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Sunday, June 25, 2006
Go&Do Wine & Dine 2006
The Citizen, Auburn, New York
The Citizen, Auburn, New York
Go&Do Wine & Dine 2006
Sunday, June 25, 2006
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Appetizers
Shrimp Cocktail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$6.75
Escargots Bourguignonne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.75
Stuffed Mushrooms Parmigiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.95
Antipasto: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sm...4.95 Lg... 5.95
Mozzarella Sticks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.75
Chicken Livers with onions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.25
Soup of the Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cup..1.50 Bowl ..2.25
Clams Casino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.75
Garlic Bread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.95
Steaks - Chops - Veal - Chicken
N.Y. CUT SIRLOIN STEAK..20 oz., Biggest in Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$17.95
CHOICE DELMONICO STEAK..10 oz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14.75
BROILED PORK CHOPS..16 oz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13.50
OPEN STEAK ...11 oz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12.95
BABY CALVES LIVER, sauteed with onions and bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . .10.95
VEAL PARMIGIANA, tender Veal seasoned, breaded and topped
with tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13.50
VEAL MARSALA, tender Veal medallions sauteed with mushrooms,
green onions and seasoned with marsala wine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13.95
BEEF-N-REEF, Sirloin steak and shrimp scampi or sirloin steak and
broiled scallops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17.95
MEAT BALL PLATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.25
CHICKEN MARSALA, tender Chicken medallions sauteed with
mushrooms, green onions and seasoned with marsala wine . . . . . . . . . .12.50
BAKED HALF BROILER, Italian style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9.75
Served with Potatoes or Spaghetti and Salad
French Fried Onion Rings ........ 2.50 Crumble Bleu Cheese .....1.25 extra
Sauteed Mushroom Caps ..... 1.95
Rare: red center, cool Medium Rare: red to pink, warm Medium: pink, warm Medium Well: brown, hint of pink Well: not responsible
Children's Dinner
$5.50
Children under 12 please
Take-out Available
Call about our party trays
Closed Tuesdays
Seafood
BROILED STUFFED SHRlMP..Crabmeat and shrimp dressing with
white wine and butter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$12.75
FRIED SHRIMP PLATTER, Golden jumbo fantail shrimp . . . . . . . . . . . .10.95
SHRIMP SCAMPI, with green onions, mushrooms and white wine . . . .12.95
FRIED SCALLOPS, plump and juicy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10.95
BROILED SCALLOPS, Scallops broiled with mushrooms, green
onions, white wine and butter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13.95
BROILED SEAFOOD PLATTER, Whitefish, stuffed shrimp and
broiled scallops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16.95
SURF-N-TURF, 11 oz. Sirloin Steak & 4 oz. Lobster Tail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .?
LOBSTER TAIL, with dressing and drawn butter sauce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .?
HOLLYWOOD SCROD (Friday Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12.50
FRIED FRESH NEW ENGLAND FISH (Friday Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9.75
Served with Potatoes or Spaghetti and Salad
Hollywood Specials
CHICKEN CACCIATORE
sauteed in tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms, and onions . . . . . . . . . . . . .$11.95
SAUSAGE CACCIATORE
sauteed in tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms, and onions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9.25
CHICKEN CUTLET PARMIGIANA, Boneless Breaded Chicken
Breast with eggplant, tomato sauce and mozarella cheese . . . . . . . . . . .13.75
CHICKEN FRANCAISE
sauteed medallions of chicken breast in lemon butter . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13.25
CHICKEN VESUVIO, Chicken sauteed with pimentos, green
onions, black olives, artichoke hearts, mushrooms and wine . . . . . . . . .12.50
Served with Potatoes or Spaghetti and Salad
SPAGHETTI ALA CARUSO, chicken livers, mushrooms and green
peppers, onions in a tomato sauce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9.25
PASTA COMBO
lasagna, ravioli, spaghetti, meatball and sausage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11.25
BROCCOLI, sauteed with mushroom, pimentos and
onions over fettuccine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9.25
LASAGNA, homemade with meat sauce and ricotta cheese . . . . . . . . . . .9.75
MANICOTTI, homemade crepe stuffed with ricotta cheese . . . . . . . . . . . .9.75
RAVIOLI, homemade ravioli with ricotta cheese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9.75
above include salad
with meatballs ..... $2.00 extra with sausage ..... $3. 00 extra
Spaghetti
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Fried Shrimp
Fried Chicken Tenders
Round Ground Steak
Tomato Sauce . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6.95
Meatballs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.25
Mushrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.25
Green Pepper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.25
Green Peppers & Mushrooms . .$8.75
Sausage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.75
Olive Oil and Garlic . . . . . . . . . .7.25
Zita Macaroni with Meatballs . . .8.75
Milk Shakes
Cones Soft & Hard
Flavor Burst Add 30˘
Sundaes
Banana Splits
Sandwiches
Fresh All Beef Burger ......................................$2.75
Chicken Breast Tender ....................................$4.50
Fish (Haddock) ....................................Market Price
Chicken Patty..................................................$2.50
Hoffman Hot Dog or Coney ............................$2.25
Grilled Cheese ................................................$2.00
Grilled Cheese w/ Ham ..................................$2.95
8" Subs
Ham ..............................................................$4.00
Turkey ............................................................$4.00
Mixed (Ham & Turkey) ....................................$4.00
w/ Cheese Add ............................................35˘
Specialty Sandwiches
Bacon Cheddar Burger....................................$3.80
