Lunch at Fitzpatrick’s is a steal at the $11.07 prix fixe price
Sauteed scallops over field greens.
The Somers Point Restaurant Week began Nov. 4 and concludes Nov. 13. If you haven’t yet taken advantage of the special dining event featuring $25.07 three-course dinners and $11.07 three-course lunches, you still have a few more days to go.
I decided to slip out of the office for lunch at Fitzpatrick’s Jewish Deli, located on Route 9 at Groveland Ave. Fitzpatrick’s is one of the town’s favorite lunch eateries anyway, so they didn’t really need to trump up business by participating, but I am so glad they did. Their menu selections were some of the best being offered at lunch and my choices did not disappoint.
I started with a Reuben style style egg roll appetizer, featuring corned beef, Swiss cheese and sauerkraut wrapped in a traditional wonton wrapper. Actually the plate came with two egg rolls and Russian dressing as the dipping sauce. The wrapper was crisp and the filling was just what you’d expect a classic Reuben sandwich to taste like. Yummy. The other appy choices were a chicken quesadilla or a cup of soup.
According to the wait staff, the most popular main course ordered is a sandwich made with grilled beef filet, buffalo mozzarella, sweet roasted peppers and sun dried tomato pesto mayo on a grilled Ciabatta bread. It sounds incredible but I went with sautéed pastrami spiced scallops (or a crab cake) on a bed of field greens with rustic ground mustard balsamic vinaigrette, Craisins and candied walnuts.
If you’re a real food fan, ask to sit in the left rear section. Here you’ll be afforded a peek at the kitchen staff, through a screened service portal, as they prepare your meal.
Harvest Market on Route 9 vends sandwiches, pizzas, grilled items, salads and extraordinary baked goods — specifically, bagels. Big, puffy rounds in about a half dozen varieties, including an absolutely out-of-this-world sunflower seed version that you are unlikely to encounter at many other places.
Caroline’s by the Bay in Somers Point suffered such a tragedy a little over a year ago when well-respected GM Dave Tyson, a veteran of the nearby Anchorage Tavern as well, passed away in August 2010.
You might be surprised to hear Andrew Latz refer to his new Somers Point restaurant as a “return to Bay Avenue.”
Spearheaded by Nick Regine, community projects coodinator for the Somers Point Business Association, the promotion runs a full seven days from Monday, Oct. 18 through Sunday, Oct. 24.
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