Hotel Fauchere celebrates Bastille Day with French iinspired music and cuisine on the porch

Milford — Honoring its heritage, the “French Hotel,” better known as The Hotel Fauchere, will commemorate France’s version of Independence Day with a Bastille Day Celebration on Tuesday, July 14. The event will feature a prix fixe dinner for $36 per person on the porch, and musical guest, The Gypsy Jazz Quintet. Seating for dinner will be at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., and reservations are required. The French inspired pre fixe dinner includes, Potage de Saint Germain, an Ederflower-infused summer pea soup; Escargot Bourguignon, escargot in a burgundy wine reduction; and Salmon En Croute, with summer vegetables and a Provencal vinaigrette; or Steak Frites, a grilled sirloin flap steak with house-cut french fries and compound butter. Ending the Parisian feast will be Chocolate Swans with Crème Anglasie, which is French for “English Cream,” a light pouring custard used as a dessert cream or sauce. To make reservations, please call 570.409.1212 or visit www.hotelfauchere.com. Complimenting the cuisine will be The Gypsy Jazz Quintet, who formed in 2006 as a musical tribute to the 1930s “hotclub” jazz of gypsy guitarist, Django Reinhardt, and Parisian violinist, Stephane Grappelli. The sounds produced by this particular genre are a high-energy swing music that was played in the dance halls of Paris from 1934 to 1939. The Quintet, keeping true to the original style of music, is mainly comprised of string and wind instruments, and has played various festival and venues including the Milford Music Festival. Bastille Day is the French national holiday commemorating the storming of the Bastille, which took place on July 14, 1789 and marked the beginning of the French Revolution. The Bastille, a French prison containing only a few prisoners at the time, was a symbol of the absolute and illogical power of Louis the 16th. By invading and capturing the prison, it symbolized liberty and the fight against the tyrannical ways of the King. The event was the end of absolute monarchy in France and the birth of a sovereign nation. Join the “French Hotel” and celebrate its Independence Day on Tuesday, July 14 with a French inspired menu on the porch and musical guests The Gypsy Jazz Quintet. For more information, a complete listing of Fauchere events or to make reservations, please call 570-409-1212 or visit www.hotelfauchere.com.