Let us take care of the worst part of making dinner…deciding what to make! This week we have a variety of delicious recipes ranging from comfort food to Asian cuisine. You’re going to love your menu this week!
We’ve made so many great meals this week that you’ll have plenty of leftovers to feed your family! I always love seeing what my kids want to dig into a second time!
McDonald’s is taking one giant step into the past to leap into its future.
The fast food chain announced the grand opening of a space-themed eatery, CosMc’s, based on the six-armed ET from McDonald’s ads that aired in the 1980s. Remember those?
While McDonald’s is being secretive about the details, FOX Business reports that the first CosMc’s will open early next year in Bolingbrook, a Chicago suburb. A few other restaurants will follow in 2024, scattered like constellations across the U.S.
The small-format concept restaurant will feature an extensive beverage selection that includes coffee, iced teas, lemonades, and a lineup of energy drinks called “signature galactic boosts.” Customers can also expect a mix of food and desserts that blend nostalgia with novelty.
Space Age McD’s
Last July, CEO Chris Kempczinski shared with analysts that while CosMc’s will be recognized as a distinct entity, it will maintain the essence of McDonald’s globally celebrated brand. A new logo will replace the golden arches in a more modern navy blue and yellow palette.
While McDonald’s has not yet been forthcoming about CosMc’s menu, some online food detectives have unearthed menu previews showcasing alleged specialties like a Pear Slushy, Blueberry Ginger Boost, Churro Frappe, and a Spicy Queso Sandwich.
McDonald’s is launching a new concept and I was just there and grabbed pics of a whole new menu of items never been offered before
The concept is being launched in Bollingrbook, IL and it’s called CosMc’s
Amidst all the excitement, McDonald’s shares have seen an 8% increase over the year, slightly behind the broader market’s advancements. The anticipation is palpable, as the fast-food magnate is expected to shed more light on its strategic developments and innovations during tomorrow’s investor day.
HOUSTON, November 9, 2023 (Newswire.com)
– Slapfish Coastal Seafood Kitchen is proud to announce an exclusive Winter Limited-Time Offering (LTO) that promises to delight seafood aficionados and lovers of seasonal cuisine alike. The “Seas the Flavors of Winter” LTO features a dynamic duo of indulgent dishes: Truffle Lobster Mac & Cheese and Truffle Parm Crab Tots. These extraordinary creations, embodying the essence of winter luxury, will be available from Nov. 8, 2023-Feb. 2024.
Slapfish, renowned for its commitment to serving sustainable seafood and creative culinary experiences, has curated this winter menu with the utmost dedication to quality and flavor. The “Seas the Flavors of Winter” LTO is no exception. These two delectable offerings showcase the harmonious fusion of seafood and truffle-infused goodness, resulting in a truly memorable dining experience.
Truffle Lobster Mac & Cheese: Indulge in a cozy embrace of velvety macaroni and cheese featuring tender chunks of succulent lobster, all generously drizzled with the unmistakable aroma of truffle oil, Parmesan cheese and topped with toasted garlic-parmesan breadcrumbs. This dish is a masterclass in comfort food, offering a rich, creamy sensation that warms the soul on chilly winter days. The marriage of lobster and truffle elevates this classic to an exquisite, gourmet level.
Truffle Parm Crab Tots: For those seeking an unforgettable appetizer, the Truffle Parm Crab Tots are a must-try. These crispy, golden tots are generously infused with the essence of truffle and parmesan cheese and studded with delicate crab meat. The delightful combination of flavors and textures will leave your taste buds tingling with delight.
“At Slapfish, we’re committed to providing our guests with the finest sustainable seafood dishes, and our Winter LTO is a testament to our dedication to both quality and innovation,” said Dan Anfinson, President at Slapfish Coastal Seafood Kitchen.
To celebrate their new Winter Limited Time Offer (LTO), Slapfish is offering all guests a chance to win a year’s worth of lobster. The Holiday Szn Scratch-and-Win card is offered now through December, redeemable January through March, and gives guests a chance to win various prizes like free sides, fish tacos, and lobster rolls, and four lucky winners will receive a year’s worth of lobster from Slapfish.
Don’t miss your chance to “Seas the Flavors of Winter” at Slapfish Coastal Seafood Kitchen this winter. For more information, visit slapfishrestaurant.com or follow us on social media @Slapfish.
