The Spring Cigar “Smoker”
Monday, May 22, 2006 • 6:30 PM
"The cigar is a great resource. It is necessary to have traveled for a long time on a ship to understand that at least the cigar affords you the pleasure of smoking. It raises your spirits. Are you troubled by something? The cigar dissolves it. Are you subject to aches and pains (or bad temper)? The cigar will change your disposition. Are you harassed by unpleasant thoughts? Smoking a cigar puts one in a frame of mind to dispense with these. Do you ever feel a little faint from hunger? A cigar satisfies the yearning. If you are obsessed by sad thoughts, a cigar will take your mind off of them. Finally, don't you sometimes have some unpleasant remembrance or consoling thought? A cigar will reinforce this. Sometimes they die out, and happy are those who do not need to relight too quickly. I hardly need to say anything more about the cigar, to which I dedicate this little eulogy for past services rendered."
- The Duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, 1794
Join us Monday May 22, 2006 for our annual “Smoker”. This is always a great event to get together with friends or business acquaintances to smoke great cigars, sip fine whiskey, dine on delicious cuisine and discuss the upcoming sports year in Ohio. Also it is much easier to get a “Free Pass” from your wife or girlfriend on a Monday than on the weekend. This will be our only “Smoker” of the year, to reserve a seat please call early. This is a pre-paid event.
Cigars
An assortment of cigars from the Cigar Aficianado Magazine’s top twenty five cigars of 2005.
Adult Beverages
An open bar featuring a variety of single malt Scotch including Glenmorangie 12 yr “Port & Sherry Wood Finish”, Johnnie Walker “Green” Clynelish 14 yr, CaolIla 18 yr also a fine selection of Belgian Beers.
Hors’-d’oeurves
A fine assortment of smoked seafood, sausage, paté and imported cheeses.
Soup
Cream of Asparagus Soup, Roasted Red Pepper Coulis
Puree of Erie County asparagus soup topped with a roasted pepper coulis,
asparagus spears and Vermont crème fraîche.
Salad
Chez François Spinach Salad
Erie County spring field spinach tossed with hard boiled eggs, applewood smoked bacon, Bermuda onions and a champagne sweet and sour vinaigrette dressing, with tear drop tomatoes.
Entrée
Roasted Tenderloin of Beef Wild Mushroom Ravioli
Roasted tenderloin of beef, topped with a wild mushroom ravioli served over stewed lentils with a jardinière root vegetables and pancetta bacon glace di viande.
Cabernet Sauvignon “Winemakers Selection”, Andeluna Winery , Mendoza, Argentina, 2003
Dessert
Swiss Chocolate Ganache Pate, Mission Figs
Rich chocolate ganache pate, served with a Marion berry coulis with Madagascar French vanilla bean ice cream and an almond crisp.
Tawny Port “Jonesy”, Trevor Jones , South Australia, NV
$115 per person
Tax & Gratuity not included