Friday 17 Feb 2012

March is a Lucky Month at Joe Squared (plus this week’s specials)

This Week’s Special: Chickpea, Roasted Red Pepper and Roasted Garlic Potato Skins

March is a lucky month for Joe Squared, and we’re not just talking St. Paddy’s Day.  On March 5th, we’re having a premiere party for our segment on Diners, Drive-In’s and Dives.  The show starts at 10 p.m. so please come on down to Station North and celebrate with us.  If you can’t make it that night,  on Friday we are having a Celebrate Joe Squared Party at Power Plant Live!  We’ll see the show again on the huge screen plus lots of music and some fun give-aways.   The segment, by the way, is called “Out of the Box.” Guess that says it all.

March also brings a new menu to Joe Squared — a menu YOU designed.  We’re adding 13 new items to the menu — soup, wings, potato skins, risottos and wings. We got more than 400 responses to our Write Our Menu Survey. We’re still tabulating who had the highest number of most popular responses and won gift cards.  But we do know what will be added permanently to the menu according to our voters:
  1. French Onion Soup
  2. Sesame Garlic Wings
  3. Spinach Ricotta Potato Skins
  4. Sweet Potato and Sage Risotto
  5. Tomato, Mozzarella and Basil Risotto
  6. Crab and Avocado Risotto
  7. Crab and Artichoke Risotto
  8. Roasted Eggplant Risotto
  9. Coalhouse Pizza
  10. Roasted Red Pepper and Artichoke Pizza
  11. Chicken and Balsamic Pizza
  12. Chicken and Avocado Pizza
  13. Cumin Braised Lamb Pizza
This Week’s Special: Caramelized Onion and Jalapeno Chicken Wings

But if you don’t want to wait until March,  come on down and enjoy our specials this week:

  • Bacon and Apple Stew
  • Caramelized Onion and Jalapeno Chicken Wings
  • Chickpea, Roasted Red Pepper and Roasted Garlic Potato Skins
  • Prosciutto, Clam and Onion Pizza
  • Squid Ink, Arugula, Capicola and Shrimp Risotto

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Monday 13 Feb 2012

This week’s music spotlight; Special acoustic dinner set by “Sujay Pathak” 7pm Friday

I’ve had the pleasure of booking and knowing Sujay Pathak for about 4 years now and in addition to him being an amazing musician, he is a great person! Sujay is also a medical doctor (I think, ha) and because of this he wasn’t able to do his regular 1st and 3rd Saturday gigs at our venue for the past year or so.  But his schedule has cleared up for this one time performance and everyone is excited at Joe Squared.  So please come out and enjoy the soulful acoustic sounds of Sujay Pathak. As always it’s free  I heard one story that he had a full wireless setup and would go to each table and play a personalized verse for each table he came up to… what a great guy! Listen to his sounds here.

-Daren [Booking Manager]

Tuesday, February 14

  • Dig w Landis Expandis & DJ Napspace [Funk - Soul - Break Dance Party] facebook
  • 2 for $5 rail drinks 10pm to close!!!
Wednesday, February 15
  • Dinner Music w- Kiss Kiss Players [String Chamber Rock Covers] 7pm listen
  • Collin Warren [Singer - Songwriter] *Washington, DC* 10pm listen
Thursday, February 16
Friday, February 17
  • Dinner Music w- Sujay Pathak [Acoustic - Soul] 7pm listen
  • Bobby E. Lee & The Sympathizers [Swamp n Stompy Rock] 10pm listen | facebook

Saturday, February 18

  • Dinner Music w-  Saffron Holiday [Indie - Electronic] *Washington, DC* 7pm listen
  • Orchester Praževica [Slovak & Gypsy Jazz] 10pm listen

Friday 10 Feb 2012

Warm your body. Relax your mind.

We love food that does more than just stimulate your taste buds and fill your stomach.  Our  Yuzu and Wasabi Glazed Chicken Wings is a great example. The tart yuzu from Eastern Asia is used in Japanese and Korean cuisine and is used in winter to ward against colds, warm the body and even relax the mind. The relax the mind part is probably neutralized by the wasabi. Currently researchers a looking at wasabi vapor as a means of waking up people during emergencies.

