Dan's Papers - January 30, 2009

Nick & Toni's in East Hampton is honoring the Emilia Romagna region of Italy this month with a four-course menu for $38. The menu, available through Sunday, February 8, is offered all night Wednesday through Friday and Sunday, and until 7 p.m. Saturday. Items include an aperitif, fried mortadella-potato croquettes, chestnut ravioli and herb butter, lamb stew and soft polenta, scallop-pancetta skewer and baby spinach, and pine nut crumbly cake with Vin Santo custard sauce. For more details call 324-3550.

Get ready for some football! Townline BBQ in Sagaponack will be celebrating Super Bowl Sunday on February 1 with 10-cent wings, 25-cent sliders, and $15 growlers (64-ounce jug) of all tap beer. Take home specials are also available and includes: $5 "Bag O' Wings" with 25 Townline Buffalo wings and blue cheese dressing; and "The Big Man Dinner" with two orders of Nachos Supremo, six quesadillas, Bag O' Wings, two ricks of Riblets, and 12 sliders for $75. Call 537-2271 for more information.

Looking to sweep your sweetie off their feet with a romantic Valentine's Day dinner? Desmond's Restaurant and Lounge at East Wind in Wading River presents a feast for $44.95 per person on Saturday, February 14 from 4 p.m. The four-course menu includes Little Neck oreganata, Hothouse cucumber salad, lobster ravioli hearts with creeme rosa, roasted French breast of chicken with squash confetti, and chocolate marquis cake. Beverages, tax and gratuity are additional. For reservations, call 846-2335.

Jamesport Manor Inn in Jamesport will host a warm Valentine's Day dinner featuring a $60 four-course prix fixe served by the fire. Offerings include an amuse bouche, champagne poached oysters, Duck Trap smoked salmon, roast pheasant breast, lobster risotto, zucchini lentil pie, porcini dry rubbed sirloin, herb basted monkfish, and maple walnut cheesecake. For more information or to make a reservations call 722-0500.

As participants in "Great Restaurants of New York," Seafood Barge in Southold and Tierra Mar in Westhampton Beach are offering a $19.95 three-course prix fixe Sunday through Thursday until February 26. Seafood Barge's offerings include traditional New England clam chowder, Manhattan style clam chowder, Caesar salad, seafood bouillabaisse, roasted Murray's Ranch free range chicken and grilled Scottish salmon. Call 765-3010 for details. Tierra Mar serves local organic leek and potato soup, crisp hearts of romaine lettuce, pan seared peppercorn crusted hanger steak, pan seared black sea bass, and warm apple crisp. Prices do not include tax and gratuity. For further information, call 288-2700.

Local restaurants are serving up seasonal specials to cure your winter blues. Matto in East Hampton now offers a $26 three-course prix fixe on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 5 p.m. The menu includes Bucatini, three-cheese baked penne, aged grilled hanger steak, Pecorino sausage, and Atlantic salmon. For further information call 329-0200. Stonewalls Restaurant in Riverhead also presents a three-course prix fixe for $27.50 from 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Sample items include baby arugula salad, French style onion soup au gratin, Idaho Brook trout sautéé almondine, certified organic Pennsylvania coq au vin, and Tahitian vanilla caramel custard. Call 506-0777 x4 for reservations. Wednesdays at Fresno in East Hampton features a 30/30 special that includes a $30 three-course meal and 30% off every bottle of wine. A $28 three-course prix fixe is also offered Sunday through Friday, Saturday till 6:32 p.m., and always at the bar. Call 324-8700 for further information.

Returning diners will receive a 10% weekend dinner discount at Legends Restaurant in New Suffolk. To reap this benefit, guests must bring back their Legends' receipt within 14 days on Friday or Saturday night after 5 p.m. For more information, call 734-5123.

Warm up and keep your stomach full with handmade mozzarella at Tutto Italiano in East Hampton. Guests can observe Chef Pasquale Langella churn out 22-25 pounds of mozzarella every Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. The 30-minute demonstration features just a few ingredients including 150-degree water and is free. Call 324-9500 for details.