Let's Eat
By CARL PRICE
Staff Writer
Feb. 21, 2007 |
Trinity
Irish Pub & Carvery brings
Emerald Isle to Absecon Isle
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 ATLANTIC
CITY - Casinos still outnumber Irish pubs in
Atlantic City, but it is close. However, there
is only one Irish pub in the city that
originated in Ireland literally, and that is
Trinity Irish Pub & Carvery on the Pier at
Caesars.
One of the bars was salvaged from a closed
library and everything else, including the wood
floor, tin ceiling and executive chef Martin
Doyle came from Ireland.
Born and raised in Dublin, Doyle handles the
chef’s duties at restaurants Trinity, Sonsie and
Game On at the Pier as part of the Lyons Group
that includes Vince Chiaramonte as vice
president of all three Atlantic City properties.
Chiaramonte has extensive experience in
operating large casino and resort restaurants,
and Doyle, an award-winning chef, spent the past
10 years supervising kitchens at the Red Eye
Grill, Windows on the World and Sulian at the
Borgata.
Like a true Dublin pub, Trinity has comfortable
dark wood furniture, live Irish music and a
fireplace that sets a warm, welcoming
atmosphere.
The aromas from the other attraction at Trinity,
the carving station located behind one of the
two bars, fill the place with a feeling of
stepping into grandma’s house on a Sunday
afternoon, if your grandma lived in Ireland and
could really cook.
“We have created an exiting menu that features
contemporary updates of traditional Irish pub
fare,” said Doyle.
Bangers and mashed (sausage and mashed
potatoes), corned beef and cabbage, Dublin
Coddle (pork and vegetable casserole),
Shepherd’s Pie, and All Day Breakfast Fry are
all part of Doyle’s heritage.
The real standout of the pub has to be The
Carvery. Freshly roasted meats spin ever so
slowly on a rotisserie, waiting to be freshly
carved to the customer’s order.
The Carvery has a regular menu of items and has
daily sandwich specials of hand carved meats.
An Irish Pub is the only place to be on St.
Patrick’s Day, Saturday, March 17, and Doyle is
working on a special menu for the festive
celebration, but you don’t have to wait a month
for great Irish music.
The entertainment at Trinity includes local
favorites Peter McDonald who performs at 6 p.m.
Wednesday nights and Birnham Wood, a nine-piece
Irish band, that plays from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Thursdays. There is live music from 10 p.m. to 2
a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
Customer
Favorites
House Made Chips ($6) with
warm Cashel blue cheese dip.
Wild Mushroom Tart ($12) with Irish
country goat cheese.
Jumbo Lump Crab Cake ($12) Green beans
and three mustard sauce.
Grilled Garlic Sausage ($9) is served on
sourdough croutons with Dijon mustard
and cornichons.
Curry Fries ($6) House made fries and
spicy curry sauce.
Seafood Chowder ($8) with shrimp, clams,
oysters.
Irish Breakfast Cobb ($15) Irish bacon,
Irish sausage, chicken, chopped egg,
chopped red onion, diced tomato and
Cashel blue cheese.
Shepherd’s Pie ($12) made with beef,
mushrooms, onions, peas and carrots in a
potato crust.
Dublin Coddle ($11) Traditional pork and
vegetable casserole.
The All Day Breakfast Fry ($12) Irish
bacon, Irish sausage, white & black
pudding, baked beans, tomato, mushrooms
and a sunny side up egg.
Roast Chicken Club ($10) Chicken salad
made with chicken fresh from the
rotisserie, bacon, lettuce and tomato.
Chicken Pot Pie ($12) Fresh oven baked
in a crisp pastry shell.
Beer Battered Burger and Curry Fries
($10) A hand made burger, beer battered
& deep fried, served with house cut
fries and spicy curry sauce.
Bangers and Mashed ($10) Irish sausage,
scallion mashed, baked beans, grilled
tomato.
Tips and Tidbits
Executive Chef Martin Doyle, Chef de
cuisine Brian Perry and Pastry Chef
Krista Emery head up the kitchen.
Trinity is available for private
parties.
Late night menu served 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.
nightly.
Trinity serves 20 ounce pints (must be
the metric system) for $5. |
From the Carvery
Carvery items and entrees served from
4:30 p.m.
Herb Roasted Free Range Chicken ($18)
with thyme chicken gravy.
Guinness Marinated Stuffed Pork Chop
($21) with apple fritter, Guinness
reduction.
Apricot Stuffed Boneless Pork Loin ($16)
with apple fritter, whole grain mustard
sauce.
Herb Rubbed Boneless Leg of Lamb ($17)
served with mint jus.
Hand Carved Sandwich ($12) daily special
from our rotisserie.
Entrees
Pan Roasted Atlantic Salmon ($15)
with Lemon Basil Butter
Grilled Brook Trout ($16) with Lemon
Basil Butter
Grilled Marinated Lamb Chops ($24)
Grilled Tomato, Mint Jus
8oz. Filet Mignon ($28) Served with
Béarnaise
12oz. Rib Eye ($28) Grilled Portabella,
Wild Mushroom Sauce
Trinity Steak N Chips ($18) French
Fries, Watercress and Whiskey Peppercorn
Sauce
Desserts
Ice Cream ($6) Freshly Churned
Homemade Selections
Toasted Oatmeal and Irish Whiskey Creme
Brulee ($7) Toasted Irish Oatmeal and
Sweet Custard Flavored with Jameson
Irish Whiskey Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Sticky Toffee Pudding ($8) Warm Sponge
Pudding, Dried Fruit Compote, Sweet
Honey Glaze, Toasted Almond Ice Cream
Bailey’s and Guinness Stout Ice Cream
Torte ($8) Whole Wheat Brown Sugar
Cookie Crust
Irish Mist Chocolate Cake ($8) Rich,
Flourless Chocolate Cake, Irish Mist and
Citrus Mousse, Orange and Honey Sorbet
Milk and Cookies ($6) Cold Glass of Milk
and Assorted Homemade Cookies
If
You Go
Trinity Irish Pub & Carvery
(609) 345-6900
The Pier at Caesars
2100 Atlantic Avenue and the Boardwalk,
Atlantic City
Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 3 a.m.,
Monday-Thursday; 11:30 a.m. to 4 a.m.,
Friday and Saturday
Full menu service until 11 p.m. and a
late night bar menu until 1 a.m.
Prices from $6 to $28 |
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