WITH ONE OF THE CITY’S LARGEST SELECTION OF CANNED BEERS, PERCY STREET BARBECUE WILL OFFER SPECIAL “CAN OF WHEAT” MENU

PHILADELPHIA, PA – On Tuesday, August 23, Chef Erin O’Shea will offer a special “Can of Wheat” beer pairing menu at Percy Street Barbecue (900 South Street, 215-625-8510). Percy Street boasts one of the city’s largest canned beers list, with over 60 selections of craft and domestic beers. For “Can of Wheat” Chef O’Shea will focus on wheat beers, perfect for summer sipping, and pair them with four courses of her Southern-inspired cuisine. The menu will be served beginning at 5 p.m., and throughout the evening, for $50 per person, not including tax and gratuity. Reservations are recommended.

“Canned beers are no longer just “lawn mower” beers, many craft brewers are offering complex and interesting beers in a can. For this special menu, we wanted to take the best, hot weather beers from our list and pair them with down-home, southern cooking,” says Chef O’Shea.

The “Can of Wheat” four-course menu will include:

1st - Open faced Country Ham Sandwich with heirloom tomatoes and Parmesan cheese, paired with Sly Fox Royal Weiss, a fruity, Bavarian style wheat beer;

2nd- Rock Shrimp with Butter Beans, cantaloupe salad and crispy chicken skin, paired with 21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon, a crisp, dry and refreshing American wheat beer brewed with real watermelon;

3rd - Mushroom stuffed Turkey Breast with creamed collards, sweet corn and field peas, paired with Wild Onion Summer Wit, a Belgian-style wheat beer spiced with orange and coriander;

4th - Kentucky Fried Peaches with black pepper ice cream and a sugar wafer, paired with Avery White Rascal, an unfiltered Belgian White Ale.

Co-owned by Steven Cook and Michael Solomonov, Percy Street Barbecue is the city’s premier restaurant for smoked meats and down-home sides, all served in an austere, Texas-inspired location on the city’s lively, eclectic South Street corridor. The Philadelphia Inquirer called Percy Street “an A,” praising the flavorful smoked meats and simple, straightforward presentations that the team developed with a barbecue tour of Texas prior to opening. Chef Erin O’Shea is one of the country’s best – and only – female barbecue pit mistresses, and has been featured in Bon Appetit magazine.

Percy Street Barbecue serves dinner seven days a week and is open for all-day dining on Saturday and Sunday beginning at 11:30 am. For more information, or to reserve a spot for “Can of Wheat”, please call (215) 625-8510 or visit www.percystreet.com and follow them on twitter @percystreet.