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Dining Room Specials - Downstairs

  • Lunch Specials - Sunday, April 5
  • Dinner Specials - Sunday, May 5
  • Downstairs Classic Specials
  • Chef's 3-Course Prix Fixe Menu

Today's Appetizers

Pizza Di Parma

$18.95
Fresh mozzarella, roma tomatoes, prosciutto, 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 •Carrot Ginger

Lobster Ravioli

$24.95
Served with lemon tarragon cream

Luncheon Specials

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

Asian Chicken Salad

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

Skirt Steak Salad

$29.95
Served over mixed greens with grilled vegetables, pine nuts, balsamic vinaigrette and goat cheese.

Today's Entree Specials

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

California Sea Bass

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

Norwegian Salmon

$39.95
Chargrilled with adobo rub and a lobster cream sauce. Served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes.

Norwegian Salmon

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

Canadian Halibut Oscar

$39.95
Blackened, lightly floured, grilled and topped with crab meat, asparagus and bearnaise sauce. Served with rice pilaf.

Petrale Sole

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

Hawaiian Ono

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

Hawaiian Mahi Mahi

$37.95
Blackened and topped with a sweet thai chili sauce. Served with macadamia-coconut rice

Norwegian Salmon Marsala

$36.95
Sauteed with porcini mushrooms, marsala wine and cream. Served over grilled polenta.

House - Made Dessert Specials

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

Peach Cobbler

$14.50
Served warm with vanilla bean ice cream

Carrot Cake

$14.50
Classic carrot cake layered with cream cheese frosting and served with vanilla bean ice cream

Wine Specials

Black Stallion Sauvignon Blanc

$9.00/glass
$36.00/bottle
Bright notes of grapefruit and lemongrass

Cannonball Merlot

$10.00/glass
$39.00/bottle
Aromas of fresh huckleberry, pomegranate, and nuances of toasty oak.

Brunch

Crab Cake Benedict

$32.95
Crabcakes topped with poached eggs and hollandaise sauce. Served with an English muffin and home-fried potatoes and fresh fruit

Eggs Benedict

$27.95
Two poached eggs and Canadian bacon on frilled English muffins with hollandaise sauce, home-fried potatoes and fresh fruit

Chicken Apple Sausage Omelette

$22.95
Stuffed with tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach, cheddar, and jack cheese. Served with home-fried potatoes and toast

Brioche French Toast

$19.95
With strawberries and vanilla syrup

Tofu Scramble

$19.95
Tofu, garlic, shallot, artichoke hearts, spinach, mushroom and tomato. Served with salsa Add egg s3.50

Country Benedict

$22.95
House-made grilled biscuits topped with scrambled eggs, sausage patty and country gravy, Served with home-fried potatoes

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 •Cream of Mushroom

Pizza Di Parma

$18.95
Fresh mozarella, roma tomatoes, prosciutto, 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

$30.95
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.

Short Ribs

$29.95
Braised with garlic, wine, tomato, fresh herbs and finished with pan juices. Served with broccolini, and wild mushroom risotto

Norwegian Salmon

$39.95
Chargrilled with adobo rub and served with lobster cream sauce. Served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes.

California Sea Bass

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

Canadian Halibut Oscar

$39.95
Blackened and lightly floured, grilled and topped with crab meat, asparagus' and bearnaise sauce.

House - Made Dessert Specials

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

Peach Cobbler

$14.50
Served warm with vanilla bean ice cream

Carrot Cake

$14.50
Classic carrot cake layered with cream cheese frosting and served with vanilla bean ice cream

Wine Specials

Cannonball Merlot

$10.00/Glass
$38.00/Bottle
Aromas of fresh huckleberry, pomegranate and nuances of toasty oak.

Santa Cruz Cabernet Sauvignon

$16.00/Glass
$62.00/Bottle
Medium-bodied dry red wine with hints of cherries, blackberries, and vanilla

Francis Ford Coppola "Diamond Collection' Pinot Noir

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

Castello Di Gabbiano Chianti Classico

$10.00/Glass
$38.00/Bottle
Notes of cherries an violets with hints of blackberry and licorice, leading to a savory finish

Bonterra Organic Chardonnay

$9.00/Glass
$36.00/Bottle
Creamy, rich texture featuring notes of pear, green apple and bright citrus

Black Stallion Sauvignon Blanc

$9.00/Glass
$36.00/Bottle
Bright notes of grapefruit and lemongrass

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

Blackened Chicken Pasta

Grilled chicken breast served over penne pasta and tossed in a light Cajun cream sauce.

Wild Mushroom Fettuccini

Fresh porcini mushroom, garlic, shallots, white wine and butter

Prawn and Sausage Rigatoni

Italian sausage, prawns, bell pepper, Kalamata olives and marinara sauce.

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

First Course Selections

Black Bean and Corn Tostada

With cilantro lime sauce and feta cheese

Duck Confit Salad

With frisée, dried cranberries, shredded carrots and sherry vinaigrette

Prosciutto Arancini

With baby greens and red bell pepper pesto sauce

Main Course Selections

Chicken Enchiladas

Fresh corn tortilla with chicken, tomato, onion and cheese served with black beans and Mexican rice

Kurobuta Pork Chop

Chargrilled and topped with bourbon gravy. Served with green beans and mashed potatoes.

Norwegian Salmon

Grilled and topped with gorgonzola butter. Served over spinach, tomato and asparagus risotto

Dessert Course Selections

Pineapple Napoleon

Pineapple curd layered in a flaky puff pastry with cream

Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

Lemon poppy seed cake with a lemon curd whip

Salted Caramel Pot de Crème

House made salted caramel in our traditional chocolate pot de crème. Served with a house made hazelnut brittle.
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