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Dining Room Specials - Downstairs

  • Lunch Specials -Wednesday, July 30th
  • Dinner Specials-Wednesday, July 30th

Today's Appetizers

Pizza Caprese

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

Oysters on the Halfshell

$34.95/+
Half Dozen $19.95| Full Dozen $27.95 • - Fanny Bay, BC

Soup of the Day

$11.50/+
Cup $11.50 | Bowl $14.95 • Vegetable Monestrone

Lobster Ravioli

$20.95
Served with lemon tarragon cream

Luncheon Specials

Crow's Nest Enchiladas

$14.95/+
One $14.95 | Two $16.95 • Fresh corn tortillas with tomato, onion, olives, mild green chiles, and cheese. Served with black beans and rice pilaf

Bay Shrimp and Avocado Croissant

$22.95
Bay shrimp 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 $22.95

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

$27.95
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

Blue Buffalo Burger

$25.95
Wagyu patty blackened with blue cheese served with siracha-buffalo aioli and baby arugula. 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.

Santa Fe Prawn Pasta

$25.95
Sauteed prawns with mushrooms, tomato and spinach. Tossed with penne pasta in a New Mexico cream sauce

Pacific Swordfish

$32.95
Chargrilled and topped with porcini butter and pecorino cheese. Served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes.

Canadian Ling Cod

$32.95
Blackened and topped with lemon saffron aioli. Served over sauteed spinach with roasted garlic mashed potatoes

Norwegian Salmon Szechwan

$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

Strawberry Shortcake

$14.00
Our house made poundcake smothered with fresh berries, vanilla bean ice cream and whipped cream

Coconut Cream Cheesecake

$14.00
Coconut folded into traditional creamy cheesecake

Wine Specials

William Hill Chardonnay

$10.00/glass
$39.00/Bottle
Aromas of poached pear, apples, and baked pineapple. Notes of meringue, nutmeg, white peach, butterscotch, and creme brulee

Mark West Pinot Noir

$9.00/glass
$35.00/bottle
Aromas of preserved strawberry and rhubarb with hints of graphite, cinnamon, and menthol

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

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

Half Dozen $19.95| Full Dozen $37.95 • - Fanny Bay, BC

Lobster Ravioli

$24.95
Served with lemon tarragon cream

Soup of the Day

$11.50/+Cup
$14.95/Bowl
Cup $11.50 | Bowl $14.95 • Vegetable Minestrone

Pizza Caprese

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

Entree Salad Specials

Asian Chicken Salad

$27.95
Crisp lettuce and fresh vegetables tossed in a tangy sesame dressing with wontons, cilantro, and almonds

Steak Salad

$29.25
Served over mixed greens with grilled vegetables, pine nuts, basalmic vinaigrette and goat cheese

Today's Entree Specials

Pacific Swordfish

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

Alder Smoked Prime Rib

$39.95/+
Regular Cut $34.95 | Captain's Cut $39.95 • Covered in our own special seasonings and slow roasted. Served with roasted garlic mashed potatoes.

Norwegian Salmon Szechwan

$39.95
Marinated in a spicy szechwan barbeque sauce. Chargrilled and topped with sesame seeds, cilantro and pickled ginger. Served with jasmine rice

California Sea Bass

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

Santa Fe Prawn Pasta

$27.95
Sauteed prawns with mushrooms, tomato, and spinach in a New Mexico cream sauce

California Halibut

$39.95
Sauteed with wild mushrooms and asparagus in a chardonnay cream. Served over grilled polenta

Canadian Lingcod

$37.95
Blackened and topped with a 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

Coconut Cream Cheesecake

$14.00
Coconut folded into traditional creamy cheesecake

Strawberry Shortcake

$14.00
Our house made poundcake smothered with fresh berries and whipped cream. Served with vanilla bean ice cream.

Wine Specials

Babich Sauvignon Blanc

$8.50/Glass
$33.00/Bottle
Lively, medium weight New Zealand grown. Flavors of apple, kiwifruit and honeydew melon

Robert Hall Cabernet Sauvignon

$10.00/Glass
$39.00/Bottle
Aromas of dark fruit and cherry with hints of tobacco and espresso.

Mark West Pinot Noir

$9.00/Glass
$35.00/Bottle
Aromas of black cherry, strawberry and plum

Ravenswood Zinfandel

$11.00/Glass
$43.00/Bottle
Spicy red with armoas of black pepper, spices and dark cherries. Notes of ripe red fruit, chocolate and oak

William Hill Chardonnay

$10.00/glass
$39.00/Bottle
Dry, harmonious and fruity with notes of green apple, apricot, and citrus fruits

Matua Sauvignon Blanc

$9.00/Glass
$35.00/Bottle
Crisp with fresh notes of dried herbs, lemongrass and passionfruit
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