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Dining Room Specials - Downstairs

  • Lunch Specials - Friday, December 5th
  • Dinner Specials - Friday, December 5th
  • Downstairs Classic Specials
  • Chef's 3-Course Prix Fixe Menu

Today's Appetizers

Pizza Caprese

$18.95
Fresh mozzarella, Roma tomatoes, and basil on a hand stretched crust.

Oysters on the Halfshell

$22.95/+
Half Dozen $22.95| Full Dozen $38.95 • - Fanny Bay, BC

Soup of the Day

$12.95/+
Cup $12.95 | Bowl $16.95 • Chicken Curry

Lobster Ravioli

$20.95
Served with lemon tarragon cream

Luncheon Specials

Crow's Nest Enchiladas

$15.95/+
One $15.95 | Two $17.95 • Fresh corn tortillas with tomato, onion, olives, mild green chiles, and cheese. Served with black beans and rice pilaf

Aloha Burger

$25.95
With grilled pineapple, sauteed Maui onion, and teriyaki glaze. Also available as a hamburger or cheese burger. Served with french fries

Garden Sandwich

$17.95
Cucumber, tomato, onion and avocado on whole grain bread with Havarti cheese and pesto aioli. Served with Caesar salad

Asian Chicken Salad

$28.25
Crisp lettuce and fresh vegetables tossed in a tangy sesame dressing with cilantro, wontons, and almonds

Prime Rib Sandwich

$24.95
Alderwood smoked prime rib served just on francese bread with sour cream-horseradish, and french fries

Prawn & Spinach Ravioli

$28.95
Prawns sauteed scampi style with artichoke hearts, mushrooms and tomatoes. Tossed with ravioli.

Today's Entree Specials

Many of today's seafood items may be prepared without sauce or breading, or simply char-broiled upon request.

Petrale Sole

$34.95
Grilled with bay shrimp and topped with a lemon herb beurre blanc. Served with rice pilaf

Canadian Ling Cod

$34.95
Sauteed with wild mushrooms and asparagus in a chardonnay cream . Served over grilled polenta

Hawaiian Mahi Mahi

$34.95
Blackened and topped with lemon saffron aioli. Served over sauteed spinach with roasted garlic mashed potatoes

Hawaiian Ono

$34.95
Marinated in a spicy szechwan barbeque sauce. Chargrilled and topped with sesame seeds, cilantro and pickled ginger. Served with jasmine rice.

House - Made Dessert Specials

...to complement our After-Dinner Drink, Espresso Coffees, and Dessert menu

Pumpkin Cheesecake

$14.50
Traditional cheesecake with pumpkin spice.

Apple Crisp

$14.50
Warm apple crisp served with vanilla bean ice cream

Wine Specials

Rabble Sauvignon Blanc

$10.00/glass
$39.00/bottle
Bright notes of grapefruit, lemon and mango

Rabble Red

$10.00/glass
$39.00/bottle
Notes of cherries, plums, mixed berries, arm spices and tobacco with hints of tannins, cinnamon and vanilla

Brunch

Crab Cake Benedict

$31.95
Crabcakes topped with poached eggs and hollandaise sauce. Served with an English muffin and home-fried potatoes and fresh fruit

Eggs Benedict

$26.95
Two poached eggs and Canadian bacon on frilled English muffins with hollandaise sauce, home-fried potatoes and fresh fruit

Chicken Apple Sausage Omelette

$21.45
Stuffed with tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach, cheddar, and jack cheese. Served with home-fried potatoes and toast

Ham or Bacon and Cheese Omelette

$19.95
With jack or cheddar cheese. Served with home fries and toast

Brioche French Toast

$19.95
With strawberries and vanilla syrup

House-Made Biscuits and Gravy

$16.95
Served with fresh fruit

Tofu Scramble

$18.95
Tofu, garlic, shallot, artichoke hearts, spinach, mushroom and tomato. Served with salsa Add egg s3.50

Today's Appetizers

Oysters on the Halfshell

$22.95/+
Half Dozen $22.95| Full Dozen $38.95 • - Fanny Bay, BC

Lobster Ravioli

$24.95
Served with tarragon cream

Soup of the Day

$12.95/+Cup
$16.95/Bowl
Cup $12.95 | Bowl $16.95 • Chicken Curry

Pizza Caprese

$18.95
Fresh mozzarella, roma tomatoes, and basil on a hand stretched crust

Entree Salad Specials

Asian Chicken Salad

$29.95
Crisp lettuce and fresh vegetables tossed in a tangy sesame dressing with wontons, cilantro, and almonds

Steak Salad

$30.25
Served over mixed greens with grilled vegetables, pine nuts, basalmic vinaigrette and goat cheese

Today's Entree Specials

Alder Smoked Prime Rib

$36.95/+
Regular Cut $36.95 | Captain's Cut $41.95 • Covered in our own special seasonings and slow roasted. Served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes.

