Get off the sidelines and make your own touchdown at The County Seat Lounge, Monday evenings.

Join us on The Patio, 7pm to Midnight

Friday, August 27

Charlie Horse

Saturday, August 28

Rush Hour

If it rains, the music will be inside The County Seat.  There is no canceling this party!

Hungry?  In a hurry? We have delicious and special meals that can be easily “taken with you”.

Available 11am to 10:30pm

Brisket Sandwich

Our slow braised tender beef brisket in our own whiskey BBQ sauce on grilled French bread, topped with tobacco onions, shredded lettuce, and tomatoes, served with our house made potato chips  8.00

Sauteed Beef Tips and Peppers

Sauteed beef tips with peppers and onions in a rich sauce over our roasted garlic smashed redskins  8.00     Add button mushrooms for 1.00

Chicken Grinder

Grilled chicken breast, pepperoni, ham, gouda, and provolone drizzled with Italian dressing and baked on a French roll, served with house made potato chips  8.00

. . .Or for a special treat

Weekend Dinner Features

Available 4pm to 10:30pm

Prime Rib Au Jus

House roasted with fresh herbs, served with choice of two sides 20.00/10 ounce     30.00/20 ounce

Lobster Cream Chicken

Fresh from Otto’s Chicken Farm, airline chicken breast pan seared, roasted with langostine lobster, garlic, and shallots, finished with a creamy pan sauce, served with choice of two sides 17.00

Fried Shell Fish Platter

Beer battered shrimp, crispy scallops, lobster bites, and oysters with aioli and cocktail sauces, served with two sides 20.00

We’re Grilling Outside on Sunday

Half Pound Hamburgers

Fresh Corn on the Cob

Live Music Friday and Saturday, 7pm to Midnight, on The Patio

Saturday, September 11

Rio Hillman

Original, Out of the Box, Eccentric, Downright Funny!

Rio Hillman is the young man arriving on the comedy circuit some five odd years ago with his rib-busting, attention grabbing, split comedy from his life experiences.  He has performed on college campuses, casinos and comedy clubs in the mid-western states to both coasts.

Doors Open at 7:30pm–Food and Drink available

8pm–Thornapple Players present Saturday Night Live excerpts

9pm–Rio Hillman

Tickets are $15

Seating is limited–buy your tickets early!

Rated R

No one under 21 years of age admitted

Check him out:

www.riohillman.net
www.myspace.com/rio715
www.youtube.com/user/riohillman
www.facebook.com/mariohillman

How Team Trivia is played. . .

• Trivia question is asked (movies, music, sports, pop culture, etc).
• Teams are given one or two songs to come up with the answer.  All answers must be handed in by the end of the song(s).
• The answer to the previous question is given and another question is asked.
• Periodic score updates are given to let teams know where they stand.
• The last question is formulated to allow as much as a fifteen point swing, so anyone can win.

Where else can you receive a possible payoff for the knowledge of useless facts?!

*Special Team Trivia contest for Girls’ Night Out on Thursday, October 7, 8 to 10pm.  “Girls’” form your teams and come on in.  Prizes will be awarded for the first, second and third place teams.

For more information and to see the winners, check Team Trivia of Michiganwww.teamtriviami.com

Appetizer

Mini Eggplant Lasagna

Delicate eggplant breaded and pan seared, layered with ricotta, mozzarella and our house made marinara, then baked to perfection.

Eggplant—Scobey’s Produce, Wayland

Salad

Heirloom Tomato and Endive Salad

A blend of locally grown heirloom tomatoes and fresh endive and shaved Asiago cheese drizzled with a balsamic glaze

Heirloom tomatoes—Scobey’s Produce, Wayland

Endive lettuce—Lubbers Brothers Farm, Zeeland

Entrée

Pan Roasted Chicken with Basil Hollandaise

Farm-fresh, antibiotic and hormone-free Airline chicken breast pan seared, roasted, finished with Hollandaise, blended with fresh basil, and served with fresh corn and a lemon risotto

Chicken—Otto’s Chicken Farm, Middleville

Corn—Cotant’s Farm, Hastings

Basil—Scobey’s Produce, Wayland

Eggs—Cedar Hill Farm, Nashville

Dessert

Peach Cobbler

Fresh peaches baked with a sweet crumbly crust, then topped with a Big Scoop of vanilla ice cream

Peaches—Summer Sweet Orchard, Caledonia

Ice Cream—Mooville Quality Creamery, Nashville

$20.00

The County Seat Lounge is committed to buy local and believes in simple, local flavors done well.  Local food tastes better and has more nutritional benefits.  Studies show that the distance food travels from farm to table affects attributes like taste and nutrition.  It’s not only good for you; but, good for our local economy, too.

Make sure you check out our Wine Menu, we carry seven wines from Fenn Valley Vineyards in Michigan.  Offering these Michigan wines, compliment our effort to buy local while promoting our state and local economy. Fenn Valley is a small family owned vineyard and winery, established in 1973. If you can’t finish a bottle of wine, you can now take your leftover bottle home with you.