 

Other specials this week include:

 

Sausage and Fennel Stew


Mushroom and Arugula Potato Skins with fresh mozzarella and gorgonzola.  Served with marinara.


Catfish, Jalapeno and Prosciutto Pizza with white sauce, braised catfish, jalapenos, spinach, prosciutto, mozzarella, cheddar and oregano.


Hanger Steak and Arugula Risotto with seared hanger steak, arugula, demi glace, sottocenere and parsley.

Monday 06 Feb 2012

This week’s music; Indie Rock band “Blind Man Leading” on Friday and more

Tuesday, February 7

  • Dig w Landis Expandis & DJ Napspace [Funk - Soul - Break Dance Party] facebook
  • 2 for $5 rail drinks 10pm to close!!!
Wednesday, February 8
Thursday, February 9
  • Dinner Music w- June Star [Acoustic - Unplugged] 7PM listen 
  • Ugly Oranges [Rock] *Annapolis* 10pm listen
Friday, February 10

Saturday, February 11

  • Dinner Music w-  Dave Janesh Trio [Jazz] 7pm listen
  • Robert Mitchell [Country - Honky Tonk - Americana] 10pm listen

Monday 30 Jan 2012

Music this week; Indie Rock band “The High 5′s” return and more

Tuesday, January 31

  • Dig w Landis Expandis & DJ Napspace [Funk - Soul - Break Dance Party] facebook
  • 2 for $5 rail drinks 10pm to close!!!
Wednesday, February 1
  • Dinner Music w- Matt Graboski [Acoustic] 7pm listen
  • Adreyelle [Alt - Rock] 10pm listen
Thursday, February 2
  • Sac Au Lait [Dixieland - Americana - Swing - Jazz] 8PM listen facebook
Friday, February 3
  • Dinner Music w- John Rose & Steve Yankee [Jazz] 7pm
  • The Amaretto Meltdowns [Rock] 10pm listen
  • The High 5′s [Indie - Rock] 10pm listen

Saturday, February 4

  • Dinner Music w-  Johnny Balls [Ukulele] 7pm
  • Straight Up Tribal [World - Hip Hop] 10pm  listen

Friday 27 Jan 2012

Eat. Vote. Drink. Eat. Vote. Drink. Eat. Vote. Drink.

Repeat after me: “Eat. Vote. Drink.”  While the current political climate may be turning many Americans into zombies, we have great faith in our Joe Squared patrons.

EAT

Some very tasty specials this week!  Noe’s Pizza may soon become a serious favorite. And these berry jalapeno wings  have that sweet-hot bite to them which goes really good with rum or beer. Here’s the list:

  • Cream of Crab Soup
  • Berry Jalapeno Wings
  • White Bean Ragout Potato Skins with white  bean ragout, avocado, Vidalia onions, lemon, fresh mozzarella, rosemary and sea salt.
  • Noe’s Pizza with ink sauce, BBQ chicken, shrimp, red onions, jalapeno, mozzarella, cheddar and cilantro.
  • Chicken, Corn and Apple Risotto with rushed tomato, crushed red peppers, apples, corn, Vidalia onions, chicken and cheddar.

VOTE

Get a $5 coupon, chance to win a $500 Joe Squared gift card and leave a legacy of good taste by voting in our Write Our Menu Contest.  Go to our survey right now and vote. Also goes really good with rum and beer.

DRINK

Our patrons need no instructions.  But our rum and beer does go really go with FREE MUSIC:

Friday, January 27

  • Beggar’s Ride (Folk – Acoustic) – DINNER
  • The Secret Language (Rock – Jam Band – Funk)

Saturday, January 28

  • Ariel Wickham (Jazz) – DINNER
  • Percy Shaw & The Murgatroyd Brawlers (Folk – Indie) [Washington, DC]

Tuesday, January 31

  • Dig w/ Landis Expandis & DJ Napspace [Funk - Soul - Break Dance Party]

Wednesday, February 1

  • Matt Graboski (Acoustic) – DINNER
  • Adreyelle (Alt – Rock)

