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Love’s labor: Make your Valentine’s Day plans

by Dave McNair 5:36 pm February 04th

Gentleman, it’s that time of year again. This time, don’t wait until the last minute, Dude! Get your V-Day plans set by checking out these great offerings:

The Blue Moon Diner on West Main is having a special “Neil Diamond themed Sunday Brunch” for Valentines Day, from 9am to 3pm. Look for Forever in Blue berry pancakes, Kentucky Woman French toast, Sweet Caroline Polyface bbq with eggs and hasbrowns, Mountains of Love Hogwaller hash, and Gitchy Goomy beat salad to name a few. Click Here to see the menu.

L’etoile on West Main is running two prix fixe menus this weekend, one 3-course for $55, which includes lobster bisque, scallops, pork tenderloin with sweet potatoes, rock fish, duck breast, strawberry shortcake, and crème brulee. Another 5-course Chef’s menu meal goes for $75 and includes treats such as duck confit with shiitake mushrooms, caesar salad with house cured bacon, BBQ quail and pork belly.

Aroma’s Café is offering a special 3-course Valentine’s Day menu for $35 per person on Sunday, February 14. Choice of roasted tomato, carrot, and ginger soup, grilled jumbo shrimp or falafel, salmon over orzo pasta, Moroccan lamb, mixed baby greens salad, baklava and other tasty treats. Reservations required.

Cassis has a special Valentine’s Day three-course deal on February 12, 13, and 14 for $25. Basically, an extension of Restaurant Week. French onion soup, fried oyster, steak tartare, salmon, roasted chicken breast, beef burgundy//warm apple tart, chocolate cake…yum! Click Here to see the menu.

Maya on West Main has a $45 per person Valentine’s Day deal. Oysters on the half-shell, beef tenderloin, venison loin, halibut, and apple tart tatin to name a few items.Click Here to see the menu. (more)

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Food Inc. gets Oscar nod, but Salatin prefers Fresh

by Dave McNair 5:05 pm February 02nd

Food Inc., which features local farmer and 2009 Hook Person of the Year Joel Salatin, was recently nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. Salatin, however, prefers Fresh, another popular food documentary he appeared in last year.

“Fresh was more positive, and the cinematography better,” Salatin told the Hook. “They came for two-day stretches at different times of the year. The Food Inc. folks came in and did everything in one day. Food Inc. is more in your face, makes you not want to eat anything.”

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Extended deal: snow extends Restaurant Week

by Dave McNair 2:17 pm February 02nd

Ventana chef Sebastien Jack wowed em’ at Restaurant Week.
FILE PHOTO BY SEAN WATHEN

Well, Restaurant Week has come and gone, and according to some restaurants we spoke to the event was a smashing success, again.

“We had an amazing turnout and response,” says Ventana owner Michael Fitzgerald. “We got lots of new and receptive customers.”

In fact, because the winter weather put the kibosh on some Saturday and Sunday reservations, some restaurants are extending the $26 three-course deal.

“We are going to honor Restaurant Week patrons this Wednesday and Thursday,” says l’étoile owner Mark Gresge. “ We are currently in the process of calling all our guests back who could not make it this past weekend.”

Indeed, Dish learned that most participants had extended Restaurant Week at least through Wednesday, February 3. The list of participating restaurants is at cvilleyum.com, and you can call them directly about rescheduling your reservation or making a new one.

Of course, more winter weather is expected (in fact, it’s coming down as we write), so you might want to hurry!

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Supper bowls for the Super Bowl

by Dave McNair 1:26 pm February 02nd

While most folks will probably be watching the face-off between the Saints and the Colts (not to mention a performance by The Who at half-time!)at house parties this Sunday, there are plenty of restaurants showing the game. That’s good news if you don’t have a big screen TV, or know someone who does. Of course, while Wild Wings Café and Buffalo Wild Wings are some obvious Super Bowl 44 watching choices, with their multiple big screen offerings and festive atmospheres, there are other choices as well.

Down in Belmont, The Local is inviting folks to watch the game and enjoy a Super Bowl menu for foodies, featuring crab dip on toast points, an Ayrshire Farms burger, chicken wings, and nachos with Guinness chili and house pickled jalapenos. Guadalajara on Pantops is also making a Super Bowl run, having recently install three 32-inch TVs for the event.

There’s also the Lazy Parrot Grill in the Pantops Shopping Center, which boasts 19 TVs and a reputation for having one of the most fun crowds in town for football games throughout the season.

Of course, any place that has a TV is likely to have it tuned into the game, and if it isn’t, well, how could any restaurant owner deny a request to change the channel?

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