Daily Archives: 03/17/2017
St. Patrick's Day Corned Beef & Cabbage March 17
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Rite mate, today is Friday, March 17 and it is Saint Patrick’s Day! Our soups du jour are Tomato Soup or Clam Chowder. Naturally we are serving traditional Irish-American Corned Beef and Cabbage served with potatoes and vegetable. Price is $18.99. The Fresh Catch is Grilled Salmon with Watermelon, Pineapple Salsa, Fresh Halibut with Chardonnay Sauce or Fresh Petrale Sole with Lemon Butter.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
(retro ad)
There’s a little bit of Irish in everyone, right? Did you know that corned beef is not considered an Irish national dish, and the connection with Saint Patrick’s Day specifically originates as part of Irish-American culture. Corned beef was used as a substitute for bacon by Irish-American immigrants in the late 19th century. Corned beef and cabbage is the Irish-American variant of the Irish dish of bacon and cabbage.
Memorabilia of The Brass Door
Here’s one of our pre 1968 newspaper ads. We are also Oakland A’s fans, but back then the A’s were still based in Kansas City.
Brass Door Ad in the Valley Pioneer “A sign of good taste” (December 18, 1963)
The Brass Door shadow box located near the front brass door of the restaurant
Retro Ad from 1967 Valley Pioneer-Yikes! #politicallyincorrect
Howzabout You? Here’s a photo of Dick Basso (current owner Dan Basso’s father) and Mick Schlesinger. They owned The Brass Door from 1955 through 1974, when they retired.
Where the Elite Meet to Eat! Brass Door ad in the San Ramon 1964 Valley Pioneer newspaper
An old New Year’s Ad. We still have the same phone number!
Brass Door vintage cappuccino and Tuaca mugs
The Brass Door in San Ramon has stood the test of time. This Brass Door ad is dated August 1974 and we are still going strong after almost 70 years!
(1946-1955 we were known as ‘8/5 Club’ Mick’s father Howard ‘Shorty’ owned it)
‘Valley Bonanza Merchants’ San Ramon Valley businesses in Valley Pioneer newspaper, 1964-We are one of the few businesses still operating!
Vintage Brass Door ashtray. We still have the same phone number!
“At the SRV museum yesterday I found this Brass Door ash tray in the archives, not sure of the vintage but the phone number “VE7 2501″ (which is still the correct number today!) dates it pretty far back. Smoking was very much the norm when I was growing up in the 50’s, 60’s and beyond and most restaurants/hotels/etc had their logos on their ash trays.” Mark Harrigan
Thank you to Mark Harrigan and Joey O’Shea for sharing these photos on Facebook! (‘680/24 Corridor History’, ‘You Know You’re From San Ramon’, ‘If You Grew Up in Danville, CA in the 80’s and 90’s’)