Side Dish

by Aji Jones

Long Island Restaurant Week might be over, but some participants have decided to extend the $24.95, three-course, prix fixe menu, including Jamesport Manor Inn, a Mano, Grappa Wine Bar, Indian Cove Restaurant, and Laundry Restaurant. Visit www.dishingondining.com for contact information and a list of restaurants. Menu availability and times will vary for each restaurant.

Grappa Wine Bar will continue to offer their menu from 5 to 10:30 p.m. on Sunday and until 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Sample items include: a tasting plate of antipasto, spaghettini with veal meatballs and lasagna bolognese. Call 725-0055 for details.

Jamesport Manor Inn will offer its Long Island Restaurant Week menu through Sunday, November 30. Selections include: roasted butternut squash soup, frisee with roasted beets, spiced pecans, goat cheese and sherry vinaigrette, bucatini bolognese, herb basted salmon, Israeli couscous and roast plum vinaigrette, sautéed chicken breast, braised red cabbage, roast mushroom and Madeira sauce, chocolate banana bread pudding, apple crisp with caramel sauce and peach, mango and blood orange sorbet. On Friday, December 5, Jamesport Manor Inn will host its first five-course wine dinner, featuring Waters Crest Vineyards owner/winemaker Jim Waters and executive chef Eric Rickmers at 7 p.m. Cost is $70 per person. Savor the architecture, art and arboretum of the fantastic North Fork fall season in this historic reconstructed Dimon Mansion (Voted Best Looking, Dan's "Best of the Best North Fork"). Daily lunch and Sunday brunch three-course prix fixe continues daily. Customized catering packages and three private dining rooms will accommodate groups of 10 to 60 guests. Call 722-0500 or visit www.jamesportmanor.com for more information. Closed Tuesdays.

East Wind Caterers will prepare a traditional Thanksgiving dinner buffet on Thursday, November 27 from noon to 5 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom. Cost is $39.95 per adult and $22.95 per child (ages 3-10) plus tax and gratuity. A cash bar will be available. Menu includes: roast turkey carved with giblet gravy and cranberry relish, sautééed seafood scampi with rice pilaf, sweet potato and sweet cranberry salad and fresh baked pies. Kids' items include turkey nuggets and macaroni and cheese. Call 929-6585.

Stonewalls Restaurant presents a Thanksgiving Day three-course, prix fixe, from 12 to 7 p.m. Dinners start at $35 per person depending on the selected entrée. Items and prices may change. Offerings include: baby spinach and endive with prosciutto, gorgonzola dolce, hazelnuts, aged balsamic and hazelnut vinaigrette; vol-au-vent with seafood champagne, scallops, mushrooms, shrimp and cordon of lobster sauce; traditional roasted organic young turkey, apple and sausage stuffing, whipped potato, yams, giblet sauce, cranberry chutney; Crescent Farm Long Island duck a l'orange, wild rice and haricots vert; and ginger-pecan crust pumpkin pie, maple syrup. Call 506-0777, for reservations and information.

Tierra Mar will serve Thanksgiving Day dinner from 1 to 6 p.m. Cost of the buffet-style dinner is $40 per person and $20 for children under age 10, plus tax and gratuity. Menu includes: oven roasted chestnuts; local organic mesclun greens with toasted pumpkin seed vinaigrette; oven roasted all natural turkey with giblet gravy; warm apple crisp; and chocolate Bourbon pecan pie. To make a reservation, call 288-2700.

East Wind Caterers also offer a Thanksgiving dinner to serve six to 10 guests at home for $149 plus tax. Orders must be placed by Sunday, November 23. Dinner will be available, cooked and cold with reheating instructions, for pick-up on Wednesday, November 26, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., or packed hot and ready to serve on Thursday, November 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Package includes: a 14-pound roasted and carved turkey, traditional stuffing and mashed potatoes, homemade side dishes and a freshly baked apple, pecan or pumpkin pie. Call 846-2335 to place an order.

FOOD & CO. offers a traditional a la carte Thanksgiving dinner to take home. All orders must be placed by Saturday, November 22 for pick-up by 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day or for delivery as agreed when ordering. A Thanksgiving Eve and day after menu is available for $60 per person, with a six-person minimum featuring Caesar salad; cedar planked salmon or grilled filet of beef; and two side accompaniments. The holiday menu includes: cocktail shrimp with chili sauce ($3); butternut squash and apple soup ($12 per pt.); Sage roasted whole fresh turkey with gravy ($10 per lb.); bourbon maple acorn squash wedges ($4.50); and gingerbread pudding or pumpkin bread pudding ($30). Call 329-1000 for details.

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