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German Village Haus und Garten PreTour Party GERMAN VILLAGE: WHERE OUR PATHS CROSS

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German Village Haus und Garten PreTour Party GERMAN VILLAGE: WHERE OUR PATHS CROSSSaturday, June 25, 2016

THANK YOU TO OUR HAUS UND GARTEN TOUR SPONSORS AND PATRONS:

Barcelona | Curio at Harvest | Frontgate | G. Michael’s | Hausfrau Haven | Hofbrahaus

Home Instead Senior Care | Katzinger’s | Ohio Health | Pistacia Vera | Signature Wines | Two Caterers

VUTECH | RUFFHER REALTORS

Alarm One SecurityKathy Anderson & Beth HingsbergenAthletic Club of ColumbusBeth & Jim Atkinsonclh and associatesMary Cusick & Dave WibleHeidi & Larry DrakeEquitable Mortgage/Toni HudsonGreg Gamier & Jeff Lowe

GBQCarole & Nelson GenshaftGerman Village InsuranceAmy Goldstein & Marc SigalSilva & Dennis GramlichLaurie GunzelmanBeth Hingsbergen & Kathy AndersonHistorical Homes/Juanita & Alex FurutaKen Hunger & Tim Moore

Huntington BankJeanne Likins & Joseph FloodNancy LittleCarolyn McCall & David RennerGiancarlo Miranda & Tim MorbitzerNationwide Children’s HospitalMelinda & Edward SadarSchmidt’sSusie Schulz & Troy Plummer

David SmithSquare One Salon & SpaRonni & Darrell van LigtenWolfe Insurance GroupJeff WolfeCarolyn Workman & Kurt Wacker

ANDALUSIA, A CULTURAL CROSSROADS Nancy & Jim Turner 164 Thurman Ave

Bienvenido! We invite you to join us as we ‘comemos’ our way through Andalusia with a menu reflecting the region’s rich heritage and unique geographic distinction as the only European region with both Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines.

We begin with assorted tapas. To ‘tapear’ (going from bar to bar for drinks and tapas) is an essential part of Spanish culture. In German Village, however, we don’t make you work that hard; we’ll be tapear-ing a la casa de Turner with plenty of sangria to go around!

Paella is our main. Rich in the flavors of land and sea, paella is considered the national dish of Spain. Paella fun fact: in 1999, a restaurant in El Salvador made a paella large enough to feed 2,500 people! Note: we will not be making a paella that size. For dessert, rich chocolate and fresh orange pair with a creamy three cheese tart. Delicioso!!!

BOURBON & CANAL STREET Cindy & Bruce Hagen and Sharon & Richard Pettit 49 Stewart Ave.

Ah, The Crescent City…New Orleans. A place where everything is slower, simpler and easy-going. And scrumptious. And decadent. And mouthwatering. Here’s a little ‘gout’ of what you get when German Village crosses paths with all-things Orleanian...

Start the night off right with a Sazerac (Hurricanes are for tourists, Sazeracs are for natives) as you nibble on mustard and Gruyere batons, caramelized bacon and mini Cajun crab cakes.

Prochain, enjoy BBQ shrimp and chicken & andouille sausage gumbo with sweet potato and apple salad, but be sure to save room for dessert because no trip to ‘Loosiana’ would be complete without chocolate bourbon pecan pie with spiced pecans and whipped cream.

‘Dis-moi la verite, quite a fay dodo, mais non?’

CALLE LUNA CALLE SOL Regina & Jeff Tobin 714 S 6th St

With its roots in the cooking traditions of Spain, Africa and the native Taino, the Puerto Rican island may be small but the flavors certainly aren’t!

Pina coladas and your hostess’ secret sangria recipe welcome you at the door before dinner is served. And quite a dinner it is: arroz con pollo (vegetarian rice with chicken), abichuelas negras (black beans), tostones (no fried green tomatoes here....these are fried green plantains!) and ensalad con aguacate (salad with avocado) give you a real taste of the island. Finally-- because as important as food is to the Puerto Rican culture, music may be more so--salsa and meringue will be provided. Indulge in desserts of pasta de guayaba con quest blanco or (and?) flan de coco with no worries; you can dance the calories (and the night!) away.

