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Valentines Day Chocolate Covered Berries
By Ryan
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With Valentine's Day just around the corner, we are preparing to make our annual batch of jumbo long stem chocolate covered strawberries.
In order to guarantee that we will have as many strawberries as you would like, we suggest that you call ahead NOW and place your order to have them reserved. We will sell out fast and there is only a limited supply. Once they are gone, they are gone. Just like your chances to please the better half.
All orders for carry-out will be packaged, wrapped and decorated by us. We will have them ready for you in attractive gift boxes whether you would like them for Saturday or for Valentine's Day. Reservations are suggested for both dine in and carry out orders.
Prices are as follows for both carry out and dine in orders. View Our full Valentines Day Photo Gallery. Click Here!
Jumbo Long Stem Chocolate Covered Strawberries Single Berry $3.75 Pack of two $7.25 Pack of Four $14.00 |
Behind the Bar
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Valentine's Day Special Drinks
By Andrew
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Everyone here at the Uptown is passionate about the food and drinks we prepare and serve to you... and we find any excuse possible to get creative behind the bar. This year for Valentine's Day, we've come up with some great new special drinks that we feel are a good fit for the romantic holiday, along with a couple classic Uptown cocktails from years past. Whether the recipe is new or old, these drinks are sure to warm your heart and please your palate. Here is a rundown of our Valentine's Day special drinks for this year.
Valentine
absolut vanilla vodka, creme de banana and cranberry juice
Fluttering Heart
chambord raspberry liqueur and strawberry liqueur with brut champagne
Goodnight Kiss
absolut vodka, strawberry liqueur, cranberry and pineapple juice
Dreamy Winter Delight
bailey's irish cream, amaretto and hot chocolate topped with whipped cream
Flirtini
absolut vodka, triple sec, cranberry and pineapple juice
Agave Kiss Martini
corzo silver tequila, chambord, creme de cacao and cream.
Be Mine Forever Martini
absolut vanilla vodka, strawberry liqueur, pineapple juice and coconut cream
Cherry Cosmopolitan
absolut vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice and cherry juice
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Missing Super Bowl Footage Found
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The Un-Super Bowl
By Ray
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I am not the biggest sports fan in the world, so maybe this is something that many sports fanatics already know. I was fascinated last week to find out that no known tape or recording of any kind exists from Superbowl I. My first thoughts were it was kind of odd that last week I was reminiscing back to 1967 and the blizzard and then to flash back to that first super bowl, they were within a week of each other. It was also interesting the same champion came out of both games.
What has become one of the biggest events of the year in America had such a humble beginning. So big in fact, that it's hard to comprehend that unless you were there or you watched it on TV like I did as an 8 year old, you never saw any of it. Two networks covered the game and neither one saved the tape. Back then, there was limited or no access to home  video recorders. It was seen by 27 million people and it vanished. It had been long assumed that there were no copies, until recently. Back in 1967, an engineer working at WDAU in Scranton, Pennsylvania recorded it thinking someday it might be valuable. For 38 years, it sat in an attic.
While the NFL lays claim to rights of the tape, it is being restored by the Paley Center as it is an important piece of Americana. A ticket to this game was going for the unheard of price of $12. It was the only Superbowl not sold out. McDonald's boasted of two billion served, and Muriel sold cigars for 10 cents. The replays remind you they are replays. The announcers were Jack Whitaker, Ray Scott and Frank Gifford. Most of the game is intact, but the half time show is missing, nothing like today I bet, and a big piece of the third quarter.
Found at Last: A Tape of the First Super Bowl
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Be My Valentine
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Sweetheart Conversation Hearts
By Jim
|  February is the time of year where you will find those famous little sweet heart candies all over stores. The New England Confectionary Company (NECCO) is the manufacturer of what has become the traditional Valentine's Day candy. The sweetheart conversation hearts with all those different sayings from "be mine", "luv me" and "kiss me" is celebrating its 145th birthday this year. The company has been making one of the sweetest ways of saying I love you every year since the Civil War.
In the 1860's, NECCO originally began with printed paper notes tucked inside the boxes. In time, the idea came to print sayings on the actual candy and early on it was done with very primitive hand tools until it developed a machine press to keep up with demand. Up until the 1990's, these same sayings continued each year. It was then they decided to update the sayings every year and even retire some. Just like everything else, they needed to get with the times. It was then instead of "call me" it was "email me", and for the first time in 2010, they held a public survey to choose what would be introduced this year. Those winners are "Tweet Me," "Text Me," "You Rock," "Soul Mate," "Love Bug," and "Me + You." Choosing the mottos can be tricky because they can not be offensive, distasteful and generally can fit no more than two words with four letters each.
