Orchard Street Chop Shop

11/23/2023

https://youtu.be/HiSkjcl9yW4?si=7ex3ssP4GGm0zMEv

Classic clip from the 1978 Turkey Drop episode of WKRP! Happy Thanksgiving my Friends!

03/25/2022

https://mainvest.com/in/the-bourbon-room-nh Mixing a little history with the future. Going rogue.

The Bourbon Room NH is seeking investment to open a location.

12/18/2018

We can still talk like pirates if need be.

An excerpt from 'Rum Curious: The Indispensable Guide to Tasting the World's Spirit', a new book by cocktail historian Fred Minnick

11/29/2016

DOVER — One of the Garrison City’s most loved restaurants is shutting its doors after 16 years.The Orchard Street Chop Shop will serve its

11/25/2016

Good Afternoon, even though it saddens us deeply that Koz is moving on, and deservedly so, the Orchard Street Chop itself as a function destination will soldier on through the month of December. Though we will be closing our doors officiallyafter service the night of Tuesday, November 29th, we still have close to a dozen parties that will still be honored and held. Our staff will be remaining to make sure that everyone has the best possible holiday we can provide. On that note, we would love to still invite you to host your holiday parties with us this upcoming December. Several excellent dates for the upstairs Top of the Chop, Havana Lounge, or downstairs by the fireplace remain available. You can reach me directly at the restaurant, or through our new function number (603) 395-0938. Email inquiries can be made at [email protected]. I thank you myself for getting to know you off and on over the 6 of the 14 years I was with Koz, from the beginning, through thick and thin, and right up until the end. He will be missed.

Corey Richardson

11/23/2016

The last of the dry-aged Cowboys. Come in for one before Tuesday!

11/23/2016

Please join us any time after 7 PM on Saturday evening to toast Chef Koz goodbye! There's no certain time, but Koz will float around the restaurant all night saying his goodbyes. There will be some light complimentary appetizers upstairs in the Havana Lounge.

11/22/2016

To my dear friends, gracious customers and supporters of the Orchard Street Chop Shop,

Over the last year and a half, I have been doing some soul-searching with my wife, Christen, trying to figure out where I wanted to go in life. I took a hard look at where I am now and where my current path may take me. I started cooking behind the line at the Crescent City Bistro in 2001. I was single, no kids and no responsibilities. Now, 16 years, a wife and two kids later, I am still unable to spend most holidays with my family due to the restaurant. We are lucky if we get to sit down for dinner more than one day a week. Last week, my son, Dominic, asked me if I would be able to make it to more of his soccer games next year since I missed most of them this year. I don’t want to say “no” to him anymore. Life goes by and opportunities like this pass way too fast.

My passion is cooking. In the last few years, I have been forced to move out of the kitchen to an operational role. In hindsight, this is not what I wanted. I am a chef and want to cook again. I want a life that I have control of, not one that controls me. Right now, I don’t have that. I have been living in a restaurant for the last 18 years straight.

After weighing my options, I have decided that it’s time for a change. Our last night open for business will be Tuesday, November 29th. Chris Serrecchia, better known as “Rex”, who owns the Dover Brickhouse, is purchasing the building and property from me on December 1st and will be implementing a new restaurant concept. If you have a holiday party booked, rest assured, Rex will still be taking good care of you with many of my same great staff staying on board.

As for me, I will be taking a little bit of time off to finally get to enjoy my first Christmas with my family. I am planning to clear my head and begin working on my new project, Flat Iron Catering Company. Please follow my new page, Flat Iron Catering NH on Facebook or on Twitter. Our new website will be www.flatironcateringnh.com which should be up and running sometime by late December. The Orchard Street Chop Shop page and website will be shut down in the near future. I will be unveiling some big news in the spring you won’t want to miss so please follow and turn on notifications for our new FB page.

Come join me this coming Saturday evening to make a toast and throw around stories about the long strange trip it’s been. Thank you very much Dover, it’s been a great 16 years here. I will see you all again soon.

Yours truly, Chef Koz

11/21/2016

Turkey Day tips from your bourbon fans here at the Chop Shop. Plus yes we do have Wild Turkey 101 and Teeling Single Malt Whiskey available for your enjoyment anytime the mood strikes you!

Put These Whiskeys On The Table For Thanksgiving in Beer & Food, Bourbon Whiskey, Featured, Irish Whiskey, Rye Whiskey, Scotch Whisky November 21, 2016 0 By Richard Thomas What whiskeypairs with roast turkey?(Credit: USDA) Last year, I took the traditional pairings approach to producing a Thanksgivi...

11/18/2016

The Whiskey 101 Challenge
1 ounce tastings from around the world

Here at the Chop Shop, and our new creation www.thebourbonroomnh.com
we hope to introduce to the world of Bourbons, the one true American spirit.

There are over 100 distilleries currently operating in Scotland alone, and with each of them offering us different aging and 'finishing' variations beyond the standard releases, the options to explore from that country are staggering. Ireland is discovering it's 'lost distilleries', it's rich history as well as embracing a new 'craft distillery' movement that we right here in America have been welcoming for the past few decades. And the world over from France to India is discovering just what they are capable of creating.

Suffice to say, you can start today, and as much fun as it sounds, in 50 years of trying you may never catch up to what is being unveiled to us each and every day. The Whiskey 101 Challenge offers you a chance to take a first step in exploring all the variations locally, nationally, and globally that is out there.

101 whiskies that span as much of the spectrum as we can that New Hampshire will give unto us to enjoy. One step at a time, one day at a time, one sip at a time. So many expressions, so little time.

Life is too short to drink cheap whiskey, and now we don't have to if we don't want to.

11/17/2016

Flights of Fancy: Grand Flights
A selection of six 1 ounce tastings

Here at the Chop Shop, and our new creation www.thebourbonroomnh.com
we hope to introduce to the world of Bourbons, the one true American spirit.

Six ounces of straight whiskey in one sitting you say? Call me a cab, pour me into a dixie cup and wish me well you may say also! Truth be told if you having that second or third Martini or Manhattan, you are surely imbibing in six to nine ounces of alcohol in one sitting. And let's also be honest, who has 'just one' when they go out?

Granted the concept is designed more for a sharing or table offering, but there are a few variations that come to mind where this level of exploring does lend itself well. The first is to explore the burgeoning New Hampshire distilleries, there now being six or so as of this posting. To see how these young upstarts are faring side by side is something of interest, as well as perhaps discovering 'a new favorite' right here in our own back yard.

Another design that lends to this variation is Scotland. Over the centuries, the water, land and sea has created six distinct regions. Though the country itself is not that great of an expanse size-wise, you can literally drive 100 miles in any one direction and discover pronounced differences in what their distilleries are doing. Just by how their water gets from where it begins, the different mineral make-up that the water flows through, the influences of sea and air, the peat they use - so many subtle influences can have major ramifications on a finished product.