BISTRO CENTRE VILLE Catherine Adams & Greg Lashutka, Tom Dailey & Sung Jin Pak, Jane & Bill Forbes 749 Mohawk St

“Wine is a constant proof that God loves us and wants to see us happy.” - Benjamin Franklin

Who better than Ben, one of America’s most famous Francophiles, to introduce our French bistro dinner? Our fare is classic French prepared by Chef James Forbes of North Country Charcuterie and appropriately will start with a charcuterie board. Escargots a la Bourguignon follow with a salad of frisée & bibb garnished with coffee bacon lardons and poached egg. A duet of rabbit is the main: loin wrapped in pancetta, rabbit-sage sausage and rabbit espagnole served with poached carrots & zucchini and herbed couscous. Wine pairings will be selected by your hosts.

Who needs to gaze at the Eiffel Tower when you have the LeVeque and the Rhodes!

PASSEIG DE GARCIA Y AVENIDA DIAGONAL Barb & Ed Elberfeld, Jill D’Antignac & Jim Plunkett 259 E Beck St.

The Passeig de Garcia is recognized as the most expensive street in Spain, but tonight we bring it to you for the low price of PreTour dinner tickets!

We begin our evening with gazpacho, followed by a paella featuring braised beef short ribs, pan seared scallops, piquing peppers, Brussels sprouts (wait, were did Belgium come from..?), sofrito, calasparra rice and aioli verde.

Hojaldre de Crema--a salty caramel chocolate mousse cream puff for the non-Spanish speakers among you--finishes the dinner, but not the evening: can you say Flamenco performance and (non-lethal) bullfighting practice...?

Breda Garnacha Old Vines and Anna Cava Brut accompany the meal. (And the dancing and bullfight practicing as well.)

HAIGHT-ASHBURY Stephanie & David Connor 306 E Beck St.

Our paths cross at the Peace Cafe. It’ll be a gas, and we’re givin’ you a far-out spread fit for a commune. For the cool chicks and groovy dudes who’re down with vegetarianism, we have fruit, cheese & crudités with crostini and crackers, roasted wild mushrooms (no, not THAT kind!) & Brie on flatbread and eggplant stacks with tomatoes, pesto & fresh mozzarella. For the carnivores, deviled eggs with smoked (no, not THAT kind!) salmon, crab cakes, grilled chicken skewers and braised beef short rib sliders are on the menu. Of course dessert work for everyone with the munchies; who could say no to iced sugar cookies and brownies (no, not THAT kind!). Wash it all down with beer, wine and ‘krazy koolaid’ and you’ve got one happenin’ scene. Stay cool, man, and see you on the corner of Haight and Ashbury!

LASALLE & MAIN, VILLE PLATTE LOUISIANA Kim & Jim Cowie 763 Mohawk St.

Laissez les bons temps rouller, y’all, and join us for a feast straight out of Cajun country!

Nobody gives you a more authentic taste of ‘Loosiana’ than we do with shrimp po’ boys, crab jambalaya and crab ettoufe coming to German Village straight from the bayou. Our signature cocktail is the Roule, the official drink of Cajun country, made using Louisiana Crude Rum. And our trip to The Bayou State wouldn’t be complete without beignets... True to our roots of Southern hospitality, we’ll be offering vegan options for guests who prefer.

LINCOLN & COLLINS, SOUTH BEACH Darci Congrove & John Pribble III and Patti Orzano 758 Jaeger St.

The Delano Beach Club is the ultimate in poolside luxury: elegant, eclectic and proof that the new rule of chic is simplicity with a crisp, modern sense of ease. Join us as we bring the Delano home with a multi-course seated meal, heavy on the seafood and on the South Beach vibe.

We’ll tempt you with grouper ceviche, crab & cantaloupe salad, grilled herb shrimp with mango salsa, green veg salad, halibut with sweet corn zabaglione, Cuban roast pork (no South Beach tribute would be complete without it!), and corn salad with walnuts & goat cheese. A refreshing lime curd tart, reminiscent of the pastel shades of South Beach hotels in the ‘50s and with a taste as fresh as the ocean breeze, ends the meal, but the craft cocktails and groovy music continue well into the evening, as befitting the coolest of South Beach-meets-German-Village clubs.

DUVAL & CAROLINEMeghan Conrad590 City Park Ave.