During the six weeks around Valentines Day, 8 billion of these candy hearts are sold so NECCO must produce 100,000 pounds of the candy hearts each day. Dont forget these classics for your sweetheart.
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Employee Updates
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February Birthdays and Anniversaries
Birthdays
Charis Sherman
Elza Harmon
Ben Konzack
Tyler Piasse
Anniversaries
Jim Lannen- 16 years
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| Things to Try This Week |
Here are three things picked by our staff, the people who know our menus the best, that they think stand out from the more than 500 items you will find on our food and drink menu.
From Nikki - Spinach Salad - Why I like this salad and think you should try it is because it's never wrong to go a little healthier than you usually want to. Everyone knows spinach is healthy, you can even ask "Popeye". Eggs, bacon bits, and almonds have always been in my top choices to add to a salad since I first started high school and we had a salad bar. Another reason you should try it, is you can add any one of our dressings to go along with it and make it the perfect taste for you.
 From Jim - Steamed Mussels - This weeks featured pasta is steamed mussels with lemon grass. We take a full pound and steam them with basil, shallot and a white wine lemon grass broth and serve it over linguini. With over 17 species of edible mussels, these sweet flavor blue mussels are made complete by the broth. The light lemon flavor of this grass blends well with garlic and shallots. Lemon grass is native to India and is widely used in Thai cooking. It is the perfect combination of full flavored mussels and light herb broth. Before I knew it, the bowl was empty and I was using my breadstick to soak up the juice.
 From Ryan - Roasted Garlic Chicken and Spinach Pasta - When I was 16 and 17 years old I made more of these on a saturday night than I cared to ever see again. Yet, I still would always finding myself having one for dinner. After 15 years, you tend to get tired of the same thing. But, I just had one of these pastas and it reminded me of how good it really is. This has been on our menu for 15 years, unchanged. Same cooking procedure since day 1. The combination of garlic butter, white wine, pepper, sundried tomato, chicken and asiago cheese makes this dish my favorite pasta on our everyday menu. If I don't tire of it, there's no chance you will.
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Uptown Playlist Theater
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Fred Eaglesmith
Thursday
February 10, 2011
Tickets Available Now! $20
Fred Eaglesmith and the Ginn Sisters is a show you want to be here for. Country-folk singer/songwriter Fred J. Eaglesmith was one of nine children born to a farming family in rural southern Ontario. Eaglesmith gradually became an underground favorite in his native Canada during a relentless touring schedule with bassist Ralph Schipper and mandolinist Willie P. Bennett. Eaglesmith won a Juno Award for Best Roots and Traditional Album - Solo, is a winner of the Canadian Independent Music Award, and was a finalist in the 2006 International Songwriting Competition for his song, "Alcohol and Pills."
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The Spampinato Brothers
Friday
March 4th, 2011
Tickets Available Now! $15 advanced/$18 door
Joey Spampinato is a founding member of NRBQ, the only band to appear at the Berlin Jazz festival, the New York Folk Festival, and the Grand Ole Opry in the same year! About 25 years after NRBQ's formation, Joey had welcomed his brother Johnny into the band. Joey and Johnny now are doing what they knew they should always have been doing, recording and performing music together as the Spampinato Brothers. Joining them, Aaron Spade plays the guitar and Jay Cournoyer is on the drums.
Bill Kirchen | | Click the picture to watch a Bill Kirchen video |
Tickets SOLD OUT!
Friday
April 15th, 2011
Some of you may already know, but Bill Kirchen will be the last show at the Playlist Theater! Famous for his indelible Telecaster sound on "Hot Rod Lincoln," his 1972 Top 10 hit with Commander Cody, Kirchen has been everywhere since he first became known during the mid-'60s. He was a founding member of the legendary Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, he's released eight critically acclaimed solo albums, he's toured internationally with Nick Lowe and has performed with the likes of Doug Sahm, Gene Vincent, Elvis Costello, Dan Hicks, Emmylou Harris and Link Wray. Be sure not to miss the last show here at the Uptown Grill.
If anyone has extra tickets they would like to sell back to us.. we are interested!!
