Smokey Bones Fort Wayne
Smokey Bones in Fort Wayne has recently revised their menu to include updated pricing along with some new items including flatbreads, flavored tenderloins, flame seared salmon, and new sauces for the chicken wings.
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Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. unveiled a menu overhaul at its corporate stores Monday that includes the return of several dishes and a 1.5-percent price increase.
The casual-dining chain typically freshens its menu in the spring, but this year’s update is more comprehensive than usual as part of ongoing turnaround efforts at the company, said Susan Lintonsmith, Red Robin’s chief marketing officer.
In February, Red Robin officials detailed its Project RED initiative with the goal of driving traffic, building sales, reducing expenses and improving margins. The plan has included internal changes such as the addition of new board members, the appointment last year of chief executive Steve Carley, the launch of a new loyalty program, and a renewed focus on boosting bar sales.
The new menu, rolled out Monday at corporate locations, has a tri-fold format, replacing the former poster card menu. Red Robin said the new menu better communicates the ways guests can customize their meals, such as by choosing the type of bun for their burger, a side option such as steamed broccoli or macaroni-and-cheese instead of fries, or the variety of beverages from the bar.
“Our guests were telling us they didn’t realize how much variety we have on our menu, like our chicken sandwiches, our entrées and our bar selection,” Lintonsmith said.
In addition to the new format, the new menu includes about a dozen new items, some of which are a return to the past.
Returning items include cocktails that harken back to the concept’s tavern roots in Seattle, such as the Screaming Red Zombie and the Flat On Your Beak, which were popular in the 1960s.
New on the drink menu is a line of cocktails made with fresh fruit, such as the Strawberry Lemon Vojito, the Absolutely Absolut Freckled Lemonade and the Cherry Lime Flip.
The Jump Starters section of the chain’s appetizer menu now include an old favorite, fried clam strips, which can be ordered individually or combined with the new options of fried zucchini or mushrooms, with a choice of dipping sauces. Clamstrips also can be ordered as an entrée for a recommended $9.99.
Other Jump Starter appetizers are onion rings, Kettle-cooked chips, fried jalapeno coins or cheesesticks. They are priced at for $2.99 for one or $5.79 for two.
Also new on the appetizer menu are Triple S Riblets, tossed in the Whiskey River BBQ sauce or a sweet, smoky and spicy Triple S barbecue sauce, and served with Kettle-cooked chips for $7.79.
The revamped menu also includes a new category called Perfect Combos with four options: Riblets & Clucks, with riblets and fried chicken strips; Clucks & Shrimp, with fried chicken and fried shrimp; Riblets & Mac’n’Cheese; and Red’s Nantucket Seafood Platter, with hand-battered fried cod, fried shrimp, clam strips and Bottomless Steak Fries. The combination options range in price from $11.99 to $13.99.
New entrées include a Grilled Chicken Alla Caprese Salad, made with romaine lettuce, pesto dressing, black olives and pepperoni strips served with a grilled chicken breast, fresh mozzarella, bruschetta salsa and drizzled with balsamic cream for $9.99.
Also highlighted on the new menu are a selection of salads, wraps, sandwiches and soups, as well as new beverage offerings such as shakes and smoothies.
A separate beverage menu will be available later this spring, Red Robin said.
With menu labeling on the horizon, Red Robin is also offering nutrition data online and through a downloadable iPhone app.
Red Robin officials said earlier this year that the spring menu would include a 1.5-percent price increase, the first in nearly three years, in response to rising commodity costs.
Based in Greenwood Village, Colo., Red Robin operated 314 locations and franchised another 136 at the close of the December-ended fourth quarter.
Read more: http://nrn.com/article/red-robin-overhauls-menu?ad=full-service#ixzz1KBPD40NH
Pho 888 Fort Wayne
Pho 888 Fort Wayne is this weeks restaurant of the week.
Since the weather has been cold and rainy outside, what better way to stay warm than some hot, fresh and delicious soup? While Pho 888 offers a host of items on their menu today we are going to highlight their soup menu. Take a look below at the Pork Soup menu:
$9.95 Wonton Egg Noodle Soup
With a wide variety and options for everyone, the Pork Soup is defiantly worth a shot at Pho 888. The Egg Noodle soup is built to your liking featuring your choice of beef, chicken, pork, seafood, or shrimp soup options.
Ziffle’s Fort Wayne is now available for delivery through Waiter on the Way! Enjoy some of the best tasting ribs in the Fort delivered right to your door.
Buffalo Wild Wings has launched a redesigned menu that encourages guests to mix and match food selections with the chain’s signature sauces.
The new menu also features 10 new items, several of which have been developed for sharing and catering to groups.
Sylvia Matzke-Hill, director of research and development for Minneapolis-based Buffalo Wild Wings, said the diversification of the new menu items would provide “something for everybody,” particularly given guests’ enhanced ability to customize selections using the chain’s sauces and seasonings.
“The section of the menu listing Buffalo Wild Wings’ 14 sauces and four seasoning rubs was given more prominence and renamed ‘Customize Your Grub,’” she said, adding guests are invited to add or substitute any seasoning or sauce on any menu item.
“The whole customization piece was about getting our sauces out there,” she said. “We also focused on having sharable items that can give you the sports-fan feel to complement an order of wings and beer.”
