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Price Fixe Dinner

First Course:

Parmesan Breaksticks, antipasti

Second Course:

Medium rare Akaushi flank steak, Balsamic mushrooms, Cabernet pan sauce

Third Course

Spring tart and berries

This dinner is $18 plus tax and grat

Thursday’s Flight March 9

Oh how I love Cabernet in all of it’s beautiful berry splendor!  This tasting will allow you to explore Cabernet of different styles and complexities, and will also show you what the famous “Rutherford Dust” experience is all about.

Great Napa and Sonoma Cabs

2013 Arrowood, Sonoma Valley

2011 Hawkes, Alexander Valley

2013 Titus, Napa Valley

2014 Frog’s Leap Estate, Rutherford, Napa Valley

This tasting is $15 plus tax and grat

Join us for a taste of the Old World with these beautiful red expressions

Spanish and Italian Expressions

• 2012 Elyse Nero Misto (Italian for “Mixed Black”), a Napa Valley sourced blend of Petite Syrah, Zinfandel, Carignane, Barber
• 2014 Atteca old vine Garnacha from Ateca, Spain
• 2008 La Rioja Alta Vina Arana Tempranillo Reserva from Rioja, Spain

This tasting is $12 plus tax and grat

Hope to see you this week for dinner!!

First Course:

Baby Sip Salad of chilled iceberg, candied pecan, strawberries, blue cheese crumbles, crisp bacon, creamy dressing and balsamic drizzle

Second Course:

Medium rare flank steak slices, Napa Valley hand made fettucine, Pecorino and Parmesan cheeses, cracked black peppercorn, parsley

This dinner is $18 plus tax and grat

Beginning March 2 we are taking off with our Thursday Flights wine tastings.  Every Thursday we will offer a themed flight of 3 wines, 2 ounce pours, priced all in at $15, $20 or $25 depending upon what we are pouring.

Look for weekly menus and wine tasting details on our
web page and Facebook on Mondays.

Beginning February 28 every Tuesday and Wednesday night it is Neighborhood Nights at Sip & Savor, where you can come in for a two or three course dinner at neighbor-friendly pricing.  We won’t be cutting quality or portions and we will be serving up some of our best recipes.  Reservations are not required but a call ahead to check on availability is recommended.

(in addition to our regular ala carte menu)

Savor
As I write this we are in between last week’s new low high temperature and this week’s new high temperatures.  And looking for several inches of rain this weekend.  Crazy weather, but we have the right menu for all Winter conditions.

Our apps now feature a Hot Crab and Artichoke Dip with homemade toast points that’ll warm you up, and our Tomato Soup in Puff Pastry is the epitome of Winter comfort.

We’ve been receiving our Pacific Coast Swordfish from both Santa Barbara and San Diego docks and it is a beautiful fish on the plate, served with our savory rice pilaf and lemon dill cream sauce.

If you are in a comfort mood, try our slow braised Bone-In Short Rib over Italian carnaroli risotto, or our Gulf Shrimp & Grits.  And if you are a meat and potato kind of diner we have our awesome Heritage Filet Mignon and NY Strip Steaks paired with our potato pavé, a stacked and sauted potato with blue cheese crumbles.  I also want to mention our hand made Spinach Gnocchi served in a creamy Mornay Sauce is fast becoming our favorite side dish.

Make reservations at http://sipsavor.com/reservations/

Sip
This month and next we are adding several wines to the list, mostly reds, that will give you more choices from Napa, Sonoma, Oregon and Washington.  Look for new Cabs, blends and pinots and maybe a random zin too!!
Also, ask to see the Proprieter List of wines that we sell by the bottle only….there are some great buys on limited quantity wines.

Events
Weekday Glass Specials – Enjoy a carafe of your favorite wine for the price of a glass from 4:00pm to 6:00pm.  A carafe is a glass and a half, and you can select any wine on the glass list.

Friday and Saturday February 10 and 11 – We are extending the Valentines celebration opportunities these two evenings by offering our full menu and some special entree and desserts.  All throughout the Valentines celebration we are reducing the number of reservations we are accepting to provide a more intimate and romantic setting.  Low light, flowers, soft music and space between tables is what we are planning for you.

Valentines Day Tuesday, February 14 – We are serving up a Four Course Prixe Fixe dinner with choices of Filet Mignon and Shrimp, Lobster or Swrodfish and accompaniments for each.  Appetizer, soup or salad and dessert are included for $68.95 per person plus tax and gratuity.  You can see our menu on Open Table at https://www.opentable.com/sip-and-savor

Savor
The hunt may be over.  We have been developing a gnocchi dish over the last few months that is inspired by a favorite restaurant of ours in Carmel, California.  We travelled there again recently and revisited their dish.  But to my dismay, they are not using the same recipe and I suspect it is becasue the chef that invented the dish opened his own restaurant.  However I believe I have finally reconstructed it and we now have a Spinach Gnocchi in a parmesan cream sauce as a side dish as well as an accompaniment to our chicken dish.  I hope you get the chance to try it out and let us know what you think.  The hunt may be over, but you get to decide.

