Garces Trading Company, Paella Madness, Chef Jose Garces

Garces Trading Company is putting a Spanish foodie twist on March Madness with a new month-long celebration called Paella Madness. Chef Jose Garces has created four crazy and modern twists on the very traditional Spanish dish. Each week look for a new paella to debut, including braised short rib paella, whole roasted trout paella with squid ink bomba rice, acorn squash paella, and whole roasted chicken with fig and pine nut paella. Each featured paella comes complete with a choice of Ensalada Verde or Semplice Salad, plus family-style portions of Beef Sliders, Chicken Brochettes and Octopus & Fingerling Potato Brochettes. Garces fans can host a Paella Party at their homes with either the heat and serve option or the ready-to-eat option. Pick-up and delivery are available out of the Garces Trading Company ghost kitchen and virtual marketplace, operating from The Olde Bar in Old City at 125 Walnut Street. Paella Madness features require 24 hours advance notice. Place your order at www.garcestradingcompany.com. Don't forget to pair your Paella Madness spread with Garces signature cocktails by ordering on The Olde Bar website at www.theoldebar.com. Cocktails are available for pick-up only, and not delivery.

Paella is one of Chef Jose Garces' favorite signature dishes. He features paellas on several menus, including at his flagship restaurant Amada, as well as Tinto. As Garces counts down the National Paella Day on March 27th, Chef wanted to celebrate this dish not for just one day, but instead for an entire month. For Paella Madness, Chef took this traditional Spanish dish and created new inventive and fun modern recipes that utilized non-traditional vegetables, proteins and spices for new twists on the Spanish classic.

PAELLA MADNESS MENU

Enjoy a trip to the Basque from home with your choice of Paella served with a delicious selection of Pintxos to share. Each featured paella comes complete with a choice of salad plus family-sized portions of Beef Sliders, Chicken Brochettes and Octopus & Fingerling Potato Brochettes. Full menu is found below:

March 1-7, 2021
Costillas de Ternera Paella
$90 serves two (for additional add $45 per person)
Braised Short Rib, Tomato & Olive Bomba Rice, Shaved Asparagus, Horseradish Creme Fraiche, Triple Garlic Aioli, plus Chorizo Beef Sliders, Chicken Brochettes, Octopus & Fingerling Potato Brochettes, and a choice of Ensalada Verde or Semplice Salad.

March 8-14, 2021
Trucha al Horno Paella
$90 serves two (for additional add $45 per person)
Whole Roasted Trout, Squid Ink Bomba Rice, Fennel, Almond-Lemon Gremolata, Smoked Paprika Aioli, plus Chorizo Beef Sliders, Chicken Brochettes, Octopus & Fingerling Potato Brochettes, and a choice of Ensalada Verde or Semplice Salad.

March 15-21, 2021
Calabacitas Paella
$90 serves two (for additional add $45 per person)
Acorn Squash, Asparagus Fava Bomba Rice, Pea Shoots, Pepita Escabeche, Pumpkin Aioli, plus Chorizo Beef Sliders, Chicken Brochettes, Octopus & Fingerling Potato Brochettes, and a choice of Ensalada Verde or Semplice Salad.

March 22-28, 2021
Pollo Y Higo Paella
$100 serves two (for additional add $50 per person)
Whole Roasted Chicken, Wild Mushroom Bomba Rice, Red Watercress, Fig & Pine Nut Escabeche, Saffron Aioli, plus Chorizo Beef Sliders, Chicken Brochettes, Octopus & Fingerling Potato Brochettes, and a choice of Ensalada Verde or Semplice Salad.

Each featured paella is only available for one week through Garces Trading Company. Orders can be placed in advance for future weeks, but can only be picked up on the week of the featured selection. Each Paella Madness package can be prepared Heat and Serve or Ready to Eat. For this package, GTC offers curbside pickup and will deliver within 15 miles of Center City Philadelphia. For more about Garces Trading Company and to place your Paella Madness order, please visit www.garcestradingcompany.com.