Matzke-Hill said two new sauce flavors would debut in June, although she declined to disclose what those flavors would be.
New menu items include appetizers meant to be shared like Southwest Bites, $5.29; a trio of soft pretzels, $4.99; Spinach Artichoke Chicken Flatbread, $7.79; and mini Chili Cheese Dogs, $8.19.
“Our flatbreads are a neat category for us, and the Spinach Artichoke Chicken Flatbread just complements that and brings a twist to a popular dip in a lot of other restaurants,” Matzke-Hill said. “The sports fans should love our mini hot dogs and pretzels.”
The Asian Zing Chicken Salad at $7.39 headlines a group of new entrées that also includes the Pepper Jack Steak Wrap, $8.39; Screamin’ Nacho Burger, $7.89; Juicy Steak Burger, $8.19; Fish Tacos, $8.19; and a Veggie Boat — celery and carrot sticks served with a side of ranch dressing — 99 cents.
The soft pretzels, Juicy Steak Burger and Fish Tacos are meant to be paired with a guest’s choice of signature wing sauce.
“This is a lot,” Matzke-Hill said. “We haven’t really revamped our menu in about three and a half years, so this is a chance to take a look at where we’re at and make a big splash. The whole design of the menu has changed with a call to action around the customization piece.”
Buffalo Wild Wings makes a few additions to the menu about four times a year, including limited-time offerings timed to coincide with football and basketball season, plus a summer focus on sauces and seasonings. But the R&D process stays consistent throughout the year, Matzke-Hill said.
“We truly take the same approach all year to provide the ultimate social experience for sports fans, whether the game’s on or off,” she said. “On the food side, it’s about creating a craveable experience. That was really what was developing this: When you think about sports, what do you crave?”
Buffalo Wild Wings operates or franchises 749 restaurants across 44 states.
Dash-In Fort Wayne
Dash-In Fort Wayne is this weeks restaurant of the week!
Dash-In is located at 814 South Calhoun in between Berry and Main st. Dash-In offers a great menu selection ranging from burgers, sandwiches, seafood, dinners, panini’s, quesadillas, salads and soups.
Dash-In is open:
Looking for a great deal? Try the Choose-Two Dash Combo, allowing your choice of two between either a half of a deli sandwich, small salad or bowl of soup.
Starting April 18th, Ziffle’s Rib Bar in Georgetown will be available for delivery through Waiter on the Way! Stay tuned for more details.
Tropic Chicken Fort Wayne
Co-workers have been raving about the food at Tropic Chicken, a little place just a couple minutes from work. I caught a whiff of somebody’s leftovers the other day and decided this was a place I had to try.
Two of us who’d never been there went with a co-worker who goes often. It’s nothing fancy. Located in a small strip shopping center near the intersection of Broadway and Taylor Street, it’s a place where you go in and order at the counter, find a table, then get your own drinks and plastic ware. The food is all served on disposable plates.
There’s a menu on the wall with pictures of various dishes, but I was most interested in the actual food displayed in a case, ready to serve. Various combinations could be ordered for a $4.95 lunch, and it all looked and smelled good, so I went with what my eyes and nose were telling me to do.
I ordered chicken, rice with pinto beans and a side of stewed beans.
The man behind the counter piled the plate high with a huge mound of rice and two pieces of chicken — a leg and, if I remember correctly, a thigh. He drizzled some of the broth from the chicken onto the rice and spooned some beans onto my plate.
It was an impressive plate of food volumewise. I hoped I’d like it, otherwise it would be a lot of food to waste.
Turns out I had nothing to worry about.
The restaurant owners are from the Dominican Republic, so the food is inspired by the Caribbean, but not as spicy as that of other Latin American countries.
My meal was not spicy at all, but perfectly seasoned nonetheless. The guy working behind the counter (I think he was the owner) said they primarily use onion, garlic and cilantro for most of their dishes. The chicken was fall-off-the-bone tender.
The rice and beans were good on their own, but even better when I combined them. Incidentally, rice and beans are tremendously healthy because they form a complete protein. I felt full, but not stuffed, for hours after I ate. And I appreciate that the dish wasn’t covered in fat-laden cheese, like so many Mexican foods.
One co-worker tried something new, a fish and potatoes dish. She said it was OK, but she wouldn’t order it again, preferring chicken or beef.
The other co-worker ordered — and raved about — the ribs. “If you can take rib meat off the bones with a plastic fork — that’s tender,” she said.
We each grabbed a container of flan out of the refrigerator in the dining room for dessert. Two of us got the flan with coconut, the other tried plain flan. It’s not a favorite of mine, but I suffered through a few bites before closing the container and taking it home, where it was quickly devoured. My co-workers enjoyed their pieces. I just don’t like the texture of flan.
One final note about Tropic Chicken: The day we were there they had several scrumptious-looking whole roasted chickens in the case. They looked much better than the rotisserie chickens you can buy at grocery stores.
I’ll have to remember that next time I’m thinking about picking up something for dinner on the way home from work.
Read more at: http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110405/LIVING/104050303
TGI Fridays Fort Wayne
Enjoy free delivery from TGI Fridays in Fort Wayne as our April restaurant of the month. Use coupon code “4fridays” to receive a free delivery credit on your next order of $25 or more from TGI Fridays Fort Wayne.