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  July 19, 2012                                      
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TRIVIA CONTEST  

  


Last week's trivia question was

The Dine-ah has a state of the art heating and air conditioning system that maintains the restaurant at a constant temperature throughout the year. What is that temperature?        

 

 

The answer is 68-70 degrees         

 

The winners of last week's trivia question are   

Corey Harris of Augusta and Charles Wilson of Unity 

 

 

randomly drawn from over 250 entries! Thank you all for playing!   

  

Congratulations Corey and Charles! 

 

 You will receive your gift cards in the mail shortly.

 

Look for our trivia question for this week and send in your answer.

You could win a $25 gift card to the China Dine-ah.  Good luck!


Find this week's trivia question below in the newsletter.  Hint: Our Trivia
Question is always identified as "Trivia Question" in the newsletter.   

 

 

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All Roads Lead - Summer Sign

TRIVIA QUESTION

What is Norm up to now?

A. sailing solo across the Atlantic
B. opening China Dine-ah Too in the summer of 2013
C. going back to school to be a brain surgeon
D. opening G & E Roofing Too in the fall of 2020



 




 

UPCOMING  

EVENTS & NEWS

 





Lobster Anyone? 
 
Twin Boiled Lobster Dinn-ah 
french fries, cole slaw, cornbread or biscuit and drawn butter, lemon wedges, bib, instuctions, complete with directions for our friends from afar $21.95 






ALL YOU CAN EAT 
Haddock Fish 'n Chips   
Tuesday nights at 4 pm
here to stay!  
   



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from 7am to noon year round!
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September 1st
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It's
RIB-Diculous!

RIB- diculous

 

 

Our 32 ounce Prime Rib is available  

Friday and Saturday nights only "while it lasts." 

Seasoned and cooked in the Dine-ah kitchen,   

this piece of meat is not for the faint of heart.

 

Served with a side salad and our freshly baked bread as well as your choice of baked potato, mashed potato, hand cut French fried potato or rice pilaf and choice of vegetable.

This cut of meat can only be ordered Medium Rare,  

no split plates ~ $35.95  

(Only for the heartiest of appetites!) 

 

    

 

 

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   Maine + Summer = Lobster!

     

 

Lobst-ah Roll

 

   

Join us anytime for Lobst-ah Rolls and  

Boiled Lobst-ah dinn-ahs 

now throughout the summer!!!


 

 

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View From the Corner Booth                  New Norm head shot
         
Good day to all!

Seven weeks ago we added a new menu item called the Rib-diculous. It consists of a 32 oz. cut of mid rare choice prime rib of beef. It comes with our hand cut fries, mashed potatoes or a baker and a choice of vegetable. We have sold over 30 of these entrees with Mr. Paul Bard  of Surette Real Estate being the first to tackle this huge piece of beef.

Congratulations Paul on eating the whole thing and to others for the courage to order it! We have seen a few "doggie bags" I must admit but not as many as you would think.
 
 Paul Bard- Rib-diculous
Paul Bard our first customer to enjoy the Rib-diculous!

Many of you have written and I have even received a couple of phone calls on the new sign (temporary I must add) that has been seen on Route #3 in South China next to the Family Dollar store. This is my youngest son Kyle, a senior at Cony next year standing next to the sign of a former business on which we just stenciled new lettering. 

China Dine-ah Too sign

Our intent is to open China Dine-ah Too in the Summer of 2013. We will be providing fried seafood, hand cut fries, burgers, onion rings, lobster rolls,  and maybe a few surprises! It will be the exact same delicious food you have come to enjoy from the Dine-ah. We will have minimal indoor seating with an outdoor deck to capture the travelers headed Downeast. Our intent is to be a seasonal operation with no table service, utilizing paper products  in lieu of dishes.  

Once inside, we will have the opportunity to educate our customers that we also operate a full service family style restaurant just up the road with an extensive menu and great Maine home cooking. Over 2 million people per year visit Acadia National Park and there are primarily four ways to get there with one of those routes going right past this planned establishment. Having spent many thousands of dollars on promoting the Dine-ah, I feel this is a huge opportunity to have visibility on the main route that travels through China, Maine so close to our flagship store. I also believe this new location will enhance other eateries currently located in this corridor. Stay tuned for periodic updates of this project.
If all goes well, we should complete the exterior of the building and the new front deck area by snowfall, giving us the opportunity to do the inside work this winter. The intent is also to substantially complete the site work this fall with completion in the spring.

I am currently working with an engineer and will be presenting a plan to the town late summer. We are excited to once again work with the Town of China through the codes process.  I am happy to report that this is an area that the town has designated for business growth. In fact, this building was originally a Cannon towel outlet, a small restaurant, a driving school and most recently a vacant building. When all is said and done the property will be upgraded and hopefully viewed as an asset to the community.

I'm off to Higgins Beach next week for our annual family vacation. Teresa, Derek, Kyle, and I will be joined by my former wife Priscilla, her husband Steve and our daughter Leslie, who is visiting from India. So looking forward to spending time with everyone. I must admit this year is going to be a little different with Derek and Kyle having summer jobs. I think there are going to be a lot of trips back and forth, as I also have a couple of commitments that are work related. I will do my best to relax and smell the roses or sea air as it may be.

Last year, if you remember, Steve was stuck in the Philippines after suffering a heart attack while on business and Derek had emergency appendectomy surgery during the same time. Let's hope this year is less eventful.    

With any luck, next week I will be writing from Higgins and I wish you all a great week until I talk to you again, either at the Dine-ah or through this newsletter,


Norm

p.s.- I would like to thank our entire staff for their commitment to quality customer service and food preparation. This could not be possible without our dedicated staff and all of you our valued customers- THANK YOU!!

 


 
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 Want to be a winner in July?

Then stop by and enter today!           

 

 

1st Prize winner ~ $50 China Dine-ah gift card

2nd Prize winner ~ $25 China Dine-ah gift card

3rd Prize winner ~ $25 China Dine-ah gift card

4th Prize winner ~ $25 China Dine-ah gift card

  

 

Come in NOW to enter for a chance to win in July

Winners will be randomly selected on July 31.

Thank you for entering and good luck to you all!

 

 

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Contact Us 

Visit our website link below for directions, menus, and other information.  Click on the  
"Directions/Contact" section and then click on "Contact Us" to send an e-mail. 

 

The China Dine-ah
281 Lakeview Drive
China, ME  04358
Phone ~ 445-5700 

 

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