Thursday, February 2

  • Sac Au Lait (Dixieland – Americana – Swing – Jazz)

Monday 23 Jan 2012

This week’s Music; Rock – Jam Band “The Secret Language” on Friday and more

Tuesday, January 24

  • Dig w Landis Expandis & DJ Napspace [Funk - Soul - Break Dance Party] listen
  • 2 for $5 rail drinks 10pm to close!!!
Wednesday, January 25
  • Dinner Music w- John Rose, Res Saxton, Greg Meyer [Jazz - Blues] 7pm
  • The Sewing Circle [Indie - Folk] 10pm listen
Thursday, January 26
  • Guitar Brothers [Blues] 7PM
  • The Manly Deeds [Old-Timey]10PM listen
Friday, January 27
  • Dinner Music w- Beggar’s Ride [Folk - Acoustic] 7pm listen
  • The Secret Language [Rock - Jam Band - Funk] 10pm listen

Saturday, January 29

  • Dinner Music w-  Ariel Wickham [Jazz] 7pm listen
  • Percy Shaw & The Murgatroyd Brawlers [Folk - Indie] *Washington, DC* 10pm  listen

Monday 23 Jan 2012

Write Our Menu and Win!

Mashed Potato Pizza or Cajun Pizza? Chocolate and Pork Belly Risotto or Oyster Rockefeller Risotto? Coconut Curry Hot Wings or Blueberry Rum Wings?  Now you can add your favorite items to our menu.  Chef Joe  has taken popular specials from the last several years and created an on-line survey. Voters select their top five choices in five categories: pizzas, risottos, wings, soups and potato skins. The selections that receive the most votes will be put on the menu.

And here’s an even bigger reason to participate. We will award more than $1000 in Joe Squared gift cards to winners of the contest as well as a $5 coupon to anyone who votes.  A $500 gift card will be given to the person who selects the most items that people voted to be added to the menu. Second prize is a $300 gift card; third prize is a $200 gift card; fourth prize is a $100 gift card; and fifth prize is a $50 gift card.

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Friday 20 Jan 2012

Oh the subtleties of a Joe Squared specials menu…GO RAVENS!

Our North Avenue patrons are a sophisticated bunch so we don’t want to be crass in rooting for the Ravens this weekend by putting Ravens Pizza and purple beer on the menu. Instead, we have created unique specials here and at Power Plant Live!

DISCLAIMER: Chef Joe wants our customers to know that this bizarre connection of our specials to the Ravens has nothing to do with him. It is all the ravings of Momma Joe, who has changed her allegiance from the Bills to the Ravens for obvious reasons.

Eat some Lamb and Mushroom Stew and make a statement that the Patriots have no bite. Yep,  the official difference between lamb and sheep is that a lamb does not have any permanent incisor teeth.

Help the Ravens move into the immortality of a Super Bowl win with Spicy Corn and Honey Wings. In Hinduism, honey  is one of the five elixirs of immortality. Plus of course, there is the Baltimore HON thing going on.

Eat your veggies just like your mother said so you will grow up big and strong. Our Veggie Potato Skins are a tribute to our strong Ravens with a bunch of garlic to ward off the evil Patriots.

Indulge in a classic Sausage, Pepper and Onion Pizza with marinara, green peppers, Vidalia onions, mild sausage, fresh mozzarella, asiago, parmigiano, romano and oregano. Sausage is one of the oldest prepared foods because it is essentially efficient butchery.  So here’s hoping for some efficient butchery of the Patriots in Sunday’s big game

Show your distain for the Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady by chowing down on White Bean and Lemon Risotto.  We all know that lemons are defined as “an object of dubious value; a piece of crap.” Brady’s 55.9 completion percentage against the Ravens in five career games is his lowest against any NFLteam. So we hope this is one of those game where Brady=Lemon.

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Thursday 19 Jan 2012

Jeff Vincent Brings Powerful Work to Joe Squared

We are  grateful to Jeff Vincent for his show currently running at Joe Squared.  Jeff  is a nationally-shown artist who is current obtaining his MFA at the Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland.  We find his work haunting, powerful and provoking. Please come down to see this talented artist.  Go to our art page for more of his work and a short bio.

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