About Slapfish Slapfish is a food truck turned brick-and-mortar, fast-casual seafood restaurant that consists of 15 locations across the U.S. Slapfish has received many awards for culinary innovation and sustainability efforts across the concept, including MenuMaster’s Trendsetter Award (2016), Sustainable Operator of the Year from The Buyer’s Edge (2022) and Future 50: Emerging Brands by Restaurant Business (2022). Slapfish is headquartered at Mac Haik Enterprises (MHE) in Houston, Texas. To learn more about Slapfish, please visitwww.slapfishrestaurant.com.
About Mac Haik Enterprises LTD (MHE) Mac Haik Restaurant Group (MHRG) is a division of Mac Haik Enterprises LTD (MHE), a diversified holding company based in Houston, TX. MHE is a major investor in three rapidly growing fast-casual restaurant brands, Original ChopShop, Slapfish and Due Cucina, and one of the largest franchisees of First Watch Restaurants. MHE also owns Mac Haik Outdoor Media, Mac Haik Hospitality, and Mac Haik Automotive Group which encompasses 23 car dealerships. The 11 affiliated companies of MHE have engaged in the development, ownership and management of commercial real estate and healthcare facilities, asset acquisition and disposition, facilities management, property management, leasing, project management, construction plus janitorial services, as well as hotel ownership. Overall, MHE companies employ over 3,000 employees. To learn more about MHRG, please visit www.machaik-enterprises.com.
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Tim Hortons is reintroducing three new items for its holiday menu, including a latte that follows on a rapidly growing trend.
The gingerbread oat milk latte headlines the holiday menu additions, which are set to launch on November 15. The chain’s holiday tree donut is also returning to the fast food chain’s menu for the holiday season. The chain also plans to introduce a hot cocoa crumble muffin on its November 15 release.
The Canadian chain, which has expanded to several locations in the United States, is the latest chain to launch holiday menus as consumers gear up for the festive season.
The latte is combined with gingerbread and Chobani oatmilk that’s topped with cinnamon. Customers can order the drink in a cold brew option too. The donut, filled with Venetian cream, is encased in green fondant and holiday-inspired nonpareils. Tim Hortons new hot cocoa crumble muffin is stuffed with marshmallows and topped with chocolate chips.
Tim Hortons is reintroducing three new items for its holiday menu, including a latte that follows on a rapidly growing trend. Getty Images
The Gingerbread Trend
When it comes to flavor trends, the gingerbread latte is following a popular trend as consumers turn away from the once-ubiquitous peppermint.
A 2021 poll by Florida-based private nonprofit school Saint Leo University showed that 19.2 percent of 1,000 national respondents prefer gingerbread during the holidays. This is followed by peppermint at 15.8 percent.
Some on X, formerly Twitter, have shown some love for gingerbread this holiday season.
User persephonercn wrote: “eating a gingerbread cookie and then immediately drinking watermelon punch is the greatest flavor combination ever.”
However, some aren’t exactly festive for gingerbread.
“Yall … if you aren’t boycotting already and happen to go to sbux [Starbucks], do NOT i mean do NOT get the gingerbread flavor. This is the worst flavor they have ever produced, ever,” X user kisskisoos wrote.
Tim Hortons did not comment on why it decided to bring back the gingerbread flavor, but it provided a little context on another item included in its holiday lineup.
“We brought back the Holiday Tree Donut featuring festive colors & designs–as it’s a beloved menu item for the holiday season,” a spokesperson with the company told Newsweek.
Holiday Options Customers Can Order Now
Tim Hortons launched several other new holiday menu items on November 3.
One of them includes the peppermint mocha iced cappuccino. It is available for customers to order in hot or iced latte and cold brew. Another offering is the peppermint hot chocolate.
A new brown butter caramel cold brew combines a mix of sweet and salty flavors and is also available as a latte. Peppermint Timbits are available to order now as well.
From now until November 28, Tim Hortons customers can purchase medium cold or hot lattes for $1 when ordering online or through the app. This offer also includes the new holiday flavors.
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Starfield is finally here and it is big, complex, and often overwhelming. There are tons of menus to navigate, cities to get acquainted with, and skill trees to invest in, not to mention resource mining, base building, and ship customization. Before you get into any of that, however, let’s go over some basic tips and advice to get you started.
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Currently live for fans who purchased the Deluxe Edition or Game Pass upgrade, Starfield is a sprawling sci-fi RPG where one minute you’re haggling with a bar keep for information and the next you’re shooting a bunch of space pirates and stealing all of their credits. But there’s a lot of minutia to get lost in, from confusing menus to maps that don’t tell you where anything is. What follows is a quick guide with some tricks and shortcuts for surviving Starfield’s opening hours and beginning your journey into the outer reaches of the galaxy.
