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Dining Room Specials - Downstairs

  • Lunch Specials -Friday, December 19th
  • Dinner Specials - Friday, December 19th
  • 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 • Cream of Broccoli

Shrimp and Crab

$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

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

Turkey, Bacon, and Avocado Croissant

$24.95
Turkey, bacon and avocado with pesto aioli on our house-baked croissant. Served with Caesar salad or Half Croissant, as above, with a cup of soup and a choice of house salad, Caesar or spinach salad.

Mediterranean Burger

$25.95
With goat cheese, arugula, sauteed onion, and sun dried tomato aioli. Served with 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.

Norwegian Salmon

$36.95
Chargrilled with Adobo rub and topped with lobster cream sauce. Served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes.

California Halibut

$36.95
Sauteed with wild mushrooms and asparagus in a chardonnay cream . Served over grilled polenta

Hawaiian Ono

$34.95
Chargrilled with a honey hoisin glaze and topped with a mango salsa. Served with jasmine rice.

Canadian Lingcod

$34.95
Blackened and topped with lemon saffron aioli. Served over sauteed spinach 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 pumpkin spice.

Chocolate Banana Bread Pudding

$14.50
Chocolate layered with banana bread pudding. Served warm with vanilla bean ice cream.

Wine Specials

Rabble Sauvignon Blanc

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

Rabble Zinfandel

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

Today's Appetizers

Oysters on the Halfshell

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

Shrimp and Crab 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 broccoli

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.

California Halibut

$39.95
Chargrilled with adobo rub and served with lobster cream sauce. 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

Lobster Penne Pasta

$37.95
Sauteed lobster with garlic, tomatoes, spinach, mushrooms, and white wine tossed n an herb butter

Canadian Ling Cod

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

Norwegian Salmon

$39.95
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 spiced pumpkin.

Chocolate Banana Bread Pudding

$14.50/Strawberry Ice Cream Cake
Chocolate layered with banana bread pudding. Served warm with vanilla bean 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

Seafood Spaghetti

Clams, scallops, shrimp and blue crab in a cilantro-lime cream sauce with tomatoes and roasted bell peppers

Portabella Mushroom Pasta

With sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, basil, pine nuts, white wine and penne pasta

Chicken Orecchiette Pasta

Checken breast sauteed with broccoli and mushrooms in a sweet potato cream sauce.

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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