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Tom Browns Brasserie

 Number 9 - October 2011
Well, autumn is now with us & Christmas is fast approaching, so please start making your provisional festive bookings so as to avoid disappointment on dining out in December...

CONTENTS / QUICK LINKS

1) Offers
2) Events
3) Christmas
4) Current Menus
5) Recipe of the Month
6) Farndon News
7) Riverbank News

8) Meet the Team 

1) TOM BROWNS OFFERS

Available Monday to Friday Lunch and Sunday to Thursday Evenings from now until the end of November (excluding special events).
A great exclusive newsletter offer from all of us at Tom Browns, The Farndon Boathouse, and The Riverbank Bar & Kitchen. To qualify, you must book a table prior to your arrival quoting '20% voucher', and bring along your completed voucher, (as your email address will be checked against our newsletter database). CLICK HERE for your printable PDF voucher.
And, don't forget, that you can use this special 20%-off voucher with our fantastic Boathouse Earlybird menu which is available all night Sunday - Thursday and cannot be used on on Friday evenings or any time on Saturdays.

2) TOM BROWNS EVENTS

Beaujolais Breakfast

  • Our fantastic annual Beaujolais event is coming round again and we have a few tables available for Wednesday 16th & Thursday 17th November.
    The events are set during World War 2 at Rene Artois' French Cafe. Come as a character or an extra on set.
    6-course breakfast, 1/2 bottle Nouveau,
    followed by The Joe Strange Band. Finishing at 4:30pm
    £30pp from 10am
  • CLICK HERE for more details

French Evening

Friday November 18th from 7:45pm

  • 3 Courses of fine French cuisine, with half a bottle of French wine
    Live music from The Joe Strange Band (approx 10:15pm).
  • Get funky on the dance floor £37.50pp

CHRISTMAS AT TOM BROWNS

Have you booked your office Christmas party yet?

If not then why not book it at Tom Brown's. We have a wide range of events going on over the whole of December with some great live music and as always our fantastic food.

CLICK HERE to see our full printable Christmas brochure with further information on the festive events listed below:

Friday 2nd December - Richie Muir Band £35

Saturday 3rd December - Urban Intro £37.50

Friday 9th December - Joe Strange Band £37.50

Saturday 10th December - Urban Intro £37.50

Wednesday 14th December - Richie Muir Band £30

Thursday 15th December - Joe Strange Band £30

Friday 16th December - Urban Intro £37.50

Saturday 17th December - Richie Muir Band £37.50

Monday 19th December - Kris Ward £19.95

Tuesday 20th December - Tee Dymond £19.95

Wednesday 21st December - Richie Muir Band £30

Thursday 22nd December - Joe Strange Band £30

Friday 23rd December - Urban Intro £37.50

Saturday 24th December - Roger's 'Festive' Bird £23

Thursday 29th December - Riverbank House Band £30

Friday 30th December - Urban Intro £35

New Years Eve - Steve McGill £69.95

Tom Browns' Christmas Market

Saturday 3rd December 10-16:30

  • Festive Fun
  • Covered Stalls
  • Brass Band
  • Mulled Wine
  • Santa's Grotto
After last year's great success we are hosting another Christmas market here at Tom Brown's, there will be some fantastic stalls for Christmas gifts. There will also be a Santa's Grotto for the children to meet Santa. Why not book a table before or after the event or join us for a drink?
We still have a few stalls available so if you would like a stall for the day please contact Lynne or Philip at Tom Brown's on 0115 9663642 and they will be able to help.

4) MEET THE TOM BROWNS MANAGEMENT TEAM
There are some changes with the management at Tom Brown's so when you next visit us if the owners, Robin & Adam Perkins are not on duty, then you are more than likely to be welcomed by one of the new management team...
Pictured from left to Right are Lynn Dales es (General Manager) Philip Wood (Assistant Manager) Sarah Daykin (Assistant Manager).
Lynn Dales hast stepped into the role of acting general manager, at Tom Brown's and she will be keeping the usual high standards. Sarah Daykin & Philip Wood (who has recently joined the Tom Brown's team from the Farndon Boathouse) are both assisting Lynne in keeping Tom Brown's up to the standard that our customers expect.

CLICK HERE to view an enlarged photo of the above.

TOM BROWNS RECRUITMENT

We are currently looking to recruit a Chef de Partie & Commis Chef - Please forward your cv to our Head Chef, Pete Kirk.

