Saturday, September 13, 2014

  

Saturday Night Specials!
Served from 5pm - 9pm.



Short Ribs 
Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Fresh Vegetables 
$21.95


Blackened Salmon with Lemon Butter Sauce
Rice Pilaf, and Kiwi Relish for 
$18.95


Poached Pear with Cream Custard for $5 






Friday, September 12, 2014

Oh yes... and our Friday Night Specials!!!


FRIDAY NIGHT Dinner Specials! 
Served from 5pm - 9pm.


Shrimp Scampi with Angel Hair Pasta & Sautéed Asparagus for $16.99
  • Grilled Swordfish with Jasmine Rice, Citrus Blanc, and Kiwi Relish for $18.95



  • Braised Lamb Shank with Mashed Potato and Bordelaise Sauce for $17.95





















Dessert Specials:
Chocolate Mousse with Raspberry Sauce
Poached Pear with Cream Custard for

$5


Poached Pear











Thursday, October 11, 2012

Business Happy Hours at ACC!

 This month we had the pleasure of hosting the Athens Chamber of Commerce and their monthly Business After Hours event. This time is set up so Athens business owners can mingle and get to know each other outside of normal Chamber meetings and luncheons. ACC loves a good event, as you all know, so we had a great time planning every detail of this evening!

We decided to incorporate a wine tasting game to really get everyone involved. Each taster was given a card to guess the varietal type of each wine and then they entered their guesses into a drawing for a 
Sunday brunch for four! 


We served several different cheeses and fruit (which included some of the domestic cheeses that are a new offering on our Cheese Plate)! 
Yummy!


We also featured hors d'oeuvres that were a great match with the mystery wine types from our guessing game! Delicious Goat Cheese and Brie Phyllo Bites paired perfectly with the Chardonnay, Jalapeño Popper Mushroom Caps paired perfectly with the Cabernet, and Chocolate Truffles were perfect with a glass of Pinot Noir. Both the food and wine were absolutely delicious! I think several of the business owners agreed as they went back for more several times!  




The overall message of the night is that Athens Country Club has the tools to help you better connect with a customer, business, or just your family. Come join us for a relaxing dinner with family and friends, or choose from a wide range of special events for both adults and kids!

Is there a way that ACC can help you better connect? 
Would you like to have a party very similar to this one for your 
home or business? 
All you have to do is ask! 
Contact us and we will be more than happy to help you!

Monday, October 1, 2012

Pinked Out!!

As so many of you know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and we here at ACC are giving ourselves a PINK makeover! From the blog to this month's newsletter, we have been sporting the pink as much as we can! We also have a golf tournament planned for this Saturday sponsored by our Women's Golf Association, in which the proceeds will be donated to the Susan G. Komen foundation! 

This is such a good cause and we want to show our support in any way possible! 
What are some creative ways you've found to support this cause? 

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Seasonal Sweet of the Week!

For so many of us, Fall is our favorite time of year! The temperate weather and turning leaves just make  me so happy, but also the subtle changes in the foods we start to prepare. During the fall we are more apt to indulge in some warm soup, our start incorporating pumpkin and apple flavors into our recipes. To show our love for Fall, we have started featuring a seasonal sweet of the week on our delicious Sunday buffets, and I thought I would share the love by sharing one of my new favorite Fall recipes! Our chef made cookies like this, and they were absolutely divine!!! I went online in search of similar recipe and this is what I found... I hope that you enjoy these as much as I did!!  



Tuesday, September 11, 2012

30 Years of Food Trends

So a few weeks back as we were planning our Southern Living Saturdays menu, I stumbled upon this book 30 Years of Our Best Recipes. While flipping through I realized that they had completed a food trend profile for each decade. There is nothing this girl loves more than a good history lesson, trends, and food, which means I was in Southern Living heaven. So today I am diving back into this book to bring you blast from the past food trends even though some may not be too far gone. 

For the 70s...
  • Scooped out and stuffed zucchini, eggplant, potatoes, peppers, and mushrooms took the main stage, as stuffed vegetable "boats" were big.
  • Molded fruit salads loaves for everyday lunches and big family events like Christmas.
  • Oysters every way- fried, scalloped, on the half shell, and skewered
  • Meatloaf and soufflés were all the rage.
  • Popular kitchen colors were avocado, harvest gold, paprika, and copper tone. 
From the 80s...
  • The sizzling fajita surfaced.
  • Fruit kabobs and cheesecake were the chic dessert.
  • Food processors, pressure cookers, and microwaves became popular as a way to cook quickly.
  • Ads of the day: Jello pudding, boil-in-bag rice, and unflavored gelatin. 
From the 90s...
  • Salsa snuck past ketchup in popularity.
  • Tall food was tops, with towering appetizers and desserts.
  • Salt and fat got the cold shoulder in favor of fresh herbs and seasonings.
  • The USDA convinced us to cook all our eggs.
  • Fusion cooking, as well as vegetarian cooking, became more wide spread.
As for the new Millennium, here is my take on food trends from the past decade:
  • Fondue pots became the new entertaining norm, both with chocolates and cheeses.
  • Experiential elements, where guests personalize their own dishes, became the new hit in party planning.
  • Organic produce began gracing our tables as a way to appease the health craze.
  • Everything in miniature. Amuse-bouche style hors d'oeuvres allow party goers to try several different options. Cupcakes, cake balls, sliders, tacos, and hot dogs are just a few examples. 
  • Fresh herbs and spices still find their way into most dishes, including desserts. 
  • Lastly, every type of food can be served beautifully on some sort of stick. 

It seems like every time I finish a blog post for 500 Park Drive I leave hungry... But in conclusion, I would encourage you to visit the 500 Park Drive Pinterest board for inspiration in planning any and all parties, dinners and events. Hope you enjoyed this Tuesday morning's walk down memory lane, and don't forget that the best is yet to come with our Southern Living Saturdays! Check out the menus below!

Saturday, September 15th
Tomato Herb Salad
Spinach and Herb Stuffed Pork
Orange Herb Rice
Dilled Green Beans
Southern Honey Cake


Saturday, September 22nd
Bacon Monkey Bread
Orange Slices with Honey Yogurt
Corn and Squash Fritatta
Pumpkin Donut Drops  


Saturday, September 29th
Spicy White Bean Soup
Bourbon Chicken
Sautéed Apples, Onion, and Pears
Corn Fritters
Sweet Potato Bread Pudding





Friday, September 7, 2012

Fun at the Club!

So Jennifer, our fabulous Special Events Coordinator, has been working quite diligently to create an updated banquet guide for all special events but she was needing more pictures of table settings, different event areas, you know the usual stuff. So we decided to make a day out of it and pull out lots of different items, put together some different centerpieces and experiment with some new draping ideas. 150 pictures later, I think we got some winners! I was pretty excited about some of them and had to share! 


First off, let me ask how many of you have spent any time at ACC's picturesque stone patio area? I will admit I hadn't before today, but I will be a regular now! It is so beautiful!!






A little fun with glitz, glamour, and napkin folds!






These photos were taken using some light 'pucks' (for lack of a better word) we have here at ACC, and let me tell you they were so-o cool! They didn't photograph nearly as cool as they were in person!



This is just a taste of some of the tablescapes we created, but be looking for the rest in our new banquet guides and other publications from ACC. I hope you enjoyed the photos as well as gained some inspiration for a party you may be having soon! We always hope that when you think fun, you also think of ACC! Happy partying!