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Let’s celebrate love!

We have been hard at work on a great menu for Valentine’s Weekend and wait until you see it. It is prix fixe for the first three courses and the desserts are all new. We will have great wines just to pair with each course, to celebrate and just enjoy.

We are accepting reservations so please call as early as possible, 540-373-3338.

Our Valentine’s Weekend Menu –

Starters
Arancini, Fried Risotto Balls w/Virginia Grayson Cheese
or
Kyle’s Famous Baked Oysters with Creamy Bacon and Leeks

Soup/ salad
Roasted Tomato Soup
or
Fennel and Arugula salad

Main Dish
Sweet Paprika Garlic Chicken w/ Pasta
or
Tenderloin Tagliata

Desserts (not inclusive in prix fix dinner)
Buttercream Frosting Whoopie Pie
House-made Icewine Marshmallows

$35 per person, not inclusive of dessert, wine flights, tax or gratuity.

We will also be offering a flight of wines to pair with each course.

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