Berlin’s inaugural Restaurant Week is in full swing, and diners have a few more days to catch deals throughout town.
During the event, more than a dozen restaurants are offering special prices on select menus until Sunday, Jan. 17.
“Berlin has never had a restaurant week, and it’s a way to give back to locals in January,” said Ivy Wells, Berlin’s economic and community development director. “For a small town, we have a lot of restaurants who serve breakfast, lunch and dinner.”
Participating restaurants include Siculi, Leaky Petes, Main Street Deli, Blacksmith, Crush N Crab, Berlin Coffee House, Baked Dessert Café, Drummers Café, the Globe, the Burley Inn Tavern, Raynes Reef, Burley Oak, Maryland Wine Bar and On What Grounds.
“It is good to be proud of what you are and we have good food in this town,” said Ruth Koontz, owner of Main Street Deli. “Go someplace you have never been before, be daring and try something new.”
For lunch or dinner, the Main Street Deli will offer $8 sandwiches including pulled pork, pulled chicken, buffalo chicken, chicken parmesan or meatball with a soft drink and chips.
The chicken parmesan sandwich was introduced to the public for the first time during the promotion and meatball sandwiches are the most popular item, Koontz said.
Blake Lindenberger has been a cook at Raynes Reef for five years and raves about the fresh ground beef cheeseburgers the restaurant is offering for lunch or dinner with fries for $7.50.
“All local business is the backbone of this area and you will be greeted with a smile by friendly staff who enjoy coming to work every day,” Lindenberger said. “We take care of you. All the restaurants in Berlin need to work together to promote business and help each other out.”
Denise Cooper, general manager of Siculi, agrees.
“Everyone in town is participating, and it’s all about community in Berlin,” she said.
The $10 lunch options being offered at Siculi include a choice of a house or Caesar salad, a one-topping small pizza and cannoli, or a cup of soup, a half chicken salad sandwich and a cannoli.
“Our thin crust pizza has won the [Delmarva Media Group] People’s Choice award the past two years,” Cooper said.
For dinner, patrons pay $20 for three courses, including an appetizer, choice of house or Caesar salad and an entrée.
Appetizer choices are eggplant parmesan, meatballs or garlic shrimp. Diners choose between three entrees: filet mignon with two grilled shrimp, potatoes and vegetables, eggplant parmesan with pasta, or tortellini in a lobster cream sauce.
“Our tortellini is homemade; all our sauces are made from scratch and it makes a big difference,” Cooper said.
The Berlin Coffee House will serve $6.95 Belgian waffles with or without sausage, and a house coffee or tea.
Leaky Petes will offer a grilled cheese sandwich with Swiss cheese, apples and Dijon mustard, in addition to a bowl of cream of crab soup for $10.95 during lunchtime. For dinner, a pork osso bucco over creamy grits, demi-glace and root vegetables will be available for $23.95.
Drummers Café at The Atlantic Hotel has a chef’s grilled cheese with a choice of soup or side salad and lemon lust for dessert as a lunch option for $14.50. Dinner starts off with a garden salad followed by a five- to six-ounce lobster tail, a crabcake and two fried oysters served with a starch and vegetable. Diners will have lemon lust for dessert and the meal is $36.
Local realtor Cam Bunting came up with the idea to show the variety of restaurants in Berlin. Wells also pitched in, setting up a Facebook page where most of the menus are listed.
“Berlin is thriving, and it’s an opportunity to experience all the new restaurants we have and make it worth their while,” Wells said.
Organizers are also having a contest where the winner will receive $100 and gift certificates to participating restaurants. To enter, diners must check in or mention the restaurant on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter or upload a photo of your meal and tag it as #EatBerlinToWin and #BerlinRestaurantWeek.
Make sure all posts are public, there is one entry per person and the winner will be announced next week.
A second installment of Restaurant Week is in the works for spring, although no date has been confirmed.
For more information and a list of all menus, visit the Berlin Restaurant Facebook page at www.facebook.com /events/1716447405254667, or visit www.BerlinMainStreet.com.
