Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink is hosting the first of many dinners for its new Pop-Up Series from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 23.
The dinner series will take place inside Reilly’s Beer Garden and each one will feature local food personalities. For the first dinner, the local food celeb just so happens to be Jackie Tran, Tucson Foodie’s very own lead writer and photographer.
When he’s not scouring the city for restaurant openings, closures, and everything food-related, he’s in the kitchen whipping up some of the tastiest dishes around.
Jackie’s curated menu gives a nod to his heritage and will feature three Vietnamese-inspired courses. Each course will be expertly paired by sommelier James Blue.
Tickets are $60 per person — you’ll want to get hold of them quickly before they’re gone like the Summer’s heat.
Jackie Tran’s Pop-Up Dinner Menu
First Course
- Shallot Sausage Lettuce Wraps – Grilled Forbes Meat Company nem nuong, Merchants Garden butterhead lettuce and Thai basil, perilla, rice vermicelli, and coconut peanut sauce
Second Course
- Lemongrass Flanken Short Rib Com Tam – Broken rice, grilled lemongrass flanken Arizona beef short rib, sliced cucumber, lacto-pickled daikon and carrot, scallion relish, anchovy citronette, and toasted rice and sesame powder
Third Course
- Vietnamese Coffee Panna Cotta – Sweetened condensed milk, Vietnamese dark coffee panna cotta, chopped toasted hazelnuts, and Monsoon Chocolate cacao nibs
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Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink is located at 101 E. Pennington St. For more information, visit eventbrite.com.
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Matt Sterner
More about MattAt a very young age, Matt Sterner was gifted with the artistic ability to masterfully roll a burrito to the highest of standards, but the wrapped medley of delicious innards wasn’t his first love. Matt’s first true love was a combination of reading, writing, and creating. He grew up reading comics, the ingredients list of his shampoo and conditioner bottles, choose-your-own-adventure books, and the Scrabble dictionary — something he found useful when challenging his grandmother to a game.
He attended college at New Mexico State University and graduated with a degree in Digital Filmmaking. One of his favorite classes was screenwriting because he became responsible for the story’s birth before it came to life on-screen. After school, Matt took on numerous positions at a local television station in Tucson. From dealing out stories about heartbreak to producing “fluffier” content for a lifestyle broadcast, he learned what it takes to adapt to the many emotions the world of media can stir. Since 2017, Matt has dabbled in the culinary world of Tucson as well as San Diego, California from time to time.
If you’re in the mood for strange stories, head over to his pride and joy, wonkytimes.com. And in case you’re curious — yes, after all of this time, he still manages to roll a killer burrito.
