28802 S. Nogales Hwy PO Box 1015 Amado, AZ 85645 Exit #48 West (520) 398-8000 www.CowPalaceRestaurant.com Jeff and Cathy Clock - Owners Doug Kuehn - Executive Chef Scott Stober - General Manager Since 1921! Udderly Newsworthy April 2014 Celebrate Easter Sunday at Cow Palace!! Sunday April 20th Open Daily 7am - 8pm Bar open until 9pm daily. Daily Happy Hour Specials 1pm-5pm Easter Buffet 11am-3pm $16.99 Enjoy Prime Rib, Seafood, various side dishes, full salad bar, and more. Weekly Dinner Specials starting at 4pm Prime Rib special 3pm-close $15.99 Prime Rib special includes vegetables, your choice of side, your choice of home made soup or house salad and fresh baked bread with whipped butter. _____________________________________________________________ Seating is limited, reservations suggested. Scott’s Oyster Bar Tuesday - Friday ~ 11am - 4pm Do you want a FREE burger or breakfast? Ask for a punch card. Buy 9 and get the 10th one FREE! _____________________________________________________________ Kids under 10 eat free on Sundays! _____________________________________________________________ 10% discount to anyone in uniform. _____________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ April Live Music 6pm - 9pm 4th ~ Cornerstone th 5 ~ Dusk ‘till Dawn in the bar 11th ~ Hurricane th 12 ~ Dusk ‘till Dawn in the bar 18th ~ Dusk ‘till Dawn in the bar 19th ~ Clear Country th 25 ~ Dusk ‘till Dawn in the bar 26th ~ Dusk ‘till Dawn in the bar _________________________________________________________________________________ Try our new Microbrew beers on tap! Not sure which one you’d like to try? Try a “Brew Sampler.” Sample a trio for $3.50 or all six for only $6.00! Take-out service available. _____________________________________________________________ Golfers! Present your scorecard and receive your first house wine, well drink or domestic beer for 99 cents. _____________________________________________________________ Let us cater your next event! No party is too big or too small. ____________________________________________________________ Ask us about fundraising opportunities. _____________________________________________________________ We sell beer, wine and liquor to-go. All-you-can-eat BUFFETS! $16.99 Seafood-Every Friday at 5pm Enjoy Salmon, Catfish, Red snapper, Tilapia, Beer battered Cod, Shrimp, Blue point Oysters, salad bar and more. (Items vary weekly) Prime Rib-Every Saturday at 5pm Enjoy Prime Rib carved to order, Baked potatoes, Bacon wrapped pork tenderloin, Swedish meatballs, Fried chicken with biscuits & gravy, salad bar and more. (Items vary weekly) Recipe of the month Guacamole Deviled Eggs Perfect post Easter snacks Ingredients 6 hard boiled eggs 2 ripe avocados 1 Tbsp lime or lemon juice ½ teaspoon salt 1 Tbsp sour cream 1 Tbsp chopped cilantro save several leaves for garnish 1 serrano or ½ jalapeno chile pepper, minced (leave seeds out for less heat) 1 Tbsp chopped chives 1 Peel the hard-boiled eggs and cut them in half lengthwise. Place them on a serving platter. Scoop out the cooked yolks and set aside. 2 Cut avocados in half and remove the pits. Scoop out the avocado flesh and place in a bowl. Roughly mash with a fork. Use your fingers to break up one or two of the cooked egg yolks (2-4 halves) over the mashed avocado. Sprinkle with lime juice and salt them stir in sour cream. Stir in the chopped cilantro, chile peppers and chives. 3 Scoop a generous spoonful of the avocado mixture into each well of the hard-boiled egg whites. Top with a small sprig of cilantro or chives. Serves six From Bartender Scott History of the Sidecar Cocktail Like any great classic cocktail, the Sidecar has a murky past. The most famous origin story features Harry’s New York Bar in 1920’s Paris. Supposedly an anonymous American army captain who liked to ride in a motorcycle sidecar (or drove a motorcycle with a sidecar?) invented it. Another story has the Sidecar originating in New Orleans in the 19th century. ‘Sidecar’ is a term bartenders used for the leftover liquor they pour into shot glasses (I have never seen ‘leftover’ liquor in a shot glass, I guess they did things differently back then ☺). There are a few variations