Bastille Day 2011 - Official TEASER

The Forgeois Group, Ricard and Lillet brands Team Up to Host the Ninth Annual Bastille Day Petanque Event in Brooklyn on July 10th and in Tribeca on July 14th.

This year marks the ninth year of the Petanque event of Bastille Day on Smith Street, in Brooklyn.

60+ multi-cultural teams will compete on the packed sand courts, enjoying the Music, the Magician, amazing food, the cold beverages and the sun.

TriBeCa on the other hand, will be launching its second edition, introducing Bastille Day Pétanque event on West Broadway.

Through the partnership work of this tournament's event series founders, Bette Stoltz from SBLDC, Bar Tabac and Robin des Bois, and through the famous French liquor brand Ricard, the chic French aperitive from Bordeaux, Lillet, spectators will once again mill about the booths of local businesses, chow down on BarTabac or Cercle Rouge specialities and sip on a Classic Ricard.

Forgeois and Ricardcompanies partner for the sixth consecutive year in promoting French culture and festivities through the Bastille Day tournaments.

"After beginning this tournament in 2001 as an event intimate to BarTabac, each proceeding year the event grew, drawing more international participants and New York crowds to enrich their life with French culture." started Forgeois, owner of the Forgeois Group, a group of successful restaurants including the tournament hosts BarTabac and Cercle Rouge.

Ricard has been involved in the Bastille Day petanque jubilee by refreshing participants and spectators with cocktails of its original namesake line and number one pastis, an anise-flavored beverage. With the release of the first ever bottle redesign, originally created in 1932, in France this past February, Ricard plans to celebrate by giving out free prizes and presenting the new bottle during the tournament events as a preview to its United States release in September.

To please the taste buds of the crowds, Cercle Rouge and BarTabac will be presenting the works of in house chef Pierre Landet, Master Chef of France. There will also be a special appearance of chef Benjamin Darnaud of France invited by Ricard company and seen on French culinary TV shows : "Top Chef" and "C'estmoi qui regale".

Sunday, July 10th -- From noon to 8pm
Brooklyn @ Bar Tabac (128 Smith Street)

Thursday, July 14th -- From noon to 7pm
Tribeca @ Cercle Rouge (241 West Broadway)

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