Restaurant Roundup: Cupcake changes, new breakfast bar, featured menus
Dec. 8, 2022
Oh My Cupcakes has changed its menu. Instead of a different lineup of featured cupcakes every month with rotating availability during the week, the bakery is offering “four seasons in a year.” Every three months, there will be a new lineup of flavors, and each one will be offered every day. Here are the picks through February: Bing-a-Ling, Cherries in the Snow, Cupid’s Kiss and Mr. Grumpypants. Everyday favorites such as Pleasantville and Lemon Drop will be offered year-round. Owner Melissa Johnson noted in a blog post that the change was based on the “ever-rising cost of the ingredients we use the most” and pointed out that it will lead to “significantly less waste.” The streamlined menu means more options for customers with dietary restrictions. In addition to the regular specialty offerings, gluten-free mini cupcakes and three vegan options are available daily.
Pomegranate Market has added a breakfast hot bar. It’s served from 8 to 11 a.m. weekdays and features a variety of offerings such as frittatas, bagel or egg muffin breakfast sandwiches, French toast, and biscuits and gravy. Vegetarian and vegan options typically are available. Customers pay by the pound.
Tailgators Grill & Bar in Brandon has food specials for December that will fuel customers through some chilly days and nights. Baked mac-and-cheese comes with add-ons of chicken and steak, and there’s a shepherd’s pie with sirloin, veggies, beef gravy and a topping of mashed potatoes. The drink menu includes such festive offerings as a sugar cookie martini and a cranberry whiskey sour.
Beef stroganoff is back on the menu at Tinner’s Public House as part of its December food features. There’s also a jumbo shrimp cocktail, chicken cordon bleu sandwich, club wrap and Philly cheese steak flatbread.
The new menu at The Rush has five additions: Rush Tacos, St. Louis-style pork ribs, an Italian beef sandwich, hot beef sandwich and taco pizza.
Ruby Tuesday has new holiday menu items. Here’s a few of the highlights: crab dip, cheesy pizza poppers, Hawaiian ribeye, crab cakes and the holiday trio with a 6-ounce ribeye, half-rack of baby-back ribs, crispy shrimp and fries.
Holiday gift boxes with 12 bottles of wine from R Wine Bar & Kitchen have a global theme this year. The first year featured the 12 Days of Christmas, and last year’s wines paired with holiday movie classics. This year, “we found well-known wine-producing countries like Italy, France and Australia along with obscure countries like India, Israel, Uruguay and Lebanon,” owner Riccardo Tarabelsi said.
Prairie C Dessert Bar is offering a make-and-take class for an edible wreath made from gingerbread cookies. Participants will get all the supplies, along with a mocktail and treat. The class is at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 15, and the deadline to register is Friday. Adults only.
Sinless Sweets, which features gluten-free and vegan baked goods and meals, is having an open house Friday and Saturday with a hot cocoa bar from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and a grazing table with treat boards from 4 to 6 p.m.
Great American Cookies is celebrating its return to The Empire Mall with a grand opening event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. The first 100 customers will receive a free cookie cake slice. There will be a drawing for a chance to win free cookies for a year.
Look’s Marketplace is demonstrating helpful tips for entertaining during the holidays on Saturday. From noon to 1 p.m., learn about cheese, charcuterie and wine pairing. From 1 to 2 p.m. learn about preparing prime rib, including a horseradish sauce recipe and cocktail demo. From 2 to 4 p.m., watch an evergreen centerpiece demonstration by Alissa’s Flower Farm & Designs, and get greenery bundles for $10.
Great Shots is celebrating its third birthday through Sunday with daily specials on food, drinks and golf. Here’s a look at its featured menu. See all the specials here.
Firehouse Subs is celebrating its 10th anniversary in Sioux Falls with a special deal. On Tuesday, get a medium Hook & Ladder sub for $4 at both locations.
The Firehouse Subs chain also is offering its Name of the Day promotion. Each day, it picks a few first names, and anyone with that name gets a free medium sub with a purchase. Thursday’s names are Katherine, Justin and Jose. Find the Names of the Day at www.FirehouseSubs.com/NameoftheDay.
WoodGrain Brewing Co. and Intoxibakes are teaming up for their annual beer and mini cupcake pairing, with $2 from each ticket going to the Children’s Home Society. The event, which features four pairings, is available from 3 to 9 p.m. Dec. 15.
Big J’s Roadhouse in Harrisburg and Humboldt now offers The Cheesecake Factory cheesecake. Plain and chocolate are available with a choice of caramel or raspberry topping.
Holiday gifts
- Stop in at Chick-fil-A through Dec. 14 and pick up a tag to sponsor a gift for a youth at McCrossan Boy’s Ranch. When you drop off your donation, you’ll get a free meal.
- Ken’s Korner is collecting socks this year for those in need. Bring in a pair, and get a free beer.
- Watecha Bowl is hosting a toy drive through Dec. 23. Drop off a new toy, and get a free Indian taco.
- Woodys Pub and Grill is participating in a pajama drive for students at Lowell Elementary. Drop off a new pair of PJs size 5-12 during NFL games on Thursdays or Sundays and get one entry into a drawing for two tickets to the Vikings vs. Giants game. The drawing will be Dec. 18 during halftime of the Vikings-Colts games.
Changes in hours, service
- Charlie’s Pizza has started taking takeout and delivery orders earlier than the restaurant’s opening time. Call or go online starting at 3:30 p.m. on weekdays.
- Pizza di Paolo won’t be open today, Friday or Saturday.
- Remedy Brewing Co. has new winter hours, closing at 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday instead of 10 p.m. It’s still open until midnight on Friday and Saturday. Note: The kitchen always closes one hour earlier.
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