The County Seat Lounge is proud to introduce seven new wines on our Summer Wine Menu that are from Fenn Valley Vineyards in Michigan.  Offering these Michigan wines compliment our effort to “buy local” while promoting our local and state economy. The quality of today’s Michigan wines is impressive, and wine makers continue to make great strides in quality, making world-class wine here.

About the Fenn Valley Vineyard

Growing Award Winning Wines Since 1973

Fenn Valley is a small family owned vineyard and winery that was born out of a desire to grow premium wine grapes and make world class wines.  The vineyard site, located along the shores of Lake Michigan, was chosen because the unique Great Lakes climate and deep sandy soils would be an ideal setting for growing grapes and creating wines having a stature and character unparalleled anywhere else.

Fenn Valley believes that the best wines are “made in the vineyard”.  Their vineyards are planted to traditional Euorpean wine varieties that were carefully selected for their ability to thrive in our cool northern climate.  During the winter months, each of their 50,000 vines is hand pruned to set the shape and size of the vine, and to limit the number of bunches that the vine will be required to ripen during the next growing season.  Throughout the summer months, the growing canes are positioned to maximize sun exposure, excess grape clusters are removed to assure complete and even ripening, and the leaves covering the grape bunches are pulled off to expose the ripening fruit to the sun.

The sandy glacial soils and the long, cool Lake Michigan growing season results in wines having a fresh fruit character and a lively crispness.  These light wines, with a crisp, fruit-forward character, are a perfect companion for fine foods and a healthy life style.

Come on in and enjoy a glass or bottle of Michigan wine!

You can even take home your leftover bottle of wine.

Whites

Check Calendar Side Bar for more information on each event

Thursday, September 9–Team Trivia (Thursdays at 8pm to 10pm)

Saturday, September 11–Comedy at The Seat–Comedian, Rio Hillman (Doors open at 7:30pm, Show starts at 8pm)

Monday, September 13–”I Hate Monday Night Football” Party! (begins at 6pm)

Monday, September 13–Thornapple Jazz Orchestra (7:30pm to 9pm)

Thursday, September 16–Team Trivia (8pm to 10pm)

Monday, September 20–”I Hate Monday Night Football” Party! (begins at 6pm)

Thursday, September 23–Team Trivia (8pm to 10pm)

Monday, September 27–”I Hate Monday Night Football” Party! (begins at 6pm)

Thursday, September 30–Team Trivia (8pm to 10pm)

Future Events

Monday, October 4–”I Hate Monday Night Football” Party! (begins at 6pm)

Thursday, October 7–Team Trivia (8pm to 10pm)

Monday, October 11–”I Hate Monday Night Football” Party! (begins at 6pm)

Monday, October 11–Thornapple Jazz Orchestra (7:30pm to 9pm)

Thursday, October 14–Team Trivia (8pm to 10pm)

Monday, October 18–”I Hate Monday Night Football” Party! (begins at 6pm)

Thursday, October 21–Team Trivia (8pm to 10pm)

Monday, October 25–”I Hate Monday Night Football” Party! (begins at 6pm)

Thursday, October 28–Team Trivia (8pm to 10pm)

Monday, November 8–Thornapple Jazz Orchestra (7:30pm to 9pm)

Wednesday, November 24–Thanksgiving Eve Party–Ray Ray Townsend (8pm to midnight) Reggae, Hip Hop, Motown

Monday, December 13–Thornapple Jazz Orchestra (7:30pm to 9pm)

Thornapple Jazz Orchestra

Formerly Known as Les Jazz

Les Jazz Big Band was established in 1987, by Joe LaJoye, to provide an opportunity for adult instrumentalists, in and around Hastings, to play big band jazz.  Over the years the group has performed for various community events and has come to be known as a first call ensemble for organizations doing charity functions.

The ensemble recently underwent a name change to reflect the local of their membership and following.  The name is now the Thornapple Jazz Orchestra.

The band draws from the libraries of many of the great big bands such as Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw and many more.  The adults who play in the band come from many occupations; but, share a common love for the music.  Additionally, the band includes a generous portion of waltz and Latin music to round out the repertoire to meet the tastes of all dancers and listeners.

Past performances include numerous appearances at Hastings Summerfest, Red Cross Charity Ball, CMS Cabaret, HHS Choral Jazz Weekend, HHS Jazz Concerts, Thornapple Arts Council Art Auction and, of course, appearances every year at the Thornapple Jazz Festival.

Members include:

Joan Schroeder, Judy Martin, Jerry Mueller, Jeff Kacszmarsyk, Nick Biesbrock, Craig Holley, and Carol Svihl on Saxophone

Steve Hoke, Lynn McConnell, Jeff Buehl, Don Myers, Craig Schroeder, and Scott Evans on Trombone

Bob Evans, Mike Smith, Doug Acker, Troy Macqueen, Rich Moore on Trumpet

Forrest Evans, Piano

Steve Evans and Don Cheeseman on Bass

Tom Alderson on Drums