TOM BROWNS' EARLY BIRD HOURS
Our fantastic value Early Bird menu is available all night Sunday through to Thursday from 18:00 to 21:30 & on Friday's & Saturday's until 18:45..
  • 2 Courses £14.95
  • 3 Courses £16.95
Call 01159 663642 to book your table, or EMAIL us your preferred dine time and your contact information and we will check availability and confirm your booking.
Lunchtimes:
Mon-Sat: 12:00–14:30
Sun: 12:00–15:00
Evenings:
Sun-Tues: 18:00–21:30 Wed & Thurs: 18:00–19:15
Fri & Sat: 18:00–18:45

TOM BROWNS' CURRENT MENUS

To see our fantastic A La Carte & Early Bird Menus or discover our fabulous Sunday lunches, then please click on the links below:
Early Bird Menu
Sunday Lunch Menu
A La Carte Menu

Tom Browns Brasserie

Trentside, Gunthorpe, Notts, NG14 7FB. - Tel: 0115 - 966 - 3642.
Email: info@tombrowns.co.uk - Web: www.tombrowns.co.uk

The Farndon Boathouse

 

In this month's Newsletter, we have included upcoming Sunday Sessions acts, our Recipe of the Month, information on our Spanish Night Event & Beaujolais Breakfast..
If you haven't already booked your Christmas party and would like a copy of our 2011 Christmas Brochure sending to you please contact the restaurant directly and we will post them to you. [Click here to view our 2011 Christmas menus]

CHARITY & SPONSORSHIP
  • Thank you to all those who came for our Charity lunch and fashion show on the 3rd October. We are very happy to announce we raised a massive £1018.28 for Beaumond House Hospice, Newark.

1) EVENTS

Spanish Night - SORRY SOLD OUT

Friday 21st October from 7.30pm

  • Tapas aplenty as we treat you to an evening of Spanish delights.
  • Starting with an array of different dishes washed down with 1/2 a bottle of white or red Rioja
  • to get you ready to dance the Flamenco with 'Mas Y Mas'. Their irresistible meeting of Latino, Flamenco and Afro-Cuban influences will heat up the dance floor. CLICK HERE to visit the 'Mas Y Mas' website.
  • £45pp - Live Music from 9.30pm

  • CLICK HERE for a printable copy of our Spanish Night promotional flyer.

Beaujolais Breakfast

Friday 18th November - 10am - HURRY LIMITED SPACES

CLICK HERE for a printable copy of the above flyer

CHRISTMAS MENUS 2011
Christmas bookings are now coming in fast, especially for the 'plum dates' in each of our restaurants...
    • CLICK HERE for a printable PDF copy of The Farndon Boathouse's Christmas brochure.
    • CLICK HERE for a printable PDF copy of Tom Browns' Christmas brochure.
    • CLICK HERE for a printable PDF copy of The Riverbank's Christmas brochure.
    If you would like to receive one or more printed copies of any of our Christmas brochures in the post, then simply send an email to the appropriate restaurant along with your name and address plus how many copies you will need...
    Some dates are becoming popular so please remember to reserve your chosen festive date as soon as possible, so as to avoid any future disappointment! We look forward to your call.

    3) SUNDAY SESSIONS - the perfect way to end the weekend

    Live Music from 8.30pm EVERY Sunday. Why not book a table or come down and join us for a drink. Free Tapas for drinkers.

    Sun 23rd Oct - Urban Intro
    Sunday 30th Oct - Joe Strange Band
    http://www.farndonboathouse.co.uk/images/wild_wood.jpg
    "Urban Intro is an outstanding 4-piece party band consisting of Keyboards, Guitar / Vocals, Bass & Drums. Urban Intro perform a mixture of soul/funk/disco & party classics and have appeared for Ginger Productions, Channel 4 & MTV!
    Web: www.urban-intro.co.uk
    They simply sing great songs, old and new, popular and obscure, as well as a few of their own. Come down and witness the spectacle that is The Joe Strange Band. HOURS OF FUN!
    Web: www.myspace.com/thejoestrangeband
    Sun 6th November - Wild Wood Duo
    Sun 13th Nov - Cool Blue featuring Suze
    http://www.farndonboathouse.co.uk/images/wild_wood.jpg
    Wildwood are Kris and Ross, who are an all acoustic duo with 10-years experience together, playing hits from the 50’s to the present day; including Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Paul Weller, Kings of Leon & many more…
    Web:     www.myspace.com/wildwoodacoustic
    Cool Blue featuring the fabulous voice of Suze. Performing her favourite songs by the Great vocalists & songwriters of the 20th Century. Tony Bennett, Stevie Wonder, Sarah Vaughan, George Benson, Frank Sinatra, Michael Bubl & Nat King Cole...

    4) CURRENT BOATHOUSE MENUS

    Click on the links below to see our current online October menus:
    1) Earlybirds
    2) Lunches
    3) Evenings
    4) Set Menu (parties 10+)

    5) RECIPE OF THE MONTH

    Boathouse Bread Recipe
    If you like our delicious home-made bread, then we are sure you love to discover how its baked!
    CLICK HERE to view the online recipe...
     

    AND FINALLY...
    Thank you for reading the Farndon Boathouse Newsletter; until next month's news, we would like to wish you well and hope to see you soon. Please feel free to read on about our sister restaurants' news!
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