Head for Key West’s most iconic street as the homes, inns and landmarks of the Conch Republic come to life on City Park Avenue. True to its terminus on the water, your meal is full of fun from the sea. We start with cooked shrimp ceviche and savory watermelon bites. Skewer the jerk chicken brochette or opt for a taste of tuna tartare with oysters on the half shell. Next, summery salad with shrimp fritters follow before the main event: mahi mahi with black bean yam cake and coconut and kaffir lime broth. How can we not end with the lime pies named for the island and the minty mojitos invented just 90 miles away on Cuba.

LINGUA FRANCA: A CITY PARK SPECTACLE SPECTACULARJordanne Renner748 City Park Ave.

This dinner, where our own German Village paths cross on City Park, features items organic, locally sourced and homemade and is spectacular to be sure!

You’ll be greeted with a refreshing libation and a light nosh: Dr. Bartlett’s Backseat Epiphany elixir and homemade gourmet popcorn.

For your first course, enjoy chicken wings & coleslaw with a cucumber, tomato & burrata salad before moving on to the evening’s soup: a Tuscan white bean & sausage with pears and pecorino served alongside.

The main is braised lamb shank with homemade gnocchi and roasted asparagus.

Cleanse your palate with a baby power-green salad before moving on to dessert, and truly the best has been saved for last: homemade cheesecake with chocolate sucre crust and roasted strawberry trifles w/lemon cream. Seconds (or thirds), anyone?

IBERIAN CROSSROADS - A TOUR OF NORTHERN PORTUGAL AND BASQUE, SPAINHeather Blackmon-do Forno & Paul do Forno 578 S. Sixth St.

The miles of coastline of the Iberian peninsula and the proximity to France and Africa (Morocco is only 8 miles across the Straight of Gibraltar from the southern tip of Spain!) significantly influenced the cuisine of the region. As this dinner proves, for these facts we should be grateful!

Our evening begins with mussels, grilled chorizo & Iberico ham and an assortment of Portuguese & Spanish cheeses. A Basque-style paella with chicken, shrimp, pork & vegetables is the main followed by pasteis de nata (Portuguese custard tarts) and chocolate & almond stuffed figs. Of course no meal would be complete without sangria, wine, beer, and in celebration of this meal’s crossroads: port!

A PASSAGE TO INDIALeslie & Patrick McBane 567 S. Fifth St.

As E.M. Forster’s ‘A Passage to India’ may be one of the 100 best all-time novels, this meal will certainly be one of the 100 best you have!

Featuring traditional Northern Indian fare, our meal begins with assorted vegetable pakoras and mincemeat & pea samosas served with mint & coriander chutney. We are offering 3 mains: chicken curry, aloo gobhi (cauliflower, peas & potatoes) and dai (lentils) & rice pilau. All dishes will be accompanied with Indian breads, mango chutney and cucumber raita. Desserts feature kheer (Indian rice pudding) and assorted jalebi (Indian sweets) served with chai.

Bhangra dancing and Bollywood movies are planned for your viewing or participating pleasure!

MEMORIES OF L’ARPEGEAmanda Smoliniec & John Noble, Michele McFadden 117 E. Deshler Ave.

The 7th arrondissement in Paris is home to some of the word’s greatest. From the greatest structures like the Eiffel Tower and Les Invalides, Napoleon’s spectacular tomb that compensates for his size with its own to the greatest museums including the D’Orsay and Rodin to the greatest restaurants like the 3 Michelin star L’Arpege, located at the crossroads of Rue de Varenne and Rue de Bourgogne.

We bring you our memories of this spectacular restaurant in a meal beginning with the tres French gougeres. These light as air

biscuits filled with cheese and served with mornay sauce are sure to amuse every bouche. A series of small plates follow, all featuring the very best of what the season and garden have to offer: chilled asparagus soup with crab salad, beet timbale, a grilled vegetable terrine, micro-greens salad, grilled scallops with creamy cheddar jalapeño corn and paupiettes de veau served with mushroom stuffed tomatoes. A mille crepe cake, a classic French dessert, ends the meal. Bon appetite!

LOSE YOUR BLUESKathy & Alec Wightman 184 E. Beck St.

Deep in the heart of the South at the crossroads of highways 61 & 49, you’ll find Clarksdale, MS, The Golden Buckle on the Cotton Belt. Home to blues legends like McKinley Morganfield (you may know him as Muddy Waters) and the Delta Blues Museum, Clarksdale is also home to sensational low country food.

