Restaurant Roundup: Casa del Rey’s full menu, discount deals
March 27, 2025
Casa del Rey has introduced its full menu. The Tex-Mexican restaurant reopened in late November under new ownership with a limited menu to get the staff up to speed. Now, Seafood Enchiladas, the Reyrito and Brooks Burrito are back, along with about a half-dozen other popular entrees the original Casa del Rey featured, said Kibbi McCormick, who owns the restaurant with other family members. “We added in a few new things we thought people might enjoy and like.” That includes street tacos, chicken flautas and a tostada taco salad. Check out the full menu here. Years ago, Casa del Rey featured a popular Sunday buffet, and that’s the next offering the new owners hope to tackle once the team is comfortable with the full menu. The restaurant also is using DoorDash now for delivery.
Trio Jazz Club has a new menu. Additions include Jazz Fries, Meatballs, Circle of Fifths Pizza, Presentation Hall Pizza, Vodka Tortellini and Pistachio Cannoli. Check out the menu here. The club is small, so patrons are encouraged to make reservations at triojazzclub.com.
Dakota Craft Links in the Jones421 Building has a new menu.
M.B. Haskett has a new dinner menu for spring.
The west-side Shenanigans Sports Bar & Grill has two new burgers with a charitable giving aspect. A dollar from each burger sold will go to the corresponding high school. The Teddy Roosevelt is a half-pound patty topped with barbecue pulled pork, crispy onion frazzles and queso.
The Thomas Jefferson is a half-pound Cajun-seasoned patty topped with jalapeno bacon and melted blue cheese crumbles. Shenanigans also is keeping the kitchen at both locations open later every day. New hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. The bars are open until 2 a.m.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers at The Empire Mall won the chain’s competition to see which restaurant could sell the most margaritas. The contest featured a weekly bracket-style elimination against the top 16 locations for margarita sales. The Sioux Falls restaurant ended up defeating the location at Pier Park in Panama City Beach, Florida, earlier this month. As an incentive, the local site offered a free appetizer with every margarita purchase and entered those customers into a drawing. First prize was a 75-inch TV, second was catering for up 10 people, and third was dinner for four. “It was super-cool to see the community come together,” local managing partner Becky Meier said. “We had regulars coming in trying to help us.” The restaurant sold 820 margaritas over the course of the competition. The corporate office sent money to Meier to take the team out and celebrate.
A Red Robin regular, Tim Nelson (center), won the drawing for the TV.
Sunday is National Hot Chicken Day and Atomic Wings is offering its Nashville Hot Chicken Sandwich for $5. It’s also offering a special on Nashville Hot Chicken Tenders too. Buy three, get three for free.
Monks Ale House has started Monk’n Monday. Get a classic hamburger and an Outlaw Beer or soft drink for $10. Monday hours are 3 to 10 p.m., with the kitchen closing at 9.
Boston’s Sports Bar & Restaurant has a new 9 for $9.99 deal that’s available Monday through Thursday.
Big Poppa’s Pizza has a Monday special of 10 percent off all orders.
Little Caesars has a limited-time, online-only offer. Get a large two-topping pizza for $6. Use the promo code TOPTHIS. It does not include thin crust, deep dish, stuffed crust or Stuffed Crazy Crust.
For a limited time, Dairy Queen is celebrating its 85th birthday with 85-cent small Blizzards. The offer is good with a $1 minimum purchase through the DQ app.
Students in the brewing and fermentation program at Augustana University teamed up with the new Big Lost Meadery & Brewery to create a beer. Stop by the new brewery at Lake Lorraine at 7 p.m. Friday for the launch of the orange honey saison.
JJ’s Wine, Spirits & Cigars is hosting Dog Days at JJ’s from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday. Donations will be collected for Almost Home Canine Rescue, and JJ’s will donate 10 percent of all sales in the bar to the organization. Nine golden retriever pups that already have homes will be playing in The Event Room from 3 to 5 p.m. Dogs are always welcome in the retail store, bar and out on the patio.
Lucky Ladz, the renamed Critters Bar in Crooks, will start opening for lunch April 2. There will be daily lunch specials from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays, along with the full menu. Lucky Ladz also has new gift cards and is asking customers to bring in old gift cards by the end of next week to have the balance transferred.
Waddy’s Bar & Grill in Hudson has a new special: Smokehouse Sunday Nights. Here’s the menu from last week.
Club David is featuring Sunday Night Blues this weekend with a barbecue meal and signature cocktails to match. Get a barbecue rib plate with cornbread and coleslaw for $20 and add Southern banana pudding for $5. The Jesse Christen Band will play from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
The following night, head over to Jack Rose Social Club for the new Music & Martini Mondays. Get $2 off signature and classic martinis and listen to live music from 7 to 9 p.m.
The Sunday brunch buffet at Verde Lounge in the Holiday Inn City Centre now features $10 bottomless mimosas in pineapple, orange and cranberry, and a bloody mary bar for $15 for one drink and all the toppings you can fit in it. Brunch is served from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Smoked Culture has teamed up with Intoxibakes and now offers the bakery’s goods as a sweet ending to a meal there.
Dunn Brothers Coffee is featuring lavender drinks. Options include Nitro Lavender Vanilla Nirvana, Lavender London Fog and a Lavender Vanilla Frappe.
We listed several fish specials for Lent earlier this month, and here are a few more:
- The Original Pancake House added several fish and seafood specials to the menu, which are available daily. Among the offerings: Cajun shrimp alfredo, salmon pesto pasta, walleye tacos and crab salad croissant. There’s also a veggie burger.
- Red Rock Bar & Grill in Rowena has an all-you-can-eat fish fry from 4 to 9 p.m. Fridays. Get Alaska-caught cod, fries, coleslaw and a dinner roll for $13.
- Three Fridays remain to try the fish fry at the Phillips Avenue Diner. It features beer-battered walleye and fries with house tartar sauce and lemon for $17 and is served from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Gibbs Sports Bar has a walleye dinner special from 4 to 10 p.m. Fridays. Side note: get two-fers on drinks from 2 to 7 p.m.
Changes in hours, service
- Coffea Roasterie has updated its Sunday hours. Downtown will be open now from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Louise Avenue and Dawley Farm Village locations are switching from afternoon hours to 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Union Social Club in Harrisburg is closing earlier on the weekend. New hours are 11 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday.
- Josiah’s Coffeehouse, Cafe & Bakery now uses DoorDash for delivery.
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