During the event, more than a dozen restaurants are offering special prices on select menus until Sunday, Jan. 17.
“Berlin has never had a restaurant week, and it’s a way to give back to locals in January,” said Ivy Wells, Berlin’s economic and community development director. “For a small town, we have a lot of restaurants who serve breakfast, lunch and dinner.”
Participating restaurants include Siculi, Leaky Petes, Main Street Deli, Blacksmith, Crush N Crab, Berlin Coffee House, Baked Dessert Café, Drummers Café, the Globe, the Burley Inn Tavern, Raynes Reef, Burley Oak, Maryland Wine Bar and On What Grounds.
“It is good to be proud of what you are and we have good food in this town,” said Ruth Koontz, owner of Main Street Deli. “Go someplace you have never been before, be daring and try something new.”
For lunch or dinner, the Main Street Deli will offer $8 sandwiches including pulled pork, pulled chicken, buffalo chicken, chicken parmesan or meatball with a soft drink and chips.
The chicken parmesan sandwich was introduced to the public for the first time during the promotion and meatball sandwiches are the most popular item, Koontz said.
Blake Lindenberger has been a cook at Raynes Reef for five years and raves about the fresh ground beef cheeseburgers the restaurant is offering for lunch or dinner with fries for $7.50.
“All local business is the backbone of this area and you will be greeted with a smile by friendly staff who enjoy coming to work every day,” Lindenberger said. “We take care of you. All the restaurants in Berlin need to work together to promote business and help each other out.”
Denise Cooper, general manager of Siculi, agrees.
“Everyone in town is participating, and it’s all about community in Berlin,” she said.
The $10 lunch options being offered at Siculi include a choice of a house or Caesar salad, a one-topping small pizza and cannoli, or a cup of soup, a half chicken salad sandwich and a cannoli.
“Our thin crust pizza has won the [Delmarva Media Group] People’s Choice award the past two years,” Cooper said.
For dinner, patrons pay $20 for three courses, including an appetizer, choice of house or Caesar salad and an entrée.
Appetizer choices are eggplant parmesan, meatballs or garlic shrimp. Diners choose between three entrees: filet mignon with two grilled shrimp, potatoes and vegetables, eggplant parmesan with pasta, or tortellini in a lobster cream sauce.
“Our tortellini is homemade; all our sauces are made from scratch and it makes a big difference,” Cooper said.
The Berlin Coffee House will serve $6.95 Belgian waffles with or without sausage, and a house coffee or tea.
Leaky Petes will offer a grilled cheese sandwich with Swiss cheese, apples and Dijon mustard, in addition to a bowl of cream of crab soup for $10.95 during lunchtime. For dinner, a pork osso bucco over creamy grits, demi-glace and root vegetables will be available for $23.95.
Drummers Café at The Atlantic Hotel has a chef’s grilled cheese with a choice of soup or side salad and lemon lust for dessert as a lunch option for $14.50. Dinner starts off with a garden salad followed by a five- to six-ounce lobster tail, a crabcake and two fried oysters served with a starch and vegetable. Diners will have lemon lust for dessert and the meal is $36.
Local realtor Cam Bunting came up with the idea to show the variety of restaurants in Berlin. Wells also pitched in, setting up a Facebook page where most of the menus are listed.
“Berlin is thriving, and it’s an opportunity to experience all the new restaurants we have and make it worth their while,” Wells said.
Organizers are also having a contest where the winner will receive $100 and gift certificates to participating restaurants. To enter, diners must check in or mention the restaurant on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter or upload a photo of your meal and tag it as #EatBerlinToWin and #BerlinRestaurantWeek.
Make sure all posts are public, there is one entry per person and the winner will be announced next week.
A second installment of Restaurant Week is in the works for spring, although no date has been confirmed.
For more information and a list of all menus, visit the Berlin Restaurant Facebook page at www.facebook.com /events/1716447405254667, or visit www.BerlinMainStreet.com.