[wine] Jay's Cafe on Thursday

Greetings, Our friend Jay is welcoming us back. We'll order off of the menu (below) and pay $5 each in lieu of corkage. we'll start at 6:30 and Jay's closes at 9:00! I see Lamb and think PINOT. I think Pinot therefore I am Smiling! Red and Ready seems to be another good option. Wine list is on line, along w/ the menus. Jay's Café 791 Raymond Ave. St. Paul, Minnesota 55114 Phone: (651) 641-1446 I94 to the Hwy 280 exit. first ramp off of 280 is University and/or East Franklin. Right on Franklin, Right on University, left on Raymond. There are a number of great, none freeway routs if the freeway is clustered. Check your fav on-line map tool. Who (mostly guesses, limit 10 pours): Bob Joyce Betsy Lori Warren/Ruth Alicia/John Jim On a related note, Warren and I are putting together an Austro-Hungarian event for down the road, although he doesn't know it yet. Cheers, Jim Jay's Café 791 Raymond Ave. St. Paul, Minnesota 55114 Phone: (651) 641-1446 STARTERS Nibbler Platter Assorted olives, cherry tomatoes, roasted garlic, humus, and pesto with Franklin Street Bakery French bread $6.50 Curry chicken salad made with Schultz chicken and served with sliced baguette and mixed greens $8 Organic baby spinach or spring mix salad with Fischer Farms bacon, Castle Rock Organic blue cheese, pecans, and vinaigrette $6 PIZZAS Fischer Farms Italian sausage with crimini mushrooms and whole milk mozzarella Individual $7 Large $12 Four cheeses, Northern Lights blue, Stickney Hill chevre, Wisconsin Organics mozzarella, and Parmigiano Reggiano Individual $7 Large $12 MAIN COURSES Thousand Hills braised beef short ribs with roasted garlic mashed potatoes, with Parsley olive relish $19 Pan roasted boneless Schultz chicken leg with broccoli, leeks and organic fried polenta $13.50 Eggplant, yellow squash, zucchini, tomatoes, layered with romesco and topped with Wisconsin Organics whole milk mozzarella on top of fresh spinach $13.50 Pan fried Rainbow trout with hazelnut butter over a bed of arugula and wild rice salad $14 Leg of Lamb served with organic lentils, cous cous, roasted onions, bell pepper and summer squash $18 -- ------------------------------ * Dr. James Ellingson, jellings(a)me.umn.edu * * University of Minnesota, mobile : 651/645-0753 * * Great Lakes Brewing News, 1569 Laurel Ave., St. Paul, MN 55104 *