last week when tickets were going on sale.

  3. john m on said:

    Did y’all ask if was possible to get vegetarian options? The Roosevelt has been good about that for friends of mine.

    I’m personally very excited about getting to taste Lee Gregory going German for a night.

  4. Tim on said:

    I agree with John M. Don’t assume that there’s no vegetarian option. Make a phone call before posting complaints in a public forum.

  5. t on said:

    @Tim

    The thing that I liked about the RVANews Beer Dinner was that it was ONLY vegetarian food. It made it somewhat special to eat that way for an evening and see how creative the folks at Ipanema could be. This beer dinner is just like any other beer dinner in town, albeit hosted at one of my favorite restaurants. I’m sure there were zero people at last year’s dinner who asked for meat with their Welsh Rarebit.

    An all Veg beer dinner is rare, and it is the kind of thing I’m sure Bryan and Lindsey (would) look forward to each year.

    Also It’s hard to get the menu and pairings straight AND offer veg options. It looks like an awful lot of planning went into the event, as it has for the last two years.

    There’s no reason to call the restaurant and brow-beat the chef into offering a vegetarian option for 3 out of 4 dishes. It is a planned menu event, so if there were options they likly would have been noted. It’s different than say, chiding a restaurant for refusal to serve any veg options during regular service.

    Also (#2) public forums are for expressing opinions, like I just have.

  6. Melissa on said:

    I eat mostly vegetarian but I’m willing to eat humanely raised meat. I’m guessing that this is conventional meat, since it’s not specified? I think that counts me out. Disappointing because that trout dish looks so good…

  7. Sadler on said:

    Looks Great! Will the $45 include tax and gratuity?

  8. Ross Catrow on said:

    @Sadler, Yep!

  9. Edmond Medina on said:

    What time does the dinner start?

  10. scott on said:

    6:00pm!

  11. John B on said:

    If only I didnt love football too…

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