to the Sidecar recipe. The French recipe calls for equal parts Cognac, Cointreau and lemon juice. The Sidecar is often referred to as a ‘Brandy’ Margarita, so along that line, the French version could be called a ‘Cadillac Sidecar’. The classic English version calls for 2 parts brandy, 1 part triple sec and 1 part lemon juice. Both versions are ‘shaken’ over ice and strained into a ‘sugar rimmed’ ice-cold glass. The next time you have a famous Cow Palace Margarita, realize that sometime years ago, the person who set the recipe for this drink (I understand it has been the same recipe for about 50 years) must have also favored the classic Sidecar cocktail, as they included a part ‘Brandy’ in the recipe. Now you know the ‘secret’ ingredient! History Arivaca, AZ The village of Arivaca is the hub of a fairly large area that includes the ghost towns of Ruby and Cerro Colorado. Ranchers, miners, retirees and artists inhabit this stretch with a population of about 700. The village of Arivaca has a population of about 150 full time residents. Located 60 miles south of Tucson (south on I-19 to Arivaca Rd., west 23 miles to the village), and 50 miles north of Nogales. Early settlers are believed to be Pima or Tohono O’odham tribes. The first European rancher in the area was Antonio de Rivera in the 1740’s, but the area was abandoned after the Pima Indian Revolt of 1751. The Sonora Exploring and Mining Company (Charles Poston) worked silver mines in the area until 1861. Later, several ranchers came into the area but continuing challenges with the Apaches plagued residents. One interesting legend, is that Teresa Celya’s house in Arivaca, was once a hiding place for two men who robbed the Vulture Mine, and that they buried their ill-gotten gold there. The village of Arivaca and the surrounding areas are worth the visit, and remember the Cow Palace is a great stop, both coming and going! ~Scott Stober Big Mama’s Roof Top Moo-zings I have been hearing positive comments on the new Mesquite Smoked menu items! From the Burgers, Steaks and Caprese appetizer, if you have not tried these yet, ‘Big Mama’ thinks you may be missing out! The live music scene at the Palace is going thru some changes. Our headliner, Beau Renfro, is retiring. (‘Big Mama’ is going to miss that cowboy!) The Clear Country Band will continue to entertain, with their next gig being Saturday April 19th. Cornerstone will be performing this Friday, April 4th, followed by Hurricane next Friday, April 11th. Dusk till Dawn will be performing in the Bar on the Friday and Saturday evenings that we do not have music in the Round up Room. The Cow Palace is the place to be for entertainment on the weekends! The very popular weekend Buffets (Seafood Friday, Prime Rib Saturday) will be served thru the Easter weekend. For the summer months, the all you can eat beer battered cod will be the special Friday nights; the Palace slow cooked Prime Rib, will be featured Saturday evenings. Look for the return of the Buffets in September. Congratulations to Chelsea, the Cow Palace employee of the month! Chelsea is one of our finest servers and also assists in management duties. The Cow Palace bar staff is now pouring two new Microbrews. From the Sierra Nevada Brewery, we have their seasonal Ruthless Rye IPA, and from Lake Havasu we have Desert Magic IPA. They are both excellent ‘brews and worth a try! Speaking of Lake Havasu, ‘Big Mama’ is glad to be back from Spring break! OK, I did not go to Lake Havasu, but Arivaca Lake is nice this time of year! “Big Mama’ out… March 2014 Employee of the month: What’s happening at the Cow Palace? Chelsea Slunaker Chelsea has worked at the Cow Palace for a little over two years. She came with Jeff and Cathy from the Amado Steakhouse where she worked for three years. She started as a server and now is also a floor manager. We appreciate Chelsea’s professionalism with our guests as well as with fellow employees. Chelsea works part-time at Cow Palace, she manages to juggle a full time job at a local school, a family, along with all the after school activities that come with three children. Congratulations Chelsea! 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