Reliable Source readies Irish menu, music for annual St. Patrick's Day buffet, March 17

Dig something green out of your closet. March 17 -- the day when everybody is Irish -- is nearing, and the National Press Club will celebrate it with its annual St. Patrick's buffet in the Reliable Source restaurant.

The festive event is on a Friday this year. It will start at 5:30 p.m. with Irish-themed food. Music, by popular guitarist Matr Palombo, will begin at 6:30 p.m. Special drinks will be announced soon for the occasion.

The price of the buffet is $24 for Club members, $27 for nonmembers, plus tax and gratuity. Reservations are encouraged, for the event usually sells out. To book, contact 202-662-7443 or [email protected].

Because of the buffet, the Reliable Source will not observe its usual Friday Taco Night. Tacos will be resume Friday, March 24.

Here's the menu for the St. Patrick's buffet:

Soup

Green split pea and smoky bacon, parmesan croutons
Irish soda bread

Entrees

Rosemary and garlic roasted leg of lamb, carved to order
Sliced corned beef, sautéed cabbage, roasted carrots, and new red potatoes
Guinness beef and barley stew
Atlantic cod fillets with Irish oat crust

Vegetables

Roasted rutabagas, turnips, leeks and carrots
Irish colcannon (winter vegetables) with kale and scallions
Baked cabbage with apples

Salads

Colors of the Irish flag salad with spinach, oranges and Feta
Irish potato salad with sour cream, scallions and bacon
Irish pub salad with beets, cucumbers, red onion, eggs, tomatoes and malt vinaigrette

Sweets

Bailey’s Irish Cream bread pudding
Luck of the Irish cookies with shamrocks and sprinkles
Green cheesecake with crème de menthe swirls