Celebrate American Craft Beer Week and Connecticut Beer Week with a fun event featuring local breweries: Relic Brewing from here in Plainville, and Back East Brewing in Bloomfield. Enjoy some beer samples, great food, meet and talk with the brewers and other beer lovers, and support LOCAL businesses. Limited availability, call (860) 747-6813 to reserve your spot.

We are proud to announce our 21st annual "J. Timothy's Golf Classic" to be held on Wednesday, May 15th. When we first started the golf outing to benefit the Plainville Community Food & Fuel Pantry we had a field of 62 golfers. Since then, 20 years later, we have grown to a field of around 200 golfers and are proud to announce that with the support of the local community we have raised over $250,000!

All of the details can be found at www.jtimothysgolf.com. You can register online to golf, or to be one of the sponsors. Hope to see you on the links on May 15th!

We'd love to see you, your Mom, and your family for Mother's Day! We'll be open our regular business hours and our full menu will be available, along with some wonderful specials. Reservations accepted for parties of 6 or more people. Space is limited for larger groups, so please call soon to make a reservation: (860) 747-6813.

For Easter this year, we'll have our full menu available as well as some wonderful specials (see picture below). We'll accept reservations for parties of 6 or more. Space is a bit limited for large parties, so please call us soon (860-747-6813) to reserve a large table. We will be open our normal hours, beginning at 11:30am.

Sláinte! Look what we have available:

Beer: Guinness, Smithwicks, Killkenny, Harp, and so much more.

Whiskey: Jameson, Jameson 12 Year Select (!), Tullamore Dew Crock (!!), and more.

Food: Savory and delicious Corned Beef & Cabbage with a yummy Irish Soda Biscuit and carrots/potatoes. This is available now through Sunday in the restaurant. But, don't want to be out and about this weekend? Want to be Irish at home? We've got you covered. Full Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner for four (4) via take-out. Pick it up, heat it at home, you are SO Irish. Available Friday- Sunday. Call in advance, only $37.95. Seriously, that is less than $10 per person.

We have some delicious and love-ly specials available for Valentine's Day and our full regular menu will be available too. Reservations for 6 or more people.

Want wings for the Super Bowl? Of course you do! But make sure you pre-order them NOW so you don't get shut out. Here's the info:

1. Call us at (860) 747-6813 to pre-order your wings.

2. We strongly/highly/really recommend ordering our Cold Wing Pack and picking them up on Saturday. With the Cold Wing Pack, your wings will be cooked through, then chilled, with the sauce on the side. You can then re-heat them at home so you have them nice and hot whenever you prefer. We provide re-heating instructions, which are really easy.

3. If you order wings for pick up on Saturday, you can get any size you like, e.g. single (10), double (20), or a bucket of about 40. But if you want to pickup your wings on Sunday, please note: we only serve buckets of wings for take out on Super Bowl Sunday. Also, we do not serve any other items for take out on Super Bowl Sunday, just buckets of wings.

Pick up on Saturday: anything from our menu and any size order of wings.

Pick up on Sunday: buckets of wings only.

We want you to enjoy the game and enjoy our wings! This is a picture of the cars lined up last year about an hour before the game waiting to pick up wings. Avoid this by ordering our Cold Wing Pack and picking up your order on Saturday! Thank you!

Our 7th annual Red Wine dinner will be held Fri., January 18th at 6:30pm. Co-sponsored with Southington Wine and Spirits, the dinner will feature different and amazing red wines with each course. We'll also have guest speaker Bob Tibbetts, the Wine Manager at Allan S. Goodman, who will discuss each wine (he's very entertaining, especially after some wine!).

The event includes a reception, 5-course dinner, and wines that match each course. Price is $90 per person and INCLUDES all tax and gratuity. Call us at (860) 747-6813 to reserve your table and for more information.

We'll have our full menu - along with some fantastic specials - available for New Year's Eve. Reservations accepted for parties of 6 or more.

Are you going to stay in and watch the ball drop on Times Square? Or are you going to a friend's house and want to bring some wings? New Year's Eve day is one of the busiest take-out days of the year for us. To make sure we can accommodate your order, please pre-order your wings in advance.

Call 860-747-6813 to reserve your order and the time you want to pick it up. 

We're closed Christmas and will re-open at 11:30am on December 26th. Merry Christmas!

For the wing lover on your list! A special holiday bundle that includes:

- J. Timothy's engraved beer mug

- embroidered cap

- gift card for one bucket of wings

All for only $50.00. This bundle is beautifully wrapped. Stop in to purchase this "Wing Lovers" bundle.

We're going to hold our 2nd TweetUp Beer Tasting, this time to taste some beers to help us select our winter beer list. Details:

When: Monday, October 29th, 6:30pm-8:30pm ish.

Why: We want your feedback on what winter beers we should offer. And, we love to meet fellow Tweeps.

What: First, follow us on Twitter. We'll have an array of winter beers to taste and we'll be asking you to rate them. For your (ahem) hard work, we'll also supply free wings. Yes, free beer & free wings. Great night? Or greatest night?

