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Hillbilly Tea Valentine Tea Dinner For Two $75
12-14 February

first
wild rose tea
rolled oyster w/ horsey dip

second
brocolini soup w/ garlic chips

third
bergamot sage sparkling tea
arugula salad
w/ exotic fruit vinaigrette
& poppyseed croutons

fourth
honey glazed duck breast
on chocolate-almond sauce
w/ crispy corn cakes
& mustard greens

fifth
redbush tea
berry heartbeet cake
w/ chocolate gravy


VEGAN OPTION

first
wild rose tea
rolled tofu w/ horsey dip

second
brocolini soup w/ garlic chips

third
bergamot sage sparkling tea
arugula salad
w/ exotic fruit vinaigrette
& poppyseed croutons

fourth
honey glazed mock duck
on chocolate-almond sauce,
w/ crispy corn cakes
& mustard greens

fifth
redbush tea
berry heartbeet cake
w/ chocolate gravy



Just Saying us West Virginia Hillbillies know some good cooking.

Richard

Four Roses Bourbon Flight

Four Roses Yellow Label 80 proof - Single Barrel 100 proof – Small Batch 90 proof – 2010 Limited Edition Small Batch Barrel Proof 24.95

Bourbon Bites

Wontons – Bourbon smoked salmon, cream cheese & green chili wontons with pineapple-bourbon dipping sauce 4.95

Lobster Tail – Bourbon poached slipper tail lobster served over linguine with bourbon-nutmeg Alfredo sauce. Garnished with an Asiago crisp 8.95

Duck Mole – Grilled duck breast with bourbon-chocolate mole sauce and sliced avocado 7.95

Scallops – Seared sea scallops served over grilled polenta with bourbon-butter sauce 7.95

Carpet Bagger Steak – Petit filet of beef stuffed with Maine oysters & accented with bourbon-fig reduction. 9.95

Desserts

Bourbon ball cheesecake 5.95

Bourbon Brownie - Topped with Comfy Cow's Bourbon Ball ice cream & bourbon caramel sauce. 6.95

Chocolate Surprise – Heart shaped chocolate cake with bourbon & raspberry. Finished with chocolate truffle glaze. 6.95

Valentines Special: 2 for $20. A couples valentine special. Choice of Field Greens or Ceaser salad, Any large pizza, wine or craft beer and a baked to order chocolate pizza cookie. Frankfort Avenue, Westport Village and Frankfort Avenue locations.

Booby J singing love songs with his trio to go with the great food at Majid's. 7 to ?

Can't get a reservation? The NA Exchange is open today to celebrate Valentines Day! No reservations required. Come try our 5 course meal with wine pairings! We look forward to seeing you tonight!

Whether you're posting about your own restaurant or passing along information of interest about an event you've seen or heard about, this is the place to post information about events on and associated with Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2011.

Ahhh Valentines day @ Del Frisco's! The 7:00 reservation well noted and observed. The service however fell by the way side drastically. Escorted to the rear of the restaurant to be seated in a corner table of an already table crowded room with horrible lighting for a seemingly romantic Valentines dinner. I had the feeling of lunch at Southside in New Albany. One had to practically beg for wine. If you were lucky enough to have received your wine before your dinner arrived (some didn't) consider that the best of the service they could offer last evening! It took a considerably long time for the main entree to arrive @ the table even taking the holiday into account. Once placed by the food runner, Mike, our one and only waiter (I use the term lightly) failed to check that the steaks were to our liking which also meant we had no steak knives to cut into them. When we finally flagged him down to ask for the knives he never returned to see if we had received them. After waiting a more than fair amount of time I finally left the table to plead with a bus boy to get them. Gone forever.... he returned with the knives apologizing that they had "ran out". Fast forward to the check. Once we received the tab (I won't go there) and gave Mike our credit card he just never returned. The water boy kindly refilled our water glasses twice before the hostess addressing problems at the table adjacent to ours promised to see where we were in the line to pay the bill. Add insult to injury...they had the gall to include a 20% gratuity before running the card. To their credit the food was, as always, delicious. There are just too many fabulous dining experiences to be had in our fine city to waste more than two hours of my life in such chaos! Del Frisco's for a Valentines dinner to remember!

[Robin Garr]

... a Valentines dinner to remember!

Sounds like you had reason to complain.

That said, there's a reason why Valentine's Day (and Mother's Day) are called "Amateur Night" in the restaurant business. Every place is slammed by a clientele heavy on nice folks to don't eat out much and may have unrealistic expactations. It's a recipe for disaster, and while the top places generally toughen up and make things happen, it's not the best time to see a restaurant running at its fine-tuned best. I for one would never consider reviewing a restaurant on either of those days; I frankly wouldn't consider dining out then for my own delight.

Not picking on you, but just making the point that a disastrous experience on Amateur Night might not be the fairest gauge of an eatery's everyday quality.

We had a great time at the WC Lounge! We took our daughter and she had a good time as well. We typically make a special dinner at home, but this was a fun alternative. All of the employees and customers were in good moods and very sociable and it was just an overall fun night. We might have to make this a tradition!

