Four months after it closed, the original Chappell’s Coral Grill & Market is expected to reopen at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
The eatery at 2723 Broadway will be open only for dinner for a few weeks – with longtime chef Bryan Adams back in the kitchen – before adding lunch hours.
It has a new awning and façade. The interior market (now selling seafood and beef) and kitchen have been renovated, too. Eventually, a martini lounge will be added.
Meanwhile, the north-side restaurant, at 5820 Coldwater Road, has a new chef – Jake Koczergo, the former executive chef at the Summit Club – and new “recession-busting” menu items. The dinner menu has a new section with choices from $10 to $15, including sandwiches, salads (tuna Nicoise and steak), haddock and lemon sole.
The rest of the menu has been changed so that most entrées are less than $20, with seafood, chicken, pork chops and sirloin.
“It’s very much a recession menu; we’ve all just got to get through this economy,” owner Gary Chappell says.
The restaurant opens for dinner at 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. The kitchen closes at 10 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 10:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. For reservations, call 484-3663.
While the restaurant has been closed during lunch for some remodeling, Chappell expects that to change Oct. 5. Most of the lunch menu items will be $7 or less. Lunch hours will be 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. weekdays.
Both locations are taking holiday reservations. The Broadway restaurant has three banquet rooms, while the Coldwater location has one.
The Broadway market will mark its 25th anniversary in January.
More Italian southwest
Boasting homemade breadsticks for 99 cents, Zianos Italian Eatery has opened at 5907 Covington Road, next to Fazoli’s.
The menu includes sandwiches and a variety of pasta dishes, such as chicken primavera, tilapia Florentine, sausage and peppers, ravioli, baked spaghetti, lasagna, manicotti and mostacolli. There will be daily features, too. Beer and wine are available.
Desserts are the traditional tiramisu and cannoli, plus a hot-fudge sundae with a huge chocolate-chip cookie. There is also a children’s menu.
Tentative hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
Because the eatery has only about 20 tables, reservations are encouraged; call 444-4348.
Zianos is owned by Jimmy Rongos, the former owner of Zambuca’s.
Hartley’s visits Italy
Hartley’s tours Italy again Monday night with dinner courses from various regions.
The menu features pappardelle with ragu Bolognese, roasted carrot soup, salad with chickpeas and olives, and Amalfi lemon tart with a pine-nut crust.
The Italian meals (and the regular dinner menu) are available from 5 to 9 p.m. Mondays through December.
It’s $17.95, which doesn’t include tax or gratuity.
Reservations are encouraged; call 744-3141. Hartley’s is at 4301 Fairfield Ave.
Owner-chef Pamela Downs is already planning the second annual Russian Christmas dinner in December.
ID kits available
Local McDonald’s restaurants will offer child-ID kits during their “Play It Safe” events. Law enforcement officials will take fingerprints and give safety tips.
The events run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at these McDonald’s locations:
Saturday: 7640 Anthony Blvd.
Oct. 3: 1650 N. Wayne St., Angola
Oct. 10: 10310 Illinois Road
Oct. 17: 776 U.S. 27 North, Berne; and 1130 N. Main St., Bluffton
Oct. 24: 255 Coliseum Blvd. E.
A lunch special
Klemm’s Candlelite Café, 1207 E. State Blvd., has a new lunch special from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays: an 8-ounce New York strip steak with baked potato, garden salad, roll and beverage for $7.95.
The popular pan-fried chicken is available on Wednesdays. And you still can get a slice of pie for $1.50 (with a meal purchase).
Tidbit
•The IHOP at 4403 Coldwater Road has reopened after a renovation.
