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A typical blue-plate special board, from the Red Arrow Diner in Manchester, New Hampshire. A blue-plate special is a discount-priced meal that changes daily. The practice was common from the 1920s in American and Canadian restaurants through the 1950s, especially in diners and greasy spoons.
Blueplate was a lunch counter and soda fountain [1] at the intersection of Third Avenue and Washington Street, [2] [3] in downtown Portland's Dekum Building. Karen Brooks of The Oregonian called the restaurant a "tiny, adorable outpost of apothecary chic", and described an "old-fashioned" counter with swivel stools and shelves stocking powders, "potions" and other "mysterious" liquids. [4]
A blue-plate special A garde manger chaud froid dish, used as a display piece A table d'hôte menu from the New York City Lotos Club, 1893. 86 – a term used when the restaurant has run out of, or is unable to prepare a particular menu item. The term is also generally used to mean getting rid of someone or something, including the situation ...
The menu has all kinds of sushi, with a sushi bar where you can watch chefs in action. The teppanyaki part of the menu ranges from $24 to $45. It includes chicken, filet mignon, several types of ...
Santa Monica's Blue Plate Restaurant Group (Blue Plate Oysterette, Blue Plate Taco) expanded east with Tacolina, a Baja-inspired restaurant on the lush patio that previously housed De Buena Planta ...
Early bird dinner is a dinner served earlier than traditional dinner hours, particularly at a restaurant.Many establishments offer a seating prior to their main dinner seating with a reduced price menu, often more limited in selection than the standard dinner menu.
Similar concepts include the Hawaiian plate lunch, which features a variety of entrée choices with fixed side items of white rice and macaroni salad, [7] and the southern Louisiana plate lunch, which features menu options that change daily. [8] It is somewhat similar to a blue-plate special but with a more fixed menu. [9]
A tasting menu is a collection of several dishes in small portions, served by a restaurant as a single meal. [1] The French name for a tasting menu is menu dégustation . [ 1 ] Some restaurants and chefs specialize in tasting menus, while in other cases, it is a special or a menu option.