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UPDATE: We have members from over 30 countries attending 🙂

Paggi House provides all guests complimentary VALET PARKING. RSVP is REQUIRED– Festive Attire. DRESS UP….! We are INSIDE, not outside!

Our complimentary gift to you are provided by Mercedes-Benz of Austin and Lumene USA. (limited supply so do come early)

RAFFLE: There will be a drawing to win a free (no-obligation) day-long test drive with a Mercedes of your choice. Bring a business card of yours!

Special menu 50 % (drinks and appetizers) off until 8pm. We highly recommend DINNER reservations later than 8 pm.Please mention that you are with the EuroCircle party.

Kaisa Kokkonen, EuroCircle Founder
Matthew Devlen, EuroCircle’s globetrotting goodwill messenger
Patrick Van den Nieuwenhuysen, http://www.mercedesbenzofaustin.com

NOTE: it looks like we may have also two long time members joining us from San Diego and Houston…we’ll see. One is Dutch and the other one is French-Canadian – the two of them started San Diego EuroCircle LONG time ago with British lawyer Jonathan Capp. So many memories…

Ambience: French – in addition you could describe Justine’s as Hipster, Romantic, Classy, Trendy, Intimate

OUR LOVELY HOSTESS: Allison Berguin, France

Pierre will set up an area outside for us, with heaters if it is cold.
From 6-8pm. We told him to expect 30-40 ppl since it is already Dec.

NOTE: we need to stay in the area reserved outside and NOT have people sit in the restaurant or take chairs from tables as there may be customers waiting to dine. We can order food and drinks, we will have a waitress for our group only. She will be there for 2 hours working for us. If people wish to stay and eat, they must check with the host and request a table.(RECOMMENDED). JUST IN CASE, BRING WARM JACKET – even with heaters it may be slightly chilly!
Mondays are probably NOT their busy busy days especially in Dec so we may get very lucky – have more room to wiggle in that case.

Pierre Pelegrin and his wife, Justine Gilcrease created a menu based on French classics, thus beginning what seemed to friends and family to be an interminable process of converting a 1937 bungalow on East Fifth Street into a restaurant.
The buzz about Justine’s went viral even before the restaurant opened. Pelegrin, a former waiter at Chez Nous, and Gilcrease, an artist, cast a wide social net, and news about their restaurant began percolating through the rumor filters months in advance. Jjustine’s opening was so anticipated during the two years PIerre and Justine spent remodeling that cars would drive by frequently to check on its progress.

About Justine’s: A French story d’amour
“The inspiration behind this family-friendly, late night bistro begins with bit of a love story. Justine Gilcrease was raised in California, but lived some time in Brussels, where she learned French. She came to Austin to visit a friend and met Pierre Pellegrin, a French national. They struck up a conversation in French that lasted into the night and fell in love.”
Quote from theaustintimes.com – Article and photos by Katie Warner.
Read the above article

EXTENDED HAPPY HOUR SPECIAL FOR EUROCIRCLE GUESTS- Everyone is Welcome!

OUR HOSTS FOR THIS CASUAL EUROCIRCLE EVENT:
Thanks to all the lovely hosts and organizations for joining us!

Allison Berguin, France, Wells Fargo
Aline Hanle, France, www.consciouscatalystconsulting.com and www.impressionoftheSoul.com
Adnan Khaleel, UK
Marie Cloutier, J hilburn (custom made men’s shirts etc! Really cool stuff!)
Edrik Kovach, Hungary
Marek Peczeniuk and Beata Zadrozna, Poland, www.austinpolishsociety.org
Henrik Johansson, Sweden, SACC and www.boundlessnetwork.com /Swedish American Chamber of Commerce TX www.sacctx.com
Antonia Warren Garcia-Vaso, Spain, www.casadeespanaaustin.com
Joanna, www.meetup.com/austin-euro/
Kamilla Khabibrakhmanova, Russia
Niki and Paul Haarman, Spain/NL/USA, The Renaissance Companies
Jonathan Green, UK, www.greeninc.com (motor sports broadcaster F1 etc)
Heli Esker, Finland, Zip Realty/Author
Kaisa Kokkonen, Finland, www.EuroCircle.net
www.Questionmine.com Team (Jon Rogers, Lance Shuldberg and Gary Spirer)

SPECIALS:
Here are some suggestion for special offers BEER-
Harp $3 Ireland
Smithwicks $3 England
New Belgium Sahti $3…(Sahti is a traditional Finish rye alebrewed with Juniper-this is a pretty popular beer here)
These are all in 20 oz Imperial pints
.Maudite $9 Canada
St Bernardus 8 and 12 $9 Belgium
Maredsous Triple $9 Belgium
These are served in 16 oz glasses

WINE-
White Chateau Bonnet Entre-deux-mer 2010 $4gl France
Sparkling Perelada rose cava nv $5gl Spain
Rose Bieler 2010 $4gl France
Red Menguante Granacha $4gl Spain
Red Les Fontanelles Pinot Noir 2009 $4gl France

LIQUOR-
Jagermiester $2 Germany
Jose Cuervo Gold $2 Mexico

FOOD-
Calamari $6
Small Mussels $6
Small Bangers and Mash $6

Jeffrey Kuhn, owner of Hank’s Garage , spent decades in the service industry. (dabbling a bit in finance and real estate too). He’s bootstrapped this enterprise himself and spent about 12 months gutting the space by himself. The building used to be a legit garage run by a mechanic named “Hank” almost 75 years ago.

Hank’s Garage is located at 115 San Jacinto (half block north of the Four Seasons), the renovation dresses up the outside of the building. I looked at some of the old photos..what a difference!

Quote from the www.thrillist.com:
Belgium’s known for three things: beer, mussels, and The Muscles from Brussels. Unless you count being the capital of the EU, and if you know who “The Muscles” refers to, you almost certainly don’t. Bringing Belgium’s edible stars to ATX, Hank’s Garage.

Helmed by a beer nerd who noticed Austin’s unfilled Flemish/Walloon niche, Hank’s is an open-kitchen, hardwood gastropub with a cozy back patio on which to suckle the nectar of their 32 taps, 33 if you count what you’re gonna do to dat ass…tap him, and ask if he really needs that second chair for his laptop. The knowledgeable barkeeps offer samples to help you choose from said copious spouts, which include high-ABV dark ivory and ruby purple varieties from St. Bernardus, raspberry-tinged Framboise Lambic, shockingly sour Duchesse de Bourgogne, and the “certified Trappist” Chimay, meaning it’s made under the direction of monks, though with their debilitating OCD it’s a miracle they can even get out of the cot in the morning. They’ve also got an array of Belgian-stylers, like Ft. Worth’s Rahr Ugly Pug, and Cooperstown’s Ommegang Hennepin — a beer Ty Cobb’s allowed to drink, but Pete Rose isn’t.

The evolving menu includes pommes frites with a slew of sauces (from smoked paprika mayo to dill creme fraiche) and toppers (chili cheese, chicken tikka masala, duck fat…), mussels in tomato saffron broth, steak (also with frites), and a St. Bernardus-marinated Beef Carbonnade, likely to result in emissions that neither your muscles nor bureaucrats from Brussels could cap.