Swiss Mushroom Burger..................................$3.80
Chicken Parm ................................................$5.00
Chicken Breast Grilled ....................................$5.00
Chicken Cordon Bleu ......................................$5.00
Meatball w/ Cheese ......................................$4.50
Steaker w/ Onion, Mushrooms & Peppers ......$4.75
Sausage Hot or Sweet w/ Onions & Peppers ................$4.25
B.B.Q. Pork Loin w/ Peppers & Onions ............$4.25
Pepperoni Sub ................................................$4.75
Munchies
Sampler Platter
Onion Rings, Mushrooms, Cheese Sticks, Chicken Tenders
......$6.50
Chicken Tenders ..............................................$4.50
French Fries ....................................................$1.75
Curly Fries ......................................................$2.20
Onion Rings ....................................................$3.25
Cauliflower ......................................................$2.75
Mushrooms ....................................................$2.75
Cheese Sticks ................................................$3.75
Clam Strips............................Reg. $2.50 Lg. $4.50
Mac & Cheese ........................................Side $2.75
Antipasto Salad ..............................................$4.50
Sea Food Platter
Shrimp, Clams, Scallops, Haddock & Salad
....................$15.00
Soup Bowl ......................................................$2.50
Dinners
All Dinners Served with Fries and Cole Slaw
Grilled Chicken Breast Dinner ........................$7.75
Chicken Tender Dinner ....................................$6.50
4 Pc. Chicken Dinner ......................................$7.00
Scallop Dinner ................................................$7.50
Shrimp Dinner ................................................$7.50
Jumbo Clam Dinner ........................................$7.50
Fish Dinner............................................Market Price
Mac & Cheese ................................................$6.50
Pizza & Wings
Large Cheese ..................................................$8.50
Topping Add....................................................$1.25
Garlic Bread ..................................................$2.20
w/ Cheese ................................................$2.60
Wings
10 ..................................................................$4.25
20 ..................................................................$8.25
Sandwich Wraps
Steak & Cheese..............................................$4.75
Chicken Tender................................................$4.50
Ham ..............................................................$4.75
Turkey ............................................................$4.75
Grilled Chicken Breast ....................................$5.00
w/ Cheese Add ............................................35˘
Junior Basket Meals Also Available
Rt. 370 Meridian, NY
(315)626-2943
FAX
: 626-3553
Kiddie..................$1.75
Reg......................$2.65
Fruit ....................$3.65
Grasshopper ........$3.60
Baby....................$1.10
SM ......................$1.55
Med ....................$1.95
LG..........................2.30
Reg......................$2.65
LG ......................$3.35
Specialty ............$3.35
Reg......................$3.00
LG ......................$3.90
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By Linda Ober / The Citizen
AURORA - A few years ago, Barbara Tuck-
er tried to implement a Finger Lakes and Lake
George option for Advanced Travel, her Mans-
field, Ohio, tour company.
It didn't sell.
Now Tucker plans to give it another go-
round, this time with one very important advan-
tage: she's visited the central and upstate New York
regions she'll be promoting.
"(Tours) sell better if you've been to the
area," said Tucker, 61, one of 32 participants in
Big Grape II, a three-day Finger Lakes familiar-
ization tour sponsored by the Cayuga County
Office of Tourism and other local partners. "I
can talk about the area. I can have enthusiasm for
the area."
Tucker and Martha Walters, one of her tour
conductors, drove nine hours from the Midwest
to attend Big Grape, which started Wednesday
and ends today. From a cruise on Skaneateles
Lake to dinner at the Sherwood Inn, the tour is
designed to attract operators who will ensure
overnight visitors to Cayuga County and nearby
locales.
Thursday morning's first stop was MacKen-
zie-Childs, in Aurora.
As they tour the ceramics and furniture in the
farmhouse, visitors are required to wear small
blue booties over their footwear. But Tucker sim-
ply elected to remove her shoes.
"You can take the girl out of the hills, but
you can't take the hills out of the girl," joked
Tucker, who still has a hint of an accent from
her Tennessee childhood.
Walking through the rooms, her pale pur-
ple Big Grape shirt blending in with the others,
Tucker marveled at the eclectic items before her.
She didn't know about MacKenzie-Childs before,
she said, and now will consider introducing it
on her motorcoach tours.
After experiencing Aurora and Skaneateles,
Tucker strongly believes that she can make a
new, tweaked tour of central and Upstate New York
work.
If her personal history offers any clues, she has
the personal determination to do it.
Six weeks after she started Advanced Trav-
el five years ago, her 24-year-old son died of
epilepsy. At that time, Tucker appreciated her new
business more than ever.
"I was able to go out with the people (on
tours), and a lot of them didn't know and didn't
treat me any differently," said Tucker, a widow.
"I developed a love for working with people."
She also made it through a downturn in trav-
el post-9/11.
Most of Tucker's clients are upper-middle
class, a good fit, she thinks, for touring the Fin-
ger Lakes region. She noted Skaneateles' scenic
beauty and the upscale shops.
With a bottle of King Ferry Winery's semi-
dry Riesling in hand (yes, the group started tast-
ing at 10 a.m.), she prepared to board the bus, ready
for the next winery and lunch at the Aurora Inn.
She plans to stay a few extra nights in the
area and will likely head to Cooperstown and
Watkins Glen to see if those might be good addi-
tions for her new tour.
"I love to show people America because there
is so much to see in our country," Tucker said, not-
ing that she wants people to realize there is more
to New York state than New York City. "Most peo-
ple don't even realize what there is to see here."
Staff writer Linda Ober can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 237
or linda.ober@lee.net
Tour operators taste Big Grape