...a Valentines dinner to remember!

I want to briefly chime in.

Terrible night last Saturday at Volare... Been going there for years fairly regularly.
We waited over 90 minutes past our reservation for two.
Didn't leave bc the two hostesses kept saying it would be "just another few minutes".
Then watched what appeared to be the GM (Tereck, I think) seat folks that were making the most noise.
Total miscommunication from the FOH staff.
With the exception of the water runner, it took another 15 to see our server.
When given the chance to order, we ordered our bottle of wine, salads, and entrées at the same time.
Server asked how our night was and I told her about the waiting debacle.
Food was less than average - blandest meal I've eaten there ever.
(I did not point that out to the server, at that point it was kind of a bust anyway.)

Not once was the mess acknowledged by the GM. In fact, he avoided eye contact with all us 8:30 tables that were still standing around an hour later. He had a knack for talking with the hostesses while peering over the heads of us "in waiting."

Simply offering us glasses of wine or an app at the bar during the wait would have gone a long way.
Maybe picking up my bottle at dinner ($45 bottle costs them $20 or so?) or offering dessert.
In fact, a simple acknowledgement would have prevented me from ranting. (I did not "punish" the server for the FOH screw ups, she still got about 25% bc I didn't really think it was her fault.)

We left after dinner and went straight to Asiatique - had plans to meet friends an hour earlier. The bar crowd gave me a platform to share the 'Disaster @ Volare' story with six friends, the bar staff, and a handful of strangers.

Amateur night or not... they screwed up by not owning up to their mistakes that evening. We eat out 3 or 4 nights a week. Fri - Bourbon's, Sat - Volare, Mon - Mozz, & Tue - Brix. The other 3 places managed to provide a great experience regardless of the Vday crowds.

Done ranting...

On a positive note... Mozz was awesome for my first time. We sat and grazed for several hours. And first time at Brix was great as well.

Terrible night last Saturday at Volare... Been going there for years fairly regularly.
We waited over 90 minutes past our reservation for two.
Didn't leave bc the two hostesses kept saying it would be "just another few minutes".
Then watched what appeared to be the GM (Tereck, I think) seat folks that were making the most noise.
Total miscommunication from the FOH staff.
With the exception of the water runner, it took another 15 to see our server.
When given the chance to order, we ordered our bottle of wine, salads, and entrées at the same time.
Server asked how our night was and I told her about the waiting debacle.
Food was less than average - blandest meal I've eaten there ever.
(I did not point that out to the server, at that point it was kind of a bust anyway.)
Not once was the mess acknowledged by the GM. In fact, he avoided eye contact with all us 8:30 tables that were still standing around an hour later. He had a knack for talking with the hostesses while peering over the heads of us "in waiting."
Simply offering us glasses of wine or an app at the bar during the wait would have gone a long way.
Maybe picking up my bottle at dinner ($45 bottle costs them $20 or so?) or offering dessert.
In fact, a simple acknowledgement would have prevented me from ranting. (I did not "punish" the server for the FOH screw ups, she still got about 25% bc I didn't really think it was her fault.)

... they screwed up by not owning up to their mistakes that evening.

Geoff,

I can't tell you how much we appreciate your candor and direct approach to holding us accountable for our shortcomings. No excuses. There were a number of occasions Saturday where we were unable to provide the type of hospitality our guests have come to expect. The feeling of being neglected is never one that we would ever wish upon our guests. On our end, any retrospective apology would be insufficient in rectifying the issue you described.

What we will do is examine the ways in which we can avoid incidents like these from happening. We need to improve our ability to greet our guests the minute they walk in, and make sure their tables are ready at the time they are reserved. We will be diligent in setting ourselves up to be successful on demanding evenings such as Valentine's, Derby, New Year's Eve, etc. We must put more emphasis on our preparations, and be able to respond when we fall short of expectations better than we did in this 'debacle'.

I would hope you would give us another chance to impress you in the future. We look forward to making your next experience delightful and memorable.

-Michael

Geoff,

I can't tell you how much we appreciate your candor and direct approach to holding us accountable for our shortcomings. No excuses. There were a number of occasions Saturday where we were unable to provide the type of hospitality our guests have come to expect. The feeling of being neglected is never one that we would ever wish upon our guests. On our end, any retrospective apology would be insufficient in rectifying the issue you described.

What we will do is examine the ways in which we can avoid incidents like these from happening. We need to improve our ability to greet our guests the minute they walk in, and make sure their tables are ready at the time they are reserved. We will be diligent in setting ourselves up to be successful on demanding evenings such as Valentine's, Derby, New Year's Eve, etc. We must put more emphasis on our preparations, and be able to respond when we fall short of expectations better than we did in this 'debacle'.

I would hope you would give us another chance to impress you in the future. We look forward to making your next experience delightful and memorable.

-Michael

Michael,

Thanks for responding. Although I was upset that evening it wasn't a 'deal breaker'... I acknowledge it was the first time I've had an off night there.

We'll be back...

Geoff