Our evening begins with hors d’ouvres of crab hush puppies served with remoulade, Mississippi caviar with blue corn chips and mini smoked pork tamales with delta hot sauce. Next you’ll savor catfish tacos with green tomato chowchow. The main is a true tribute to the Mississippi Delta: blackened gulf redfish with a honey-Tabasco drizzle served with crispy dirty-rice cakes and a corn and crab maque choux. And for a real Dixie treat, dessert is a Delta Duo:

hummingbird cake and Mississippi mud-pie in a jar. Join us and let us know which of Clarksville native Sam Cooke’s songs this meal may have inspired: We’re Having a Party, You Send Me, What a Wonderful World or maybe all three!

ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOKRobin & John Barr and Denton Hewitt & David Taylor 31 E. Kossuth St

If there is one thing about Bangkok that will never disappoint a visitor it’s the joy the colorful cuisine of Thailand will give your taste buds! Thai food is a blend of spicy and mild designed to balance taste. We invite you to grab a tuk-tuk to our place for a Thai feast.

Chicken Satay with peanut dipping sauce, Citrus Chili Shrimp Sticks, and Hoisin Beef & Scallion rolls start the meal, followed by a crisp salad of spring greens dressed in an orange-sesame vinaigrette. Our main is a sweet chili glazed chicken topped with cucumber-red onion relish. We have several sides: Thai fried rice made with pineapple, cashews, peas, egg, carrots and diced scallions, Sesame asparagus and a Mushroom sauté. Because no Thai meal would be complete without kanom (dessert), we’ll offer both a luscious coconut pie and a refreshing lemon cake roll. A signature Thai cocktail, Thai beer and red and white wine will be flowing all evening. Come and join us and see why Murray Head so famously sang, ‘One night in Bangkok and the world’s your oyster’!

HOLLYWOOD & VINE IN THE ROARING TWENTIESSarah Irvin-Clark & Kelly Clark 256 Reinhard Ave

The 20’s were the golden era of Hollywood. Talkies debuted in 1926, MGM was formed and move over Kardashians, people were famous for their talents, not for, well, being famous. Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino and the original ‘It’ couple: Douglas Fairbanks & Mary Pickford. Brangelina, feh!

Join us as we host a dinner party straight from The Brown Derby...

We begin with Deviled eggs, Duck a l’orange canapés, Shrimp cocktail and a light bite to die for: watermelon, feta & micro basil drizzled with orange syrup. There could be no other salad options than the classics: Waldorf and Caesar. Our entree, Lobster a la Newburg with baby carrots & turnips in puff pastry epitomizes the extravagance of the roaring 20’s, and the dessert, Flambé Baked Alaska, is as bright as the stars were themselves.

It’s only fitting the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences was formed in 1927 because we think the Oscar goes to this menu!

PRETOUR CROSSES DYNASTY SOAP OPERALenita & Tom Pepper800 S. Lazelle St.

Remember Dynasty? The great ‘80s soap opera that rivaled Dallas for big hair, big shoulder pads and big family drama (including more marriages and divorces than Liz Taylor had)? Being so busy maintaining that hair, their wardrobes and assorted marital goings-on not to mention the odd cat-fight, the Colbys and the Carringtons almost certainly had chefs. And we think those chefs would have prepared meals that started with an aperitif: cucumber martinis, anyone? Appetizers are required: cucumber salmon rolls, shrimp cocktail and prosciutto & melon wraps would be just right. The meal’s first course: a watermelon salad with blackberries, mint and lemon juice, followed by a Yukon vichyssoise. The main would be meat, perhaps a lamb turnover, minced lamb in a flaky pastry croissant served with peach chutney and mango salsa? And for dessert, something truly decadent like a flan with chocolate sauce. Please join us! (Note: Dynasty style hair, fashion and drama not required!)

BERMUDA TRIANGLEDoris & Dan Korda and Lisa Stein & Craig Colvin 847 Mohawk St.

Located between Melbourne, FL, Bermuda and Puerto Rico and covering approximately 440,000 miles of ocean, the Bermuda Triangle is a mystery dating back to the 1400s. Our dinner focuses on the crossroads of the Bermuda Triangle and German Village: yes, Christopher Columbus made the first recorded reference to happenings off the Florida coast so weird they made Key West seem normal by comparison. In keeping with the mysteries of the Triangle (is it a time warp? aliens maybe?) we’re going to keep our menu a secret. But here’s a hint: as daredevils are tempted to experience the Triangle, seafood lovers may be tempted to join our dinner...

