Le Petit Marche

Thursday-Friday:
*Join us for $4. glasses of house wine from 5pm-9pm.
*We will have a selection of wines for 50% off our original prices!  Stop in Thursday for best selection.
*All Putumayo items are 35% off.
Friday–Come to LPM for dinner and  mention this email to receive $2. off.
Saturday 1-5 $5.00 flatbreads.

This Week’s Dinner Menu  served after 5pm $12. plate

Thursday–Our own special Mac & Cheese–
Penne with Creamy Blue Cheese, with or without pancetta,  served with a side of veggies, salad & bread
Friday–Irish Dinner  or Crepes  For those of you who didn’t get tickets to the pre-party at Raue Center,  join us at LPM! Service is from 5pm-9pm.  Dinner is Bangers, Colcannon & Gravy, Carrots, Beans & Toast & Brown Bread.  $12.

This week’s crepe offering is a cheesey blend of spinach & artichoke hearts topped with crispy sliced shallots.

Saturday–Flatbreads or Chicken Jaipuri
Your choice of toppings for our new and improved flatbreads.  Ryne has made our crust even better–more chewy, tasty, and healthy with a touch of our sourdough starter but no oil or sugar.  Stop in for a taste. Or, try our Chicken Jaipuri–a lovely flavored curry with a bit of a kick, served with rice and a cucumber salad.

And, there are still tickets available for Irish House Party at Raue Center, 7:30, Friday, 1/27!  Call 815-356-9212 or visit  http://rauecenter.org.

Received raves from all for Maria’s great home cooking.  Thanks to all who came and hope our skiers had a good trip home!

Saturday, 1/21, service begins at 5pm

Dinner prepared by Maria Lagunes (otherwise known as Freddy’s mom).

The dinner was a huge success for Mexican Independence Day so it’s back again!  This time it will warm up a cold January Saturday.  We will start serving at 5pm and continue ’til we run out of food!

Menu:

Chips w/ Guac & Salsa; Pork Tamales; Chicken Gorditas; Chicken Tostados; Chicken Guarache; Cheese Enchilades Verdes and rice. $25 includes tea and coffee.

I received the following from Todd Nichols.  We, along with a number of others,  participated last season and really enjoyed all the fruits & vegetables grown on their farm north of Marengo.

Happy New Year.  Thanks to everyone our 2011 CSA program was a real success.  We are now accepting registration for our 2012 CSA.  We have added several pickup sites and hope we can generate even more support.  Attached is our signup form and a list of pickup sites.  We hope you decide to join us for another season of wonderful produce.  In hopes of finding more participants, we are offering a $50 discount for any friends or family you get to sign up.  $50 each.  i.e. if you got 2 additional friend to sign on and send in there forms with yours you get $100 off.   We are looking forward to a great season.  We aquired some new acreage with beautiful soils, that are sure to produce outstanding vegetables.  We have many new varieties we are trying out this season, as well as a big new raspberrie patch that should be coming in.  This year will be a 22 week season, starting the first week of June and going till the end of October.  The price is the same as before, only $40 a week.    Thanks and we hope to hear from you soon. Todd Nichols Nichols Farm and Orchard www.nicholsfarm.com

Thursday–Gnocchi with Greens, Tomato & Garlic in White Wine Sauce
Delicious gnocchi topped with fresh spinach & chard sauteed with tomatoes and garlic.  Add in a bit of wine to finish it off.  For you bacon lovers, we can throw in some of that too!  We’ll make it a meal with a salad tossed with a red-wine vinaigrette & some French Dinner bread. $12
Friday–Crepes filled with Brasato al Barolo–beef braised in red wine with carrots & mushrooms– hearty, warm, rich, & savor,.  Served with roasted potatoes and tossed salad.  $12
Saturday–Flatbreads with your choice of toppings, $12. Or, MARIA’S MEXICAN DINNER

Maria’s Mexican Dinner
Saturday, 1/21, service begins at 5pm

Dinner prepared by Maria Lagunes (otherwise known as Freddy’s mom).

The dinner was a huge success for Mexican Independence Day so it’s back again!  This time it will warm up a cold January Saturday.  We will start serving at 5pm and continue ’til we run out of food!