Don’t worry about how your character looks
You can change it anytime by visiting an Enhance! shop and paying 500 credits. The nearest one at the start is in the commercial district in New Atlantis.
Make hard saves all the time
You never know when things might go wrong in Starfield. You might fail a persuasion roll or get jumped by giant aliens, or even accidentally crash your ship into the space station you’re trying to dock on. The game auto-saves but it’s not foll-proof. It’s a Bethesda game, after all.
Lower music volume and raise voice volume
Starfield comes out of the gate with very loud and intense music. And that’s fine. But after about 20 minutes, I struggled to hear what people were saying. Looking at the default settings, voice volume isn’t as high as it probably should be, so knock that up a bit and turn music down a little, too. Trust me, you’ll still be able to hear it fine.
Loot the pirates after the first fight for an assault rifle
The first big fight in Starfield isn’t very hard and the game quickly pushes you to leave. But first, go grab at least one assault rifle (and some other goodies) off those pirates you just wasted.
Loot everything and give it to Vasco
Speaking of looting stuff, feel free to grab everything and just dump it on the robot who partners up with you in the early hours of Starfield. Like in previous Bethesda games, your companions are pack mules with dialogue trees. Use ‘em! To do so, just chat with the bot (or other companions) and ask to trade items.
Use cover like a modern shooter
Aiming near cover will have you pop out in a way that feels unlike any previous Bethesda RPG. Sure, dynamic cover like this has been around since 2012-ish, but hey, I’m not going to complain about Starfield having good combat compared to Fallout 4 and Skyrim.
Use the laser mining tool for killing
The Cutter you get at the very beginning is deceptively great in battle. It works on a cooldown with unlimited ammo, and can stun-lock enemies at close range. Pull it out every now and again to save precious bullets early on.
Set your helmet and space suit to disappear when not needed
Early on in the game, Starfield tells you to go into your menus to put on your helmet. You might be mistaken and think you have to do that every time you want to take it off or put it on. (And you need it out in space to live.) But nope! Just leave it and your suit on, then go into the inventory section for each. You’ll find an option at the bottom of the screen letting them disappear automatically when not needed, like in towns or stations. No more running around cities looking like a giant dork!
Pump up your persuasion trait ASAP!
If you don’t want to waste all your resources fighting through every encounter, make sure to put some points into persuasion. It will increase the odds that you can talk people down from fights and generally make it much easier to manipulate people, which is why you’re playing this game, right?
Careful you don’t sell your equipped gear
The game won’t check you while you’re pawning off all your loot so spam that sell button with caution.
Save time by fast-traveling directly through the quest menu
You don’t always have to navigate through your cumbersome star chart to get to a new planet. If you want to go to the next location for a mission and you’ve already been there before, simply use the “select course” option from the pause menu to automatically head to the destination.
Scan everything all the time
Starfield basically gives you detective vision. In addition to scanning planets, your helmet sensor will also scan everything right in front of you, highlighting nearby enemies and valuable loot. This is also how you survey fauna for extra XP. Plus, you can use it to find your ship’s location on the horizon and instantly fast travel to it.
Don’t forget to take a nap
Sleeping will fully heal you and also give you a “well-rested” bonus that increases the rate at which you earn XP.
Use the research station on your ship to get access to more craftable stuff
You can upgrade guns, suits, and helmets as well as cook food in this game. But you’ll need to do some research first. You’ll need some materials, like iron and fiber, but once you have some you can unlock new mods and things to craft, letting you improve guns and make good suits even better.
Hitting undo while lockpicking still spends a digipick
So be careful, they’re hard to come by!
Use your ship inventory
You don’t just have to give all of your extra items to companions or throw them on the floor, you can also store them in the ship’s cargo hold by selecting it from the ship part of the menu (bottom left). It’s not unlimited but it has more than enough room in the beginning.
Designate weapons and healing items as favorites to save time
As far as I can tell, in the first few hours of the game at least, Starfield doesn’t say anything about favoriting weapons. But you should totally do that! Like in past Bethesda games, you can map guns, medkits, knives, and more to your d-pad and then quickly switch weapons during combat without needing to open the game’s (not great) menus. Simply replace an item with something else to change up your favorites.
In the several hours I’ve played since Starfield’s September 1 Early Access kicked off, I’ve been consistently confused by the menus and user interfaces of Bethesda’s latest RPG. I remain miffed by its starmap, baffled by its inventory, and at a loss when it comes to my ship’s HUD–and don’t even get me started on the shipbuilder, which almost sent me into a tailspin.
