A two-fer at the Reliable Source: Holiday Buffet plus Jazz Night, Dec. 17

The National Press Club's annual Holiday Buffet at the Reliable Source restaurant is always a special event. And so are the restaurant's periodic Jazz Nights, featuring the popular Greater U Street Jazz Collective.

So it will be a really special event on Thursday, Dec. 17, when the Reliable Source will feature both attractions -- the Holiday Dinner and Jazz Night -- on the very same night.

The buffet dinner will be available starting at 5:30 p.m. with Holiday Bash cuisine. Then the Greater U Street Jazz Collective, back by popular demand, will begin its performance in the Truman Lounge at 6:30 p.m.

The event is open to National Press Club members and their guests. Price of the buffet (and free music) is $24 for Club members, $28 for non-members.

Reservations are encouraged for this event by contacting at 202-662-7443 or e-mailing at [email protected]

The restaurant has concocted three special drinks for the occasion, at $7 each:
Washington Apple, Chocolate Martini and Blue Moon.

Selection on the buffet will include:

Salads:
Spinach with sugared cranberries, roast pumpkin, goat cheese and ginger dressing
Green salad with spiced apples, blue cheese, cinnamon pecans and apple cider vinaigrette
Caesar salad with Parmesan croutons; anchovies on the side
Jellied cranberries, oranges and walnuts

Hot Buffet:
Roast goose (carved to order).
Seven fish Christmas Eve stew with fennel, tomatoes and onions
Baked Ham with roasted pineapple and orange ginger glaze
Roasted butternut squash lasagna with cranberries and hazelnuts; topped with Béchamel
Herb bread stuffing with apples and cranberries
Chive mashed potatoes with red wine demi-glace
Green beans almandine with pearl onions

Dessert:
Red velvet cake with Christmas butter icing
Croquembouche (Profiterole Christmas Tree with Grand Marnier pastry cream)
Buche de Noel