Bargain Bytes: Early Bird specials at Vin Rouge. . .
. . . although, since Vin Rouge is French, maybe they call them something like "oiseau tôt" specials. At any rate, here's the deal, which is offered Tuesday-Thursday from 5:30-6:30pm, and Friday-Saturday from 5:30-6pm (that one's a half-hour window, so you'd better be a "oiseau vite" too):
Three courses, $20 prix-fixe
Four courses, $25 prix-fixe
And here's the menu:
soup du jour
mixed greens salad
apple, walnuts, lardons, bleu cheese, Dijon vinaigrette
bibb lettuce salad
haricots verts, radish, Dijon vinaigrette
sautéed salmon
Dijon mustard crust, braised lentils
gratin de macaroni
bacon, gruyère
(also available vegetarian)
hanger steak
bleu cheese, pommes frites
house-made sausage du jour
croque-madame
ham and gruyère cheese sandwich with
sauce Mornay, fried egg and pommes frites
salade Niçoise
whole Albacore tuna, haricots verts, hard boiled egg,
tomato, olives, potato, mixed greens, Dijon vinaigrette
Apple Bread Pudding
Lemon Tart
Chocolate Mousse
(There is a $2.00 charge for splitting plates.)
About the blogger
Greg Cox is the restaurant critic for The News & Observer. He was born in El Paso, Texas, and grew up in North Carolina on a diet of Southern fried chicken (the real thing, cooked up in a big, black cast iron skillet), fried okra, sweet sliced summer tomatoes and the best biscuits on the planet. He has cooked, catered, waited tables and dined in Europe, Canada, Mexico and much of the U.S. (especially the South, Southwest and Midwest).