PIAZZA SAN MARCOVutech | Ruff 177 E. Beck St. parking lot

Ciao, bella! Welcome to Venice, home of The Doges, The Bridge of Sighs, glass almost as pretty as the kind Franklin Art Glass makes, more pigeons than exist in the rest of the world combined, the only dudes alive who can look cool wearing striped shirts & neck-scarves, and of course, the basilica of San Marco.

Also calling Venice home: Guiseppe Cipriani. Yes, he of Bellini fame, and that is how we begin our evening. Sip bellinis while grazing the antipasto board, noshing caprice salad and munching bruschetta. Freshly grilled chicken, fish and vegetables are the main with very traditional Venetian sides of shrimp risotto or gnocchi and crusty artisan bread. As we began our evening with bellinis, it is only appropriate we end with another Italian classic: limoncello. While we’re not in Rome and cannot invite you to throw three coins into the Trevi to guarantee your return, we hope you enjoy our taste of Italy enough to come back to German Village again and again.

INTERSECTION OF EAST AND WEST: AN EVENING IN ISTANBULMarie Logothetis & Dan Kline 186 E. Sycamore St.

Istanbul. Crossroads of the East and West. The last stop on The Orient Express. We invite you to come on-board for a sampling of Turkish cuisine featuring local favorites and classic dishes.

We’ll start with a Swinging Sultan cocktail and meze including Turkish lamb flatbreads, Smyrna meatballs and imam bayildi, a traditional stuffed eggplant dish that, literally translated means ‘the imam fainted’. Yes, it’s that good. Next, enjoy the bounty of the Bosphorus with grilled lobster tails and fried mussels and because no trip to Turkey would be complete without it, we’ll also be serving

beef shish kebab over currant-almond couscous. Finally, indulge yourself with ekmek kataifi - layers of shredded phyllo dough, pistachios, rich custard and fresh cream. It’s decadence on a plate. Please join us for a fun-filled evening of music, food and friends – fez optional!

WESTERN CHUCKWAGONList Realtors 539 S. Fifth St.

Get your prairie skirt and join the wagon train headed to Fifth Street for an old fashioned field kitchen feast. Chicken or beef are your options with all the chuckwagon, Old West fixin’s to match.

MAGICAL MYSTERY BUS TOURCrystal & Brian Santin 578 S. Fifth St.

Come aboard for a tour of the many crossroads in German Village. We start at 578 S. Fifth St/#UrbanRanch; make sure you have your ticket in hand and don’t be late! Drinks will be flowing as you are transported back in time by Doloris, a 1954 custom converted Flxible bus. Our tour will finish at the #Urban Ranch where we’ll enjoy live entertainment featuring the likes of Jackson Browne & James Taylor while we feast on a Southern Low Country Boil.

Fixings will include a grilled watermelon & blueberry artisan salad, cheddar biscuits and a true boil: shrimp, Italian sausage, potatoes, and corn on the cob. Homemade pies & cobblers will round out the evening.

AT THE CORNER OF BITTER & SWEETLonni Thompson & David Schooler 273 E. Sycamore

An anatomy lesson (and if that doesn’t make you want to read the rest of our menu we’re not sure what would...): bitter is the most complex taste sensory humans have. By not addressing bitters in a meal, you are ignoring 20% of the tongue’s capacity for taste. We feel a bit bad for all of those neglected taste buds, so we’ve created a menu your entire mouth will appreciate!

We begin with a light nosh: potato latkes served with smoked tomato ketchup and spring lamb & quinoa meatballs accompanied by a sweet pea & mint pesto. Dinner begins with a salad of bitter greens and radishes, sweetened by grapefruit and shaved manchego. A spring garlic chicken paillard follows with sides of smoked chili & coriander sweet potato, roasted carrots & kale drizzled in carrot top & cilantro pesto, a farmers market vegetable & barley risotto and artisan bread. Dessert is a smoked sea salt (because why should bitter & sweet get all the attention?) dark chocolate soufflé cake with balsamic glazed berries. Enjoy!

