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Dining Room Specials - Downstairs

  • Lunch Specials -Sunday, February 8
  • Dinner Specials - Sunday, February 8
  • 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 • Southwestern Beef Stew

Lobster Ravioli

$20.95
Served with lemon tarragon cream

Luncheon Specials

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

Today's Entree Specials

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

California Halibut

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

Norwegian Salmon Szechwan

$36.95
Marinated in a spicy szechwan barbeque sauce. Chargrilled and topped with sesame seeds, cilantro and pickled ginger. Served with jasmine rice.

Pacific Swordfish

$36.95
Chargrilled and topped with porcini butter and pecorino cheese. Served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes.

Canadian Ling Cod

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

House - Made Dessert Specials

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

Carrot Cake

$14.50
Carrot cake layered with cream cheese frosting. Served with vanilla ice cream.

Passionfruit Poppy Seed Cheesecake

$14.50
Poppy seeds folded into our traditional style cheesecake and topped with passionfruit.

Wine Specials

Rabble Sauvignon Blanc

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

Rabble Red Blend

$10.00/glass
$39.00/bottle
Balanced and flavorful with notes of plums, mixed berries, warm spices, black cherry and licorice.

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

House-Made Biscuits and Gravy

$18.95
Served with fresh fruit

Tofu Scramble

$19.95
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 • Southwestern Beef Stew

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

$30.95
Served over mixed greens with grilled vegetables, pine nuts, basalmic vinaigrette and goat cheese

Today's Entree Specials

Pacific Swordfish

$37.95
Grilled and topped with porcini butter and pecorino cheese. Served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes.

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.

Petrale Sole

$37.95
Grilled and topped with bay shrimp and topped with a lemon herb beurre blanc. Served with rice pilaf

Pacific Swordfish

$37.95
Chargrilled with honey hoisin glaze and topped with mango salsa. Served over rice pilaf

California Sea bass

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

Canadian Ling Cod

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

Norwegian Salmon Szechwan

$37.95
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

Carrot Cake

$14.50
Carrot cake layered with cream cheese frosting. Served with vanilla ice cream.

Rasberry Cheesecake

$14.50
Fresh rasberries folded into a creamy new york cheesecake

Wine Specials

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.

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

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

Prawn Alfredo Penne

With mushroom, tomato and pine nuts in a house made Alfredo sauce

Chicken Azteca Fettuccini

Sautéed chicken breast with capers, mushrooms, tossed in a lemon butter sauce with chili flakes

Zucchini Tomato Rigatoni

With cherry tomatoes, onion, garlic, spinach and white wine in a light tomato sauce

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

First Course Selections

Tomato Crostini

With fresh mozzarella and balsamic reduction

Loaded Baked Potato Soup

With crispy bacon and cheddar cheese

Smoked Salmon Cake

Served with homemade tartar sauce

Main Course Selections

Coconut Prawns

Served with jasmine rice and apricot sweet chili sauce

Braised Short Ribs

Braised in root beer and served with parmigiano risotto

Chargilled Swordfish

Topped with romesco sauce and steamed vegetables

Dessert Course Selections

Coconut Panna Cotta

Creamy coconut panna cotta served with a coconut crunch cookie

Kiwi Cheesecake

Kiwis layered in our traditional cheesecake topped with a kiwi compote

Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Bar

Shortbread crust filled with a pecan chocolate brown sugar bourbon filling served with vanilla bean ice cream
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