Crooked Eye Brewery to open at Fusion Kitchen. Here's what they're bringing to Chalfont

Michele Haddon, Bucks County Courier Times
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Chalfont will soon have a pin in the map of local breweries, joining Bucks County’s vibrant craft beer scene.

Thanks to a collaboration with Fusion Kitchen, in New Britain Village Square shopping center, Hatboro-based Crooked Eye Brewery is setting up a permanent second location inside the restaurant, where it can offer craft beers daily starting May 4 with a celebration featuring live music and a derby-themed menu.

Crooked Eye Brewery is setting up a permanent second location in Chalfont inside Fusion Kitchen. Pictured here is a pint of White Tail Ale paired with achiote flank steak tacos topped with a citrus ginger slaw, pineapple salsa and pickled onions.
Crooked Eye Brewery is setting up a permanent second location in Chalfont inside Fusion Kitchen. Pictured here is a pint of White Tail Ale paired with achiote flank steak tacos topped with a citrus ginger slaw, pineapple salsa and pickled onions.

The businesses started their partnership in November when Fusion Kitchen began hosting Crooked Eye Brewery pop-ups every Friday.

Those nights grew such a large following that Fusion’s husband-and-wife team, Chef Walt Marshall and Kristin Marshall, who started their restaurant and catering business in 2021, strongly believed it was a relationship worth building on.

“It’ll be something different for Chalfont, and we’re excited to bring that into the town,” Kristin said.

The owners of Fusion Kitchen, Chef Walt Marshall, left, and Kristin Marshall, right, sit inside their restaurant with two of the three Crooked Eye Brewery owners, Paul Hogan, center left, and Paul Mulherin, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024.
The owners of Fusion Kitchen, Chef Walt Marshall, left, and Kristin Marshall, right, sit inside their restaurant with two of the three Crooked Eye Brewery owners, Paul Hogan, center left, and Paul Mulherin, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024.

For Paul Mulherin and his partners, Jeff Mulherin and Paul Hogan, the chance to expand the 11-year-old brewery into Bucks County while joining up with another family-owned business was a perfect match.

“It’s not just a kitchen, it’s a family atmosphere with the employees and everyone. It’s the same exact feel we have at our brewery, it feels like family, so it just seemed like a good fit,” Mulherin said.

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Fusion Kitchen has undergone some minor renovations to create a dedicated bar where Crooked Eye Brewery will serve its own craft beers, along with craft cocktails and Pennsylvania ciders, wines and spirits.

The satellite location will offer a rotating selection of beers on draft from eight taps, plus a guest tap to highlight other local brewers. Cans, crowlers and growlers will also be available for takeout.

With the brewery comes its large roster of local bands and musicians, who will perform Friday and Saturday nights at Fusion.

The restaurant’s menu will showcase a selection of dishes meant to pair well with the beers being served, along with many other favorite and new creations.

When is Fusion Kitchen and Crooked Eye Brewery in Chalfont open?

Fusion Kitchen and Crooked Eye will be open every day but Sunday with the following hours:

  • Monday ­– Thursday: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

  • Friday and Saturday: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. (kitchen closes at 10 p.m.)

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Fusion Kitchen offers a ‘taste of the city in Chalfont’

Fusion Kitchen first opened in 2021, focusing mainly on catering and takeout at first during the COVID-19 pandemic, before growing and promoting the restaurant for dining in.

The menu, which changes seasonally, highlights a diverse range of globally inspired flavors through unique dishes with a focus on fresh and health-conscious ingredients.

The restaurant has provided Chef Walt a blank canvas where he brings 30 plus years experience, including a decade spent under the Stephen Starr umbrella in Philadelphia working under internationally renowned chefs Masaharu Morimoto and Jose Garces.

Chef Walt Marshall prepares a Fusion Kitchen favorite called Drunken Mussels, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024.
Chef Walt Marshall prepares a Fusion Kitchen favorite called Drunken Mussels, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024.

“I’m trying to do simpler foods with finer ingredients,” he said. “It’s a taste of the city in Chalfont.”

Some customer favorites include drunken mussels, the Cubano sandwich, wings, ribs and their Fusion Donut, made with mac and cheese with pulled pork or buffalo chicken.

The menu also includes salads, soups, flatbreads, appetizers, sandwiches, burgers, tacos, daily dinners and chef specials. Many items are made using gluten-free ingredients and sandwiches can be ordered on a gluten-free bun upon request.

Catering services and private chef’s tables come with a custom menu crafted to serve any theme or occasion.

Go: 4275 County Line Road, Chalfont; 267-477-1494; fusionkitchenchalfont.com; crookedeyebrewery.com

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Reporter Michele Haddon covers local news, small business, economic development, community revitalization, art and culture for The Intelligencer and Bucks County Courier Times at PhillyBurbs.com. Please considering supporting local journalism with a subscription.

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