Check out our new review from the website: eatplaywilliamsburg.com

http://www.eatplaywilliamsburg.com/2012/01/food-for-thought/

We just got in Anna B’s Gluten Free Rolls from Richmond! If you are on a gluten-free diet please ask about these rolls as an alternative to our Parmesan Rolls and Sweet Potato Cornbread!

Friday 11/11/11 Veteran’s Day Weekend

Bacon Wrapped Scallops on Jasmine Mushroom Rice with a Lemon Butter Sauce

Fried Oysters – lightly fried local oysters

Scallops, Cod & Shrimp Combo Baked in Papillote (parchment pouch)

AND Brussell Sprouts are baaack!!

Get in early because they may run out!

We have several seasonals beers for the fall.  Come in and give these a try!!!
1) Troeg’s The MAD ELF Bottle (Harrisburg, PA)  $5.5 
2) Harpoon’s Winter Warmer Draft  (Boston, MA) $5
3) Dogfishhead Pangea (Milton, DE) served in 750ml bottle $20.   Pangea is
brewed with ingredients from each and every continent, this is slightly spicy ale, with a mouthful of rich flavors. Pangaea is a great food beer.
Our list of worldly ingredients includes:
Crystallized ginger from Australia
Water from Antarctica
Basmati rice from Asia
Muscavado sugar from Africa
South American quinoa
European yeast
and North American maize.

After my previous post, conditions deteriorated rapidly with wind and rain intensifying.  We did manage to stay open until 8 pm Saturday and lost power at 830pm.  We spent alot of time at the front door trying to keep water from blowing in.  We were some of the lucky ones and had power back 16 hours later and we opened back up at 4 pm on Sunday.

12:14pm Saturday 8/27/2011

Open for business!! Winds not too bad and rain only coming in waves. Come watch the storm from out sunroom (temporarily re-named Storm Room)!

On August 13, 2011 CDR (Child Development Resources) had a 5K run to raise funds for families in the Historic Triangle.

I have personally benefitted from CDR services when my wife & I took several classes on parenting and childbirth that we attended at Sentara Hospital and sponsored by CDR. Check out all the services thathey provide at http://www.cdr.org/      

TEAM Food For Thought

Last year Food For Thought sponsored one of our staff, Daniel V, in the race. Daniel raised $500 last year for CDR.

This year Daniel put together TEAM FOOD FOR THOUGHT which consisted of nine runners from all ages and nationalities.

Nadya, Oleg & Marija

1) Sammy Hopkins 10 1/2 months – USA
2) Oleg Surma 20 years old – Ukraine
3) Marija Dutka 21 – Ukraine
4) Nadya Smeyko 22 – Russia
5) Daniel Varela 23 – USA via Columbia
6) Jen Shirkhani 24 – USA
7) Marika Konysheva-Hopkins 30 – Russia
Howard Hopkins 48 USA
9) Ed Ransford 62 – USA via Boston

Ed, Marika, Sammy & Howard

The race started at 7pm. Although it rained most of the day the evening cleared up but the air was very humid.

It was great to see the large gathering of people with many familiar faces from Food For Thought guests that were also running in the race.

The gun sounded and off we all went. First to cross the finish line for TEAM FOOD FOR THOUGHT was the Oleg Surma with Sammy Hopkins coming in 2nd for TEAM FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

We all had such a good time that I am sure we will have even more runners in next year’s race.

Howard, Sammy & Marika

Be BACK next year!!!

Somehow we got ahold of one of the only kegs of Dogfish Head’s summer seasonal beer: LAWNMOWER LIGHT!!! We had this beer two years ago but were unable to get it last year. This beer was only supposed to go to the Dogfishhead brew pubs. I don’t know how we lucked into this but come by and give it a try before it’s gone…

I haven’t got a chance to go over and try the new ride “Vanish Point” at Water Country but all the guests I talk to highly recommend it!!!!