Do moose like sushi?
Business partners Mark Melchi and Rick Rutledge are about to find out.
They have changed the name of Lucky’s Terrapin Grill to The Lucky Moose and added plenty of Moosewood BBQ favorites – and sushi – to the menu.
(They run both restaurants; Moosewood BBQ is still open at 5910 St. Joe Road.)
They’ll celebrate with a combined grand opening and Friday the 13th party this weekend at The Lucky Moose, 622 E. Dupont Road.
On Friday, enjoy 13-cent (per ounce) beer specials all day, and 13-cent peel-and-eat shrimp starting at 5 p.m. With another purchase, you can also order 13-cent boneless wings after 5 p.m.
The specials increase to 14 cents on Saturday. Live music begins at 9:30 p.m. both nights.
Some Moosewood menu items that have migrated to The Lucky Moose include smoked ribs, smoked chicken salad, quesadillas, pulled pork, fried green tomatoes and “smack and cheese.”
Other new dishes include grilled prime rib, Royal Red shrimp, swordfish, mussels, scallops, shrimp Florentine, shrimp primavera and pesto chicken pasta. New pizzas are Buffalo chicken, Thai chicken, pesto and Hawaiian. (All pizzas and flatbreads are topped with a blend of smoked cheeses.)
To read the entire menu, visit www.luckymooseonline.com.
The restaurant has been expanded; it now accommodates up to 90 people for private parties.
Feast your eyes on Turkey Day menus
If your restaurant has plans for Thanksgiving, contact me by Monday. I’ll have another list next week.
•Hall’s Triangle Park, 3010 Trier Road, will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Specials are roast turkey and dressing, New York strip steak, filet mignon, Ossian ham, baked scrod and raspberry-pecan chicken. All are served with sides. Adult prices are $13.99 to $16.99, seniors are $11.99 to $14.99 and children (12 and younger) are $5.99 to $7.99. Reservations are encouraged; call 482-4342.
•Azar’s Big Boy, 6800 Bluffton Road, will be open from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a breakfast buffet and turkey dinner specials. No reservations are needed; call 747-7496.
•The Rittenhouse in Bluffton will have a buffet from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with turkey, ham, sausage, dressing, mashed potatoes, a salad bar, a soup and bread bar, and desserts. It’s $16.95 for adults, $8.95 for kids (ages 3 to 10) and $3.95 for children 2 and younger. Those prices don’t include beverages, tax or gratuity. Reservations are recommended; call 260-824-8112.
•Albright’s Meats & Deli, 4924 S. Calhoun St., is accepting holiday orders for turkeys, ducks, geese, ham (Ossian and Cumberland Gap) and prime rib roasts. It also sells soups, chili, deli salads and sides. To order, call 456-9009. Hours are 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays.
•Waynedale Bakery is taking orders for holiday pies ($8 and $9) and pumpkin and Swiss rolls ($10). Pie flavors include apple, banana cream, blueberry, butterscotch, cherry, chocolate cream, coconut cream, pecan and pumpkin. To order, call 747-2992.
Poetry, pudding on events menu
Promising an Elizabethan spectacle, complete with pudding ablaze and tableside poetry readings, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne will have its third annual madrigal dinners in December.
Seatings are at 7 p.m. Dec. 5 and 1:30 and 5 p.m. Dec. 6 in the Walb Student Union ballroom.
Besides the figgy pudding, the meal features Cornish game hen with wild rice and wassail.
Renaissance dancing and singing are also on the event menu. A court jester and herald trumpets will join the festivities.
Individual tickets are $30 and $35. A table of eight seats is $400 (royal table) or $320 (baron’s table).
To reserve tickets with a credit card, call the box office at 481-6555.
Marko’s turns 5
Marko’s on 2nd in Decatur will celebrate its fifth anniversary with a party at 9 p.m. Saturday. The G Money Blues Band will provide the tunes. There will be drink specials and a new menu unveiled.
Dinner hours are 4:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. The Southern-style Sunday brunch is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The restaurant, 135 S. Second St., is taking reservations for holiday parties; call 260-724-8880.
Tidbits
•Both Chappell’s, 2723 Broadway and 5820 Coldwater Road, are open from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for lunch on weekdays.
•Get a Coney dog for $1 every Tuesday at The Stand, 5200 Bluffton Road. Other specials include $2 bratwurst or Italian sausage on Thursdays and a free large soft drink with the purchase of four-way chili on Fridays. Fall hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
•Paula’s on Main has a new wine list with vintages from Argentina, California, Chile, France, Italy and Spain, including some organic options. Lunch hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays. Dinner hours are 5 to 10 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Paula’s is also taking reservations for holiday parties; call 424-2300.
•Restaurant owners and managers are invited to a free Hospitality Expo from 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce, 826 Ewing St. Register by calling Tom Reynolds at 483-3575.