Menu:  Chips w/ Guac & Salsa; Pork Tamales; Chicken Gorditas; Chicken Tostados; Chicken Guarache; Cheese Enchilades Verdes and rice. $25 includes tea and coffee.

Note that we are closing at 6pm on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Thursday is still Pasta Night and Saturday is Flatbreads or Curry!

Fish & Chips this Friday!  This month we are adding Mussels Steamed in White Wine & Garlic served with lots of baguettes!

PASTA tonite after 5–Linguine with Lemon, Chili & Mint AND either Scallops or Artichoke Hearts accompanied by salad & bread$10

Friday CREPES Pork with Bok Choy & Asian Sauce or Spinach & Mushroom with Lemon Sauce

Saturday–Flatbreads

AFTER CHRISTMAS SALE

SALE PRICES GOOD THROUGH 12/31/11

We are here today, Monday,  til 5pm with a light lunch menu.  So stop in and say “Hello”!

Still time to make reservations for Tuesday’s Indian Meal–begins at 7pm.

And, in addition to our regular lunch menu, we will be serving lattkes with sour cream and homemade applesauce  for lunch the rest of the week in honor of Hannukah!

We will be open til 6pm on Saturday so place your last minute orders now to pick up Saturday.  And plan on stopping in to toast the season with a glass of cold Bubbly or warm Glugg!

We will be  open 9-9 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, 9-6pm Saturday, this week
Next week we will be closed Monday, 12/26 and Tuesday, 12/27, but will reopen Wednesday, 12/28, at 9am

Still time to order for Saturday–YES, we are open Saturday, 12/24. til 6pm!

And, still several seats for Deepika’s Indian Dinner Tuesday, 12/20, at 7pm

Need to have orders by 12/23!  We will be open til 6pm on 12/24!

Only eleven days til Christmas Eve–and only nine days left to place special orders.  I’ve uploaded photos of some goodies on to our FB page.  Susan’s Buche de Noel has already been flying out the door as has our Holiday Stollen!
Let us know what you want and we will make it!

We have gotten in some wonderful wines perfect for any celebration! Sparklings from American and Europe, Two wonderful local winter wines, and of course, Glunz Wine’s Port and Glugg.  In addition, since this year’s Beaujolais Nouveau was so enjoyable, I managed to snag  several more cases.  Get it while I have it!

Holiday Hours:
We are closing at 8pm on Saturday, December 17, for a private party.
We will be open on Monday, December 19 from 9am to 9pm.
Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve we will be open til 6pm, at least.
We will be closed 12/26 & 1/1/12.

Holiday Get Lit(erary)! Thursday, 12/15, 7pm

presented by WSRep
This promises to be a wonderful (free!) holiday event.  Frank Gaughan (Rocky Horror Show) and Ivan Ewert (Santaland Diaries) are heading up our cast of readers and will be joined by Phil Denofrio and Lainie Weisman.  They will be reading literature which spans centuries–“Christmas in Olden Times” by Sir Walter Scott was published in 1808; “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” by Dylan Thomas, 1955; and Neil Gaiman’s “Santa Was” appeared in a collection published in 2003.  Please join us for this entertaining evening.  Enjoy our pasta dinner before if you like and warm glugg or hot chocolate during!  Hope to see you.

Dinner Menus serving after 5pm, $10

Tuesday–Quiche–Spinach & Mushroom or Bacon, Peppers & Onion
Wednesday–Felafel plate with Veggies, Hummus & Pita (vegan)
Thursday--Pasta–Palermo Clam Sauce over Pasta or Baked Ziti with Goat Cheese, Roasted Peppers & Olives
Friday--Crepes–Ham & Peas with Gruyere or Artichoke Hearts, Tomatoes & Onions
Saturday–Flatbreads–your choice of toppings or Moroccan Vegetable Couscous (vegan)

Indian Dinner by Deepika!

Indian Dinner, Tuesday, 12/20,  7pm-one seating (quiche will be served til 6:30)

Starter-Chicken Sheekh Kabob with Chutney

Entree-Shrimp ala Depeeka, Mushroom and Pea Curry, Lentil Rice, Raita

Dessert-Caramel Bread Pudding with Cardamom Cream

$28.  call for reservations–815-477-3296