CROSSROADS OF INDIA & ASIA

Susan & Neil Rector 67 E. Deshler

Svagat, Huanying & Willkommen! We’ve taken a few liberties with the names of our favorite exotic fare so the best of India and Asia now meet in German Village! Grant Street grilled naan with red curry, mint, lemongrass and grilled veggies begins our evening followed by chicken stuffed with mozzarella & basil, wrapped in prosciutto and served with roasted tomato sauce. Next up: coconut shrimp with Mohawk mango jalapeño sauce. A Schiller Park salad of grilled baby romaine with garlic aioli cleanses your palate before the main: Beck Street skirt steak marinated in Samuel Adams. Sides include Kossuth cauliflower rice with cashews, scallions & teriyaki and a City Park sweet potato and fontina cheese flan. Dessert is a rich Purdy Alley pudding of blended avocado and chocolate with toasted pistachios. Chalo khao, Sihk faahn & Guten appetit!

HEMINGWAY IN PARISLisa & Charles Ohmer377 E. Kossuth St.

His own biographers believe the great laureate landed in Paris in the early ‘20s because it was the most interesting place in the world. Your menu for this setting is to match. Start with a pate sampler, fit for the small walk-up along rue du Cardinal where Ernest and Hadley settled. Next, romaine salad with toasted almonds and onion in an orange vinaigrette. The French setting adds to Hemingway’s Illinois roots in the main dish: roasted chicken stuffed with Boursin cheese, lemon, prosciutto and fresh basil, served with risotto with charred red peppers and chilled asparagus with a light balsamic vinaigrette. When “…The Bell Tolls” on this meal, you’ll leave on a note of miniature European pastries and tortes with fresh raspberries.

And then….

Joining us with a Cocktail Only ticket? For $75, you can add on a price fixe meal at our partners, Barcelona, Copious, or G. Michael’s. Those restaurants will donate back the money to German Village Society when you book through us!

BARCELONA MENU FOR PRETOUR

~ FIRST COURSE ~Quesos -Spanish cheese plate

Datiles - blue cheese stuffed, bacon wrapped dates with cranberry gastrique

~ SECOND COURSE ~Gazpacho - chilled tomato soup

~ THIRD COURSE ~Ensalada de Rucula - arugala salad, with cranberries, golden raisins, figs, roasted pistachios,

red onions, goat cheese and mustard vinaigrette

~ FOURTH COURSE ~Paella Barcelona - chicken, chorizo and shrimp paella with sofrito, piquillo peppers, peas and

calasparra rice

~ FIFTH COURSE ~Spanish flan with caramel sauce

COPIOUS MENU FOR PRETOUR

~ FIRST COURSE ~accompanied by a glass of Henri Bourgeois Poully Fume

Choice of:Crispy Pork Belly Skewer - over a salad trio of summer melon

Strawberry salad - fresh local strawberries, local cheese, almonds, cracked peppercorn & vanilla bean vinaigrette

Chilled PEI Mussels and Maine Oysters - on the half with a Pernod and Meyer lemon mignonette

~ SECOND COURSE ~Served with a glass of Argyle Pinot Noir

Choice of:Bistro Steak, lobster and Eggs - Pan roasted shoulder tender, Lobster strudel, Sous vide

local eggs with white truffle sea salt Baked Walleye - Sauce romesco, sweet pea flan with bacon “cured” peas, Peruvian potato

and Amish butter puree Vegan Cheese Stuffed Morel Mushrooms - Black truffle, smoked barley and vegetable ratatouille

~ THIRD COURSE ~Served with Brioso French Press

Choice of:Milk cake - traditional tres leches with mango sauce and garnished with seasonal fruit

Chocolate cake – Flourless chocolate mousse cake with luxardo cherries Vegetarian Golden Raspberry and “Ice Cream” Cake with blackberry puree and a gingersnap crust

G. MICHAEL’S MENU FOR PRETOUR

~ FIRST COURSE ~Choice of:

Steamed PEI Mussels with vermouth, pickled garlic, fresh herbs de Provence, and tomatoesBlack Bean Chorizo Soup with creamy pico de gallo

House Salad with spiced pecans, red wine poached pears, and creamy Gorgonzola vinaigrette

~ SECOND COURSE ~Choice of:

Shrimp and Grits with country ham, Andouille sausage, tomatoes, scallions, stone-ground yellow grits, and sautéed spinach servedin a buttery tomato-scallion broth

Cornmeal-dusted Trout with purple potato, raddichio, leek, and asparagus sauté, lemon-caper butter sauce,and pepper jam

Chili-lime Tofu with black bean ragout, cilantro pesto,and grilled pineapple salsa

~ DESSERT COURSE ~

Choice of:Lemon Gingersnap Tart with passion fruit sauce, whipped cream

and fresh berries Chess Pie

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