Managed pub and bar group TCG is launching a new ‘Beer Food’ menu, designed to bridge the gap between bagged snacks and full meals. TCG chief operating officer Nigel Wright commented: “We offer a range of popular menus targeted to the style of venue, such as our ‘King’s Feast’ and ‘Good Honest Food’ concepts, and we saw an opportunity to complement the core food offer in many of our pubs and bars with dishes that work well alongside a pint or a glass of wine.
“Many customers want more than just a bagged snack when they’re out for a drink, but equally they don’t want to sit down for a meal. The ’Beer Food’ menu offers dishes that are fun to eat as finger foods – but we’ll provide forks if we’re asked!”
Beer Food dishes are all presented on wooden boards, either individually, such as the Garlic, Olive & Parmesan flatbread, or Stuffed Jalapenos, or in combinations such as the Meat Platter, which includes a bowl each of Sticky Sausages, Pulled Pork and Black Pudding with Belly Pork Bites. Other dishes include Haggis Tweeds with Whisky Mayonnaise and, for vegetarians, Mexican Bean Bites with Tequila Mayonnaise.
The dishes can all be cooked and plated quickly and simply in busy pubs and bars, without holding up drinks service at busy times.
Among the first TCG venues to launch the Beer Food menu is the award winning Famous Three Kings in west London, one of the capital’s best-known sports bars. General manager Lee Hazell said: “The new Beer Food menu will be a great way to keep customers happy during big games, as well as to generate some extra sales. We introduced it a couple of weeks ago, to get it ‘bedded in’ before the current British Lions tour, which we’re confident will attract crowds of hungry rugby fans.”