Hawaiian Ono

$37.95
Marinated in a spicy szechwan barbeque sauce. Chargrilled and topped with sesame seeds, cilantro and pickled ginger. Served with jasmine rice

California Halibut

$39.95
Grilled and topped with bay shrimp and topped with a lemon herb beurre blanc. Served with rice pilaf

California Ling Cod

$37.95
Sauteed with wild mushrooms and asparagus in a chardonnay cream. Served over grilled polenta

Hawaiian Mahi Mahi

$37.95
Blackened and topped with a lemon saffron aioli. Served over sauteed spinach with roasted garlic mashed potatoes.

Norwegian Salmon

$39.95
Chargrilled topped with a porcini butter and pecorino cheese. Served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes.

House - Made Dessert Specials

...to complement our After-Dinner Drink, Espresso Coffees, and Dessert menu

Pumpkin Cheesecake

$14.50
Traditional cheesecake with spiced pumpkin.

Ginger Chocolate Tart

$14.50
Spiced ginger crust with chocolate filling and served with house-made vanilla ice cream

Wine Specials

J Vineyards Pinot Gris

$9.00/Glass
$35.00/Bottle
Zesty and crisp with aromas of guava, cantaloupe, lime zest and notes of white florals with flavors of passionfruit, peach, grapefruit segments into black pepper cream and dry mineral finish.

Rabble Red Blend

$11.00/Glass
$43.00/Bottle
Notes of cherries, plums, mixed berries, warm spices and tobacco with hints of tannins, cinnamon and vanilla

Rabble Sauvignon Blanc

$10.00/Glass
$39.00/Bottle
Bright notes of grapefruit, lemon and mango

Hess "Lion Tamer" Cabernet Sauvignon

$16.00/Glass
$62.00/Bottle
Full bodied, broad and delicious, leading with blueberries, cocoa and blackberries, the hints of vanilla bean.

Cannonball Chardonnay

$9.00/glass
$36.00/bottle
Clean and refreshing with white grapefruit and lime

Francis Ford Coppola "Diamond Collectin" Pinot Noir

$10.00/Glass
$38.00/Bottle
Intriguing aromas f strawberry, oak, and vanilla with nots of juicy plum and sweet blueberry on the palate

Join us Monday through Thursday for our Classic Specials at Lunch and Dinner.

Mondays: Choice Steak

What’s your beef ? Take your pick of three mouth-watering steak options:

Beef Short Ribs

$25.95
Braised with red wine and topped with pan juices. Served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes

Prime Sirloin

$27.95
Specially aged, seasoned, and chargrilled. Served with chef's steak sauce, crispy onions, and baked potato

Prime Rib

$29.95
10 oz of our alderwood-smoked prime rib. Covered in our own special seasonings and slow-roasted. Served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes • Add Petite Maine Lobster Tail +$14.95

Tuesdays: Lobster for Locals $29.95

Meals worthy of a tale...

Lobster Tail

Caribbean lobster served with baked potato, lemon, and drawn butter

Lobster Fettuccine

Cold water lobster meat sauteed with garlic, shallot, tomato, and asparagus tossed in our homemade alfredo sauce

Lobster Salad

Maine lobster with pancetta lardons, arugula, rainbow tomatoes, cucumbers, and crispy shallots in a champagne vinaigrette

Thursdays: Prix Fixe Menu $29.95

Set Your Course to Enjoy a Culinary Adventure

Our Executive Chef has prepared a three course gourmet experience. Begin by choosing a delicious first course, followed by a main entrée choice, and finally finish with a delectable dessert selection. The Prix Fixe menu changes monthly

Wednesdays: Pasta Specials $19.95

Feeling saucy? Take your pick between three fantastic pasta dishes each Wednesday. The pasta menus change every 4 weeks.

Feeling saucy?

Take your pick between three fantastic pasta dishes each Wednesday. The pasta menus change monthly. Ask your server about this month’s special selections. • Add a Side of Garlic Bread $4.50 | Add a Small House, Spinach or Caesar Salad $9.50

Chicken Penne Pasta

Sauteed chicken and sun dried tomatoes in a creamy onion tomato sauce

Orecchiette Basil Pesto

With green peas, asparagus and pine nuts in a homemade pesto sauce

Spaghetti with Clams

Spaghetti with fresh clams, tomato and parsley in an herb butter

Thursdays, Lunch & Dinner • $29.95 • Executive Chef Jeff Westbrook

First Course Selections

Roasted Broccoli Salad

broccoli roasted brown, with dried cranberries, pine nuts and pomegranate tossed in Greek yogurt dressing

Rock Shrimp Cake

with lemon chive aioli

Teriyaki Chicken Wings

tossed in a fig sauce

Main Course Selections

Braised Beef Short Ribs

with sherry hoisin sauce, soba noodles, and stir fired vegetables.

Pork Tenderloin

with apple cider reduction and chipotle yams

Norwegian Salmon

chargrilled with miso glaze served with horseradish roasted potato

Dessert Course Selections

Cinnamon Churro Twist

with house-made caramel ice cream

Cherry Pastry Puff

filled with cherry cream

Ginger Chocolate Tart

spiced ginger crust with chocolate filling and served with house-made ginger ice cream
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