Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Around Middletown in 80 Days: Day 50

It's Tuesday and you know what that means...
Dinner at O'Rourke's!

O'Rourke's Diner
728 Main St.
Middletown, Ct

Today is one of the 80 days around Middletown that no one can miss, as tonight O'Rourke's diner is opening their doors past closing time to host a benefit dinner for the Oddfellows Playhouse Scholarship Fund. Dinner will be $45 and consist of the following menu as devised by Brian O'Rourke and Lance Whalen themselves:

Soup

Pumpkin Bisque

Salad

Mesclun Salad
Candied walnuts, dried cranberries & goat cheese
With a lemon poppy seed dressing

Entrée

Roast Pork Loin
With herb roasted potatoes & asparagus
Served with a cinnamon apple butter

OR

Smoked Duck
Wrapped in crepes with fried leeks
Served with an orange saffron vidalia reduction

OR

Acorn Risotto
A maple roasted acorn squash risotto
Topped with toasted pecans

Dessert
Bread Pudding
Topped with a maple crème anglais

There are only 40 tickets available for each seating. Reservations are recommended as seats are filling up fast. Tickets are available at O'Rourke's Diner or by calling Oddfellows Playhouse at 860-347-6143.

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