ADD COCKTAILS TO THE PAELLA PARTY

Take the party with you by adding cocktails to-go or wine to your next order from Garces Trading Company! Cocktails to go below are for pick-up only and not delivery.
Rose Gold
Vodka, Passionfruit, Rosemary, Angostura Bitters$20.00, serves 3-4 $30.00, serves 4-5$60.00, serves 8-9

Fish House Punch
House Blend of Rums, Brandy, Peach, Lemon, Tea$20.00, serves 3-4 $30.00, serves 4-5$60.00, serves 8-9

The Olde Bar Sour
Wild Turkey 101 Rye, Disaronno, Lemon, Demerara, Angostura Bitters$20.00, serves 3-4 $30.00, serves 4-5$60.00, serves 8-9

Blood & Sand
Glenfiddich 12, Sweet Vermouth, Heering Cherry Liqueur, Blood Orange$20.00, serves 3-4 $30.00, serves 4-5$60.00, serves 8-9

Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down
Citrus Vodka, Rosemary, Lemon
$20.00, serves 3-4 $30.00, serves 4-5$60.00, serves 8-9

Old Fashioned
Evan Williams Bourbon, Demerara Syrup, Bitters
$20.00, serves 3-4 $30.00, serves 4-5$60.00, serves 8-9

Black Manhattan
Knob Creek Rye, Averna Amaro, Bitters
$20.00, serves 3-4 $30.00, serves 4-5$60.00, serves 8-9

Cocktails to go must be ordered through The Olde Bar by visiting www.theoldebar.com or by adding a note to your GTC order and requesting a call back.
To engage Garces on social, follow @garcestradingco on Instagram, and Garces Trading Company @garcestradingcompany-philadelphia

ABOUT GARCES RESTAURANTS

Garces restaurants are offering take-out, delivery, cocktails to go - and yes, indoor dining once again! Watch for outdoor dining coming this spring when the nice weather returns.
* Garces Trading Company - Virtual kitchen, take-out, delivery * The Olde Bar - Indoor, takeout, delivery, cocktails to go* Amada - Indoor, takeout, delivery, cocktails to go * Village Whiskey - Indoor, takeout, delivery, cocktails to go (now reopened with a brand new dining room) * Tinto Pintxo - Indoor, takeout, delivery, wine shop, cocktails to go (indoor dining begins this Friday, March 5, 2021) * Buena Ondo - Takeout, delivery, cocktails to go

ABOUT GARCES TRADING COMPANY
Garces presents a very unique twist to ghost kitchens with the exciting relaunch of Garces Trading Company - a concept that blends together a giant ghost kitchen, food favorites from several Garces restaurants, a new online marketplace, dining experiences, holiday offerings and much more. This is a major pivot by one of the city's most notable Chefs and dining groups during the global pandemic. For the first time ever you can order dinner tonight for your family with your favorite dishes from various Garces restaurants - all in one order, from one kitchen, in one delivery/pick-up! Packages are themed around Garces restaurant favorites, and some blend together menus from different concepts that was only available before this through high-end services by Garces Catering for larger groups.
Imagine ordering from a giant menu from multiple restaurants and having on your table at the same time: The Olde Bar's Crab Cake or Crab and Corn Chowder; Amada's Pulpo a la Gallega, Albondigas and Jamon Serrano; and Village Whiskey's Village Burger or Baby Back Ribs.
For ordering dinner tonight or this week a la carte, to place your holiday order, or to plan and sign-up for Garces experience, visit: www.garcestradingcompany.com.

ABOUT GARCES

Garces is a Philadelphia-based hospitality group specializing in personal dining experiences rooted in the rich cultural traditions and culinary vision of renowned Latin-American chef Jose Garces. Taking a heartfelt and creative approach to time-honored recipes and dishes, Garces, in partnership with New Orleans- based Ballard Brands, operates numerous restaurants including Amada, Distrito, Tinto, Village Whiskey, JG Domestic, Volvér, The Olde Bar, Buena Onda, Ortzi at the LUMA Hotel Times Square, Okatshe, Olon and Bar Olon at Tropicana Atlantic City and Amada and Distrito Cantina in the Ocean Resort Casino. The group also operates Garces Events, a full-service catering and event division; the Garces Foundation, a philanthropic organization dedicated to Philadelphia’s underserved immigrant community. For more information, visit GarcesGroup.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.