Who: Attendees will be selected randomly. Registration will open on Weds., 10/24 in the afternoon and will close on Fri., 10/26 at 10AM. We'll Tweet out the link to the brief registration form on Wednesday. Jon Stack from HDI (beer distributor) will be there. His offical work title: Beer Enthusiast. And while you don't need that "official" title to attend, please only reply if you are a beer enthusiast. Seating is very limited. One attendee per Twitter handle. Sorry, no guests.

Sign-up here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/38QRDXW We will let you know Friday afternoon if you've been randomly selected.

The first Beer Tasting TweetUp was great! Not only did our Twitter followers help us choose a great beer list, but it was really fun talking beer and meeting new folks. Here are a couple of pics from the first TweetUp. Yea, they're not great, but we were having too much fun talking about beer to care. That's our Bar/Beer Manager Rino who, along with Jon Stack, led the discussion about beer.

Tasting beer, talking about beer with fellow beer lovers, and eating wings. Not a bad way to spend a Monday night.

CT Restaurant Week is October 8-14 and we have an Octoberfest themed 4-course menu available for ONLY $20.12!

(Photo: Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant)

Menu:

Fresh Potato Latkes with Applesauce and Sour Cream

For more pictures of the restaurant, our Chef and some food, click here to take a look at the photo gallery from the Hartford Courant.

UPDATE 10/5/12: THIS DINNER IS NOW SOLD OUT. If you'd still like to attend, we can put your name on the waitlist and contact you if there are cancellations. Please call (860) 747-6813 and speak to a Manager to be placed on the waitlist. Thanks!

Join us Friday October 12th at 6:00 p.m. for our annual Octoberfest celebration. Reserve your spot now! $50.00 per person includes food, entertainment, tax AND gratuity, and last but not least, great Octoberfest Beer! Call (860) 747-6813 to make your reservation.

New Beer List: The Octoberfest beers are here! Plus, we have new "Chalkboard Ales", which are rotating taps featuring unique beers from craft and micro breweries.

We're excited to announce that we're now using Tabbedout, a FREE app for your iPhone or Android device that allows you to open a tab, view it, and pay the tab all via your phone. It's secure (your credit card number is encrypted on your phone), convenient, and easy to use! You'll never leave your credit card behind again and you can pay your bill and leave whenever you like. You don't have to wait for your server to bring your check and then swipe your card.

Check it out in the iPhone App store and Android marketplace.

Our summer beers are ready for your drinking pleasure! Some great new seasonal additions including Goose Island, Magic Hat, Harpoon, Brooklyn, Sam Adams and, of course, local CT breweries City Steam, Thomas Hooker and Ten Penny. 

We're excited and proud to be participating in a fantastic new event, Plainville Wings & Wheels, July 1st at Robertson Airport. It's a Fly-in (airplanes) and Car (classics) show benefiting the Petit Family Foundation and the Plainville Community Food Pantry.  Here's a description:

The goal of this event is twofold; the first is to raise funds for the Petit Family Foundation and the Plainville Community Food Pantry. The second goal is to bring the residents of our community and surrounding towns together and offer a day of entertainment and family fun with opportunities to see and experience the world of flight and classic automobiles.

J. Timothys will offering some great food including sandwiches and dessert (more on that later), but for now, mark this event/date on your calendar for a great day of family fun and charity.

Be sure to check out the website for more info, click here. 

We have several private rooms available; hosting everything from baby/wedding showers, intimate celebratory dinners, to wedding receptions. Here's a great post from CT Party Studios (DJs and lighting services) showcasing a recent wedding reception held in our Gathering Room.  Their DJ was great, and look at the fantastic lighting they provided! And the newly-married happy couple and their friends and family were wonderful!

Check out more pictures and a video here.

The Bride & Groom in front of our fireplace:

Our hors d'oeuvres table:

Thanks to CT Party Studios for great lighting and music!

If you're on Twitter, you know what a Tweetup is: people who interact on Twitter meet in person. We're doing one; here are the details:

Why: We wanted to get input from our Twitter followers on what beers to add to our summer beer list. Our Twitter followers really know and really love beer.

What: We'll provide the chicken wings (lots of 'em) and the small tastings of our potential summer beers. Must be 21+ to attend. Other drinks/beers are not included.

When #1: On Tuesday (5/22) afternoon sometime we'll announce the Tweetup and the first 10-12 people to reply will get to attend. This is going to be all about beer, so please don't reply if you don't like/drink beer. 

When #2: The Tweetup/Beer Tasting/Free Wings event will be Thursday, 5/24 from 8-10pm.

Who: Rino Ouellette, our Beer/Bar Manager and, Jon Stack, of Franklin Beer Distributors (whose official title is "Beer Enthusiaist"), will both be there to talk beer, beer, and more beer! And eat wings, too, of course. 

We're excited! Can't wait to meet some folks on Twitter and to hear what beers they think we should feature for the summer! Please don't reply if you're not sure you can attend; space is obviously limited. 

