Le Club Newsletter
Tel: 01200 415 960 July, 2010
Hello Le Club Members!
Can you believe it, we’re half way through the summer!
Why did the winter seem sooooo long and the summer is
just flying by?!
Both the 4th of July and Bastille Day Buffet were big hits! We
had a great turnout for both and thanks to all of you who
helped me celebrate on the 4 th! The Bastille Day Buffet was
our first public buffet and there were many requests to do
something similar again.
Christmas must be on people’s minds in July because half of
Before getting to July, let’s talk about June! Progress is being July Schedule of Events
made in a lot of areas. June saw the first 8 Christmas Party 4th of July
bookings in Le Shed (can you believe it?!)! Chef Paul was Taster Evening from 7-9 on Sunday, July 4th
featured in Lancashire Life! And we had a visit from a chef
who used to work at the Bull in 1962 (watch for his story on Bastille Day
the Black Bull Blog). Special buffet menu of French summer
favourites 7-9 on Friday, July 17th
July looks to be even busier than June! The Rimington
Football Club is having their Presentation Night, we’re Lobster & Chablis Night
hosting our third wedding (congratulations Andi & Eric!), A lobster extravaganza! Thursday, July 29 th
there’s Bastille Day and for you seafood lovers there’s the from 7-9
Lobster & Chablis Night!
We also wanted to say a very special thank you to all of you
Le Club members who are referring your friends, colleagues Cosgrove’sSale
and families to dine with us. Commonly it’s thought thatIn ifcase you missed the flyer, it’s time for Cosgroves annual
people don’t enjoy a meal they tell 10 people and if theysale.
do Up to 75% off on some items. Let hubby relax at the
enjoy it, they tell 2. You seem to be doing the opposite! while you shop and enjoy a lunch together afterwards –
Bull
everyone has a great time!
Word of mouth is the best way for a new business to
become known and your referrals are helping to grow this
business. It’s much appreciated and we thank you.
The Only Pub in England…
I suspect
See we’ll be
you next the only pub in England celebrating this one – American Independence Day, July 4 th! There’s nothing French
time,
about it, but with Katherine’s background, it’s become a yearly tradition that we want to share with you. The 4th of July in the
Katherine & Steve
US is typically celebrated with barbeques and traditional foods. We can’t invite you all for a backyard barbeque at the house
so this year we’re putting on our celebration at the Bull! Join us from 6-8 Sunday July 4th for one of our ‘taster evenings’. This
evenings ‘tastes’ will consist of those American favourites like:
Baby Back Pork Ribs, Sweet Corn Fritters, Mini Burgers, Meatballs, Hot Wings, Sticky Sausages, Meatloaf, Sour Cream Crayfish
Tails, Gherkins, Chocolate Brownies, Pecan Pie
Join the celebration, be like nobody else in England and nibble on all these treats – and oh, by the way, as a thank you (see the
Weddings Within Reason
With the summer coming, many eyes turn
to wedding season and ours, given our
lovely function room, have done the
same. The Bull used to be THE place for
weddings in the area and often soon-to-be
Brides and Grooms booked at the Bull
before booking the church. As the years
have gone by the Bull slipped off the
wedding map for a variety of reasons –
The Black Bull Lobster & Chablis Night
Enjoy a delicious fresh lobster extravaganza! A 1.5 Lb Native Lobster served with your
the function room became a transport
choice of:
museum, the interior wasn’t updated and
Garlic Butter, Thermidor, Citrus Cream or L’Americaine
eventually it was closed.
All served with Hot Buttered Potatoes and a choice of: Panache of Summer
Putting the Bull back on the wedding (and Vegetables or Light Mixed Salad
restaurant) map has been a big challenge, And a Glass of Specially Matched Chilled Chablis
but we started to explore the wedding
market before we opened – and having Black Bull special price of £34.95
only personally done small intimate (An offer of one lobster split between two was recently spotted elsewhere at £50, this
weddings for ourselves, we were a bit is a whole 1.5 lobster per person!) Reservations (with deposit) essential. Call 01200
shocked at some of the ‘gouging’ (and I 415 960 for yours
use that word intentionally) that goes on
in the wedding biz. Thursday, July 29th from 7:00 to 9:00
Minimum spends, minimum number of
guests, chair decoration, drinks charges,
room hire fees, etc., etc., etc. The average
spend for a wedding in the UK is now
somewhere between £11,000 and 19,000
(depending upon what source you refer
to). With significant room hire fees,
couples are paying £500-900 before even
thinking about food!
Bastille Day
I may need to become more profit American Independence,
oriented, but I think paying £15 to ‘rent’ a French Revolution - July was a
cake knife, £5 per chair for bows or £3 per busy month in history!
tealight is a bit much, do you agree? How
about £220 for table linens? Those are Bastille Day is one of the French
the things which are driving the cost of a national holidays which is
wedding reception to the £3000 - £4000 celebrated in July each year. In
range. France, it is called La Fête
Nationale and it commemorates
We’re a smaller wedding venue, for those the anniversary of the storming
more intimate weddings and we can work of the Bastille fortress-prison
with a Bride and Groom to come up with which was seen as a symbol of
something that suits their budget – plus the uprising of the modern
[Link] provides a great wine temperature serving chart nation. We’re celebrating Bastill
we customise the menu to what the Bride, – for when you’re not sure how cold (or warm) the wine
Groom & Wedding Party prefer. We focus Day on July 16th with a special
should be
on food and drink and minimise the buffet menu:
ridiculous add-on charges. After all, a lot
Starters: Quiche Lorraine, Mixed Croques, Savoury Croissants
of the so-called ‘extras’ are always
Mains: Onion Meatballs, Scallop Cassoulet, Chicken a la Paris
included as a matter of course at the Black
Veg: Boulangere Potatoes, Ratatouille, Vegetables a la Greque
Bull.
Salads: Salad Nicoise, Provencal Tomato Salad
Desserts: Sweet Crepes, Eclairs
So if you know of a Bride and Groom who
have fainted from ‘wedding reception
Try all sorts of traditional French summer favourites and celebrate
sticker shock’, have them give us a call to
Bastille Day on Friday, July 16th! 7:00-9:00, £12.95 per person
discuss a Wedding Within Reason!
• You Asked for It, You Got It –
Open Mondays
• Wine for Women
• Lobster & Chablis
• Black Bull Buffets
• Summer Ball
• Introducing the Gourmet Lunch
• The Organic Wine List
• Organic Wines
– Is it true there’s no hangover with
organic wines?
• Wouldn’t it be fantastic if that were true?! Drinking
too much wine will give you a hangover, but often
people (especially women) find they get a headache
from even a moderate amount of red wine. Organic
wine, drunk in moderation, is less likely to give you a
hangover than non-organic wines. To prevent
deterioration, all wines are treated with sulphur
dioxide, but most organic winemakers tend to add far
less. Since many people react badly to sulphur and
get headaches, it is fair to say that organic wine is less
likely than normal wine to give you a hangover.