Salmon season is over and we are now serving a great Pacific coast swordfish, flown in fresh to us from Santa Barbara, California.  We serve it as an 8 ounce filet simply prepared and accompanied by our butternut squash rice pilaf, $29.00

In our last newsletter I announced our new source for Alaskan Red King Crab.  They are now our thiird best seller on the menu so our guests have voted their approval.  Give them a try, $30.00 for two large three ounce cakes and a great Arugula salad.  You can see our full menu at

http://sipsavor.com/dinner-menu/

Sip
Our list continues to represent many small production wineries that are still family owned.  I will say it is harder than ever to find small producers of affordable Napa wines, as the cost per ton of Napa fruit just keeps going up.  It is my pleasure (job?) to seek these wines out and get them in your glass at great prices.  Here’s some wonderful new wines on the list with bottle and glass pricing:
NV Mumm Napa sparkling, $52/$12
2013 Shafer Merlot, $89/$19
and from Sonoma County:
2013 Judge  Palmer Sauvignon Blanc, $72/$15
2012 Judge Palmer Malbec. $84/$18
and from Austria:
2013 Sohm & Kracher Gruner Veltliner, $65/$14
Also, ask to see the Proprieter List of wines that we sell by the bottle only….there are some great buys on limited quantity wines.

Events
Weekday Glass Specials – Enjoy a carafe of your favorite wine for the price of a glass from 4:00pm to 6:00pm.  A carafe is a glass and a half, and you can select any wine on the glass list.

New Year’s Eve – We have a great fixed price four course menu on Saturday, December 31st for $75 plus tax and gratuity.  Make reservations early!!          http://sipsavor.com/reservations/

October 2016

Savors
Our Fall menu is now fully up and running.  Even though it is still warmish, we just couldn’t wait to get some of our cold weather items on the menu.  The extra few weeks of weather allows us to make small changes too, and I feel we have a great menu that reflects the foods of the season.
You can see our new menu here http://sipsavor.com/dinner-menu/ .

Highlights:
We’ve finally found a source for first quality USA wild caught Red King Crab.  Some of you know that we stopped selling crab about a year ago because our supplier would not divulge the source.  At the time it was our #1 selling item, but I just couldn’t buy it without knowing the source and who/how it was landed.  Our new crab is true Alaskan King Crab and tastes fantastic.  We have a Crab cocktail and Crab Cakes on the menu.

We’ve also added our short rib and risotto, and we top this off with a beautiful mushroom gravy made with Oyster mushrooms from Fun Guys Mushrooms in Denton.  get it?  Funghi’s?

And we now serve Duroc Pork Osso Buco, slow cooked for hours and served with a Tuscan bean soup.  Amazing comfort food.

We still have Alaskan Halibut and Salmon while they are in season, and we have our great filet mignon served with asparagus and Red White and Blue potatoes.  Delicious!

We’d love to see you this Fall.  You can make reservations for dinner or brunch at http://sipsavor.com/reservations/

Sips
Our list has grown a bit.  We are now over 100 wines and we serve 75 by the glass.  The best way to select your beverage is to taste, and our professional wait staff will provide samples to help you find a wine to pair with your meal, or to just sip and enjoy.

New this month are:
Freemark Abbey wines of distinction including Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay
Reginato sparkling malbec
Elyse Winery Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel and a great field blend named Nero Misto

Events and other news

Our Early Sips are Tuesday through Friday nights from 430pm to 600pm for $7 a glass.  And our shareable appetizers start at $7 too.  This is perfect porch and patio weather and of course we have plenty of seating inside as well.

As you prepare for the Fall and holiday season think of us for your wine gifts.  Gift boxes start at $29 and you can add any of our wines to your box at a 40% discount.  Many of our wines are made exclusively for restaurants and are in high demand, and this is a great way to treat your family, friends and coworkers.  Give us a day or so and we can have your wine gift box ready to go.!!

Scratch Kitchen using locally sourced ingredients as discovered
All seafood is USA wild caught and of sustainable species
All land proteins are of the highest brand and never modified by man
Chicken is pasture raised by Windy Meadows Family Farm in Campbell, TX.
Extensive wine selection sourced from wineries that tend their own land and
from small production, family owned properties
75 wines by the glass

Freemark Abbey wine tasting
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
6pm to 730pm

This month we have the privelege of tasting five Freemark Abbey wines.  This winery started in 1886.  Many milestones have been achieved over those many years, including the first female winemaker, the first tasting room in Napa Valley, one of the first vineyard designated wines, and one of 12 wineries that competed in the now famous “The judgement of Paris” in 1976 that put Napa on the map as a World class wine grape growing region.

We will be tasting the following wines:
2013 California Viognier, $29
2013 Napa Valley Chardonnay, $29
2013 Napa Valley Merlot, $39
2012 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, $49
2012 Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon, $69

$15 for the tasting and the fee is waived with a purchase of 3 bottles or more.  Bottle pricing is at or below winery prices and offered on this date only.  Rsvp at http://sipsavor.com and note tasting.  If you will dine with us this night mention dinner too.

See you upstairs on Wednesday!