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| Not Your "Everyday" Specials |
 Monday Nights, Steak DianeEvery Monday after 4 pm, we will be serving Steak Diane for $13.75. This will be just like the Red Door Inn. With Victor's stamp of approval.
 Wienerschnitzel WednesdayEvery Wednesday after 4pm, we will be serving authentic German Wienerschnitzel. Served with roasted asparagus, spaetzel and veal demi glaze it is only $11.75.
 Throwback Thursday
Fiesta Dip Just like the old days. Delicious beans, lettuce, tomato, black olive, and cheese served with salsa, sour cream, and guacamole. Served with our homemade chips.
 Friday Nights, Seafood Mixed Grill
4 oz broiled lobster tail with drawn butter, 4 oz cod filet
with basil cream, and 4 oz whitefish parmesan with lemon caper butter. All for only $19.75
Prime Rib, Friday and Saturday EveningAvailable after 4pm every Friday and Saturday night is our herb crusted prime rib of beef. Our prime rib is slow roasted for several hours in our 1980 alto shaam. It is served with au jus, mushrooms and your choice of side dish. Available in 12oz $19.75 or 16oz $22.75
 A Lamb Lovers Delight, Saturday NightsEvery Saturday night after 4pm we will be serving slow roasted leg of lamb with mint demi glaze. It will be served with our mashed potato of the day and roasted cauliflower topped with parmesan cheese. $19.50
Sunday, All Day, Sizzling Fajita and MargaritasYou get a chicken fajita with a 64 ounce pitcher of margaritas, serving 2 for $20!
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| Valentines Day Specials This Weekend | |
Blackberry Point Oysters on the Half Shell from Prince Edward Island, Canada
La Quercia Prosciutto Bruschetta with Roma tomatoes and Fresh Basil on Toasted Pane Bigio Bread
Garbage-zola Salad with Soppressata, Shrimp, Roasted Red Peppers, Grape Tomatoes, Green Onions and Gorgonzola Cheese tossed with Bowtie Pasta and Romaine Lettuce
Broiled 10 oz Walleye Filet with a Lemon Walnut Crust
Herb Crusted Leg of Lamb with a Mint Demi Glaze
12 oz Slow Roasted Boneless Pork Loin Topped with a Bourbon Peppercorn Sauce
Filet Rene. Steamed Fresh Artichoke Stuffed With an 8oz Filet Surrounded by 8 Fresh Vegetables and Topped With Bernaise Sauce
10oz chargrilled North Australian Lobster Tail
Lobster Ravioli with a Saffron Cream Sauce and Pepper Confetti
6 oz. Filet and a 10 oz North Australian Rock Lobster Tail Surf & Turf
8 oz. Prime Rib and a 10 oz North Australian Rock Lobster Tail Surf & Turf
Surf Your Turf.........add a 4oz lobster tail to any steak entree for only $6
-Surf Your Turf is Saturday and Monday Only
Jumbo Sweetheart Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Bing Cherry Mascarpone Cheesecake
Housemade Pineapple Upside Down Pie
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| Win A Free Lunch | Foodie Fight Contest
 Each week in the newsletter we will ask three questions from the foodie fight cards. The first person to email us (see link below) the correct answers to all three questions will receive a complimentary lunch. The winner has to have the exact answer for all three questions, no exceptions! The following week we will publish the correct answers and the winner of the previous week. So come in and have a drink, study the cards, test each other and have fun. Good Luck! 1. What film was Starbucks Entertainment's first movie venture, promoted on about 4 milliion beverage sleeves a day?
2. What is coral in a lobster?
3. In what state was the Toll House Inn, where Ruth Wakefield invented the chocolate chip cookie in 1937, located? Email your answers to foodiefight@uptowngrill.comFine Print...You must be the first person to respond with all three correct answers. The response must go to the email address in the above link. You must reply within 24 hours from the time the newsletter is published. Participants are eligible to win a limit of 3 times a year. Last weeks questions and answers...1. What, in diner slang, is a "sinker"? A DOUGHNUT
2. Who is the target market for $26 per pound, gourmet, dried, round steak sold by mail-order company Omaha Steaks? PETS
3. What state has the top producer of cultivated oysters in the United States? WASHINGTON Last weeks winner of the free lunch ....... No Winner
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601 First St.
La Salle, Il 61301
815-224-4545
Mon - Thur 11 am to 10pm - Fri & Sat 11 am to 11 pm
Sun Noon to 10 pm
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