And if you don't follow us on Twitter? You should!  www.twitter.com/jtimothys

No, we're not going to require nametags.  :-)

Mother's Day is Sunday, May 13th.  We are taking reservations for parties of all sizes; please call (860) 747-6813 and speak to a Manager to make a reservation.

We will open at 11:30am and our last reservation will be seated at 4pm; after those seated at 4pm have enjoyed celebrating with their Moms, we will close for the day so our staff can spend time with their Mom.

Our regular full menu will not be available. We will be serving a limited and special menu, posted below. 

We're excited to announce that the 21st Annual J. Timothy's Golf Classic will be held Weds., May 16th at Tunxis Plantation.  This event benefits The Plainville Community Food Pantry and is dedicated to the memory of Ernie J. Brackett.

Sponsorships are available and prizes will be awarded for winning Men's, Women's, and Mixed Groups, including a chance for a new 2012 Buick Verano (courtesy Parsons Buick of Plainville) for a hole-in-one.  Registration includes lunch on the course, 18 holes of golf with cart, a commemorative gift and goody bag, and dinner reception and raffle prizes.

Download the printable registration form (PDF) here and here. 

Call Greg or Jim at (860) 747-6813 for more information.

We have new beer (or water, or soda, or...whatever liquid you like) mugs available. They're beautifully etched with our logo and mascot, Verne. Only $5 with a beer and $7 without.  Hoist One With Verne!

The owners and managers of J. Timothys took a day to visit the Sam Adams Brewery in Boston, where they learned more about the brewing and distribution process.  They probably sampled a few beers, too. 

Back row: Tim A., Jackie, Jim and Greg

Front row: Tim O., Rino, John

Easter is Sunday, April 8th.  We are taking reservations for parties of all sizes; please call (860) 747-6813 and speak to a Manager to make a reservation.

We will open at 11:30am and our last reservation will be seated at 4pm; after those seated at 4pm have enjoyed their holiday meals we'll close for the evening so our staff can spend time with their families.

Our regular full menu will not be available. We will be serving a limited and special menu that includes some of the staples from our regular menu like Prime Rib, French Onion Soup, Chicken Pot Pie and, of course, chicken wings!  And we'll have wonderful specials available including Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail, Carved leg of Lamb, Baked Applewood Ham, Baked Stuffed Shrimp, and Grilled Scallops, and more.

After many internal discussions, and significant feedback from our guests, we have decided to discontinue our call-ahead seating policy.  We experimented with this policy in order to improve service and convenience for our guests. Unfortunately, we have found that while in theory it was a good idea, in practice it was - more often than not - a frustrating experience for guests. 

We will be seating on a first-come, first-served basis from this time forward (and will continue to take reservations for groups of 6 or more). We are truly sorry for any inconvenience this may cause but we believe this is the best way to service our guests. Thank you for your continued patronage.

By popular request, we now have both Cappuccino and Espresso on the menu. 

Guests talk and we listen! By popular request, we've added Buffalo Shrimp and Sweet Potato Fries back to the menu.

The Buffalo Shrimp are 6 shrimp lightly breaded and fried, then dipped in our Buffalo Sauce. Served with lemon and bleu cheese.

The Sweet Potato Fries can be had as an appetizer (served with two dipping sauces; chipotle ranch and sweet/sour chili pineapple) or as a side (slight extra charge) for any sandwich. 

Irish Beer? Of course. We'll have Harp, Guinness, and Killkenny on tap, plus Killians in a bottle.

Irish Food? Yes. The menu will feature some great specials including fresh Corned Beef & Cabbage and Banger's and Mashed with Nodine's sausage. And a special dessert.

Music? Sure. A fun band that will definitely have you singing along to "When Irish Eyes are Smiling" and many more.

If you have a group of 6 or more, call for reservations. 860-747-6813.

We'll be serving our full menu, plus some lovely specials for Valentine's Day.  We will take reservations for parties of 6 or more.

Our 6th annual Red Wine Dinner is Friday, January 20th.  Enjoy an International menu with food and wine from around the world.  Cost of $80 per person includes tax and gratuity.  Call 860-747-6813 to reserve your seat.  Also makes a nice holiday gift! Presented in conjunction with Southington Wines with an appearance from wine expert Bob Tibbets, Wine Manager at Allan S. Goodman. 

Check out our "Drink Board" where you can buy a friend a drink (or a friend can buy you a drink!).  Details on our Facebook page. 

It may not be super cold yet, but our seasonal beer menu has been updated to include some great winter beers.  Sam Adams Winter, Harpoon Winter Warmer, Long Trail Hibernator, Thomas Hooker Nor'Easter, and more! 

We were inducted into the Connecticut Restaurant Association's Hospitality Hall of Fame this week.  Story at the Hartford Courant.

We've added some new items to our menu: Lobster Ravioli, Deep Fried Buffalo Ribs, Sea Scallop & Shrimp Carbonara, and more.  Check them out at Facebook. 

It was our pleasure to donate food and cook at the Plainville High School Emergency Shelter during the aftermath of the storm.  Thanks to our staff and the other fantastic volunteers.  Check out some pictures!