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The Imperial Hotel unveils Sketch dinner menu
and opens its swanky new bar, No. 76
Cork’s elegant Imperial Hotel has unveiled further plans to bring its food and drinks offering to the next level.
Due to its popularity, their botanical-themed Sketch venue on Pembroke Street will become the main restaurant, serving brunch, lunch and a newly designed dinner menu devised by the recently appointed Executive Head Chef Ali Honour.
The menu, which will change regularly to ensure it features fresh local produce and to cut down on food waste, will feature small plates of appetisers and starters along with mouth-watering mains including Coconut, Ginger & Spinach Chicken; Braised Orange & Anise Duck Leg, Beef and Guinness Pie; a gourmet Double Cheeseburger with onion jam; roast pumpkin with coconut dahl; local fish and steak. Elevated desserts on offer include Cafe Gourmand, Blackberry and Bay Panna Cotta; Sticky Pear and Ginger Pudding with Butterscotch and Chantilly; Gubbeen Cheese with Cracker & Drunken Figs; and a limited edition ‘Grinchmas Misu’ to tie in with the hotel’s Grinch who stole Christmas theme.
The restaurant, which is an oasis of informal charm, looks set to become a top spot to catch up with friends over delicious food and original locally sourced cocktails, like the Princess Grace, the Rebel Passion and the Season’s Diamond.
Meanwhile the Imperial’s former restaurant at their South Mall entrance has undergone a makeover and will be home to a swanky new bar, No. 76. The space has a new look and feel with a fresh navy and blue colour palette and specially commissioned wallpaper, based on the hotel’s dinnerware from 1890 and Cork landmarks behind each place on the pattern, which hold significant meaning for Cork’s oldest hotel. Two plates from the dinner set were gifted to an employee named Annie Perrie for her wedding and were passed down to her eldest granddaughter who gifted them back to the hotel in 2018.
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| Photo credits: Louis Tang @noirxtone (Instagram) |
No. 76 will open Thursday to Sunday and will have live music every night in December, with an eclectic mix of lounge, soul and jazz. There a fully stocked bar featuring the hotel’s signature cocktails which use 99% local ingredients signature, along with their own Imperial Pale Ale (IPA), which has an ‘8 miles to the tap’ ethos, locally brewed Cotton Ball craft beers, Guinness and Diageo products, spirits, and their popular European organic and vegan wines and Taittinger champagne flights.
A range of light bites will be on offer at No. 76, which will also change depending on local supply. These include the hotels signature birdcage sharing platters and small plates like Macroom Burrata, Chickpea Flatbread with spicy carrot hummus, Crispy Goats Cheese, Ham Hock Rillettes, Crispy Cod, Crispy Brioche Beef Ragu, Smoked Mackerel along with snacks such as olives, mixed nuts and seeds or handmade crisps.
Commenting on the announcement, General Manager Bastien Peyraud said “We are proud to be a multi-award-winning hotel guided by a sustainable mindset. Our ethos is to constantly evolve, and we’re very excited to lift the lid on dinner at Sketch and launch our swanky new bar at No. 76, which will hopefully become a top spot to socialise in.”
Both venues will feature an invisible cocktail for €5 with 0 calories and 100% of proceeds going to the Rebel Wheelers, who empower children and adults with a physical disability by introducing them to sports in a fun and safe environment.
Bookings can be made at imperialhotelcork.com
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