I met the fabulous founders of The Bay, purveyors of Maryland’s finest crabcakes and other seafood recently at the LIC Flea. They are hosting a great event at the end of the month. Here is their full press release:
Long Island City, NY (August 20, 2015): The Bay, in partnership with Long Island City’s Rockaway Brewing Company are teaming up for the First Annual Maryland Blue Crab Feast on Saturday, August 29, 2015. Come and enjoy the world’s best blue crabs, sourced directly from St. Michaels, Maryland and learn from the connoisseurs. Listen and find out insider tips on how to shell crabs, as well a first hand look at the brewing process at RBCo.
A cold brew and fresh seafood are the perfect pairing! Sip on RBCo’s citrusy hopped 1875 Pale Ale and tart Farmhouse Saison Pharm, while digging into fresh crabmeat. Tickets are $55 per person and include:
a dozen steamed crabs served with corn on the cob
two RBCo beers, and
a commemorative take home pint glass.
Tastings will be available from 2pm-4pm and 5pm-7pm, with limited seatings. All tickets must be purchased prior to the event.
Rockaway ESB ‘s flagship malty and sweet brew will be used as the base for The Bay’s beer boiled peel and eat shrimp, available on the á la carte menu alongside the popular jumbo lump crab cakes and crab rolls.
Don’t miss out on this authentic Maryland experience in Long Island City! Tickets are now available for purchase at mdcrabfeast.eventbrite.com.
For more details and information, please visit www.thebaynyc.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/thebaynyc
Instagram: @thebaynyc | @rockawaybrewco
Please direct media inquiries to Jamir Munayco at thebaynyc@gmail.com and 703 887 4019.
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ABOUT THE BAY
Founded by two NYC transplants born and raised in Maryland who just weren’t satisfied with the quality of crab cakes available in the city. Tired of complaining they decided to do something about it and The Bay was born. The Bay is proud to bring you the city’s best crab cakes made exclusively with jumbo lump blue crab meat shipped in daily from Maryland. For more information about The Bay please visit, www.thebaynyc.com
ABOUT ROCKAWAY BREWING COMPANY
These days, we make all our beer by hand at a brewery in Long Island City, Queens. But before that, we were home brewing in our Far Rockaway backyards – mainly so we’d have something to sip on after a day of surfing. The times may have changed, but we still handcraft every batch with the same fresh ingredients. You can snag RBCo all over Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan – or swing by our brew house to grab a glass, fill up a growler, tour the place, and jam to some reggae. We hope you enjoy drinking RBCo as much as we do making it. For more information about Rockaway Brewing Company please visit, www.rockawaybrewco.com