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Bethesda games are infamous for their clunky UI. Modders have spent hours upon hours overhauling in-game menus so that they’re more intuitive and easier to navigate. But at least in games like The Elder Scroll V: Skryim, the initial menu is minimalist and straightforward–bring it up with a button press and then select from one of four clearly delineated options (skills, magic, items, and map), then navigate to a more involved menu that breaks down your inventory by type, or sweeps up to show your skill tree in the form of constellations.
Starfield technically follows that design logic, but its NASA-punk stylings and heaps more content make for a navigational nightmare–especially for someone as impatient and clunky as myself.
Screenshot: Bethesda / Kotaku
Lost in Starfield’s menus
In Starfield, the first thing that pops up when you press the menu button on your Xbox controller is an iteration of Bethesda’s prototypical menu setup, but it’s got so much visual noise that it immediately overwhelms. (It’s important to note that you have to hard press the menu button to get to your basic start screen that includes options to quicksave, load, and change your controller settings, which can be confusing.)
On this screen, there’s a circle and four quadrants. In the center of a circle stands your character in whatever getup you’ve got them in at the moment; their name, level, and health displayed next to them. At the bottom of that circle is the mission you’re currently on/following, but it’s not labeled as such, all you can see is its name and next steps. If you select this, you’ll be taken to all the possible main quests, side quests, and “activities” available to you.
The top-left quadrant outside of that central circle shows your current location, local time, and survey data–selecting this section brings you to the starmap, which we’ll get into later. The top-right quadrant shows one of your skills and how far along you are in that skill’s certification progress–completing that will let you use skill points to advance its level. Selecting this section takes you to your skill tree, one of the more legible parts of Starfield’s menus with five clearly labeled skill sections (physical, social, combat, science, and tech) that are then mucked up by dozens of tiny icons representing each possible selection.
The bottom-left quadrant shows your ship’s information–what class it is, how many crew are on it, the hull’s strength, etc. Selecting that brings you to a truncated version of the nightmarishly complicated ship builder (you can only customize your vessel while docked at certain shipyards), that shows your ship floating on a sort of digital blueprint with measurements displayed along it.
Screenshot: Bethesda / Kotaku
A crowded display on the left-hand side shows the levels of all six of your ship’s systems (I still don’t know what each abbreviation stands for). Here, you can navigate between each of the ship’s systems, and get a half-dozen data points for each one: from how much “power” your 10S Protector Shield Generator has to the hull damage your Atlatl 270Z Missile Launcher can cause. There are so many numbers and graphs that it triggers the same fight-or-flight response I used to get in high school math class.
The bottom-right quadrant of Starfield’s main in-game menu shows your current weapon and its mass, and selecting it opens up your inventory. There’s no way to quickly swap between weapons during firefights (pressing down on the D-pad lets you access medicine and there appears to be a quick-select wheel here, but I can’t figure out how to assign anything else to this section), so you must return to this inventory menu when you inevitably run out of bullets for your Eon or Grendel.
Frustratingly, though I can easily see what kind of ammo I have in my inventory menu, I can’t tell what fucking ammo goes for what fucking gun, so I’m almost always unsure what weapon to quickly swap to during combat. Hovering over each gun in your inventory brings up–you guessed it–more information, from fire rate to range to accuracy to mods, and rounds, which is tucked away in the top right corner, one of nine different data points.
The lack of a difference in font size or color between the item you have equipped and the item categories can be a little confusing: “Deep Mining Space Helmet Helmets” becomes an oft-repeated refrain as I play. But I run up against the most friction in the starmap menu because it combines Starfield’s crowded UI with my Aries lack of patience, making for a potent cocktail of confusion.
Screenshot: Bethesda / Kotaku
Starwoman, waiting in the sky
After selecting the starmap from the aforementioned top-left quadrant, you’ll see a view of the planet or space station you’re currently on, with details about the planet on the left side, an option to scan below that, and several button prompts in the bottom right corner: missions, show me, set landing target, and back to system.
Pressing B will zoom you out to a full view of the solar system that houses that planet or space station and all the icons indicating explorable places within that solar system. Press B again and you’ll zoom out to the galaxy–but you have to hold B in order to exit this map screen, a maneuver that isn’t very intuitive and often results in me rapidly zooming in and out of solar systems and galaxies like I just dropped acid.
And the other options, “show me” and “set course” are not very straightforward. What the fuck does “show me” mean? Are you “showing me” where I need to go on this massive (and hard-to-read) map? Sometimes “show me” will snap-cut to a shot of a planet I know I haven’t seen before, but it’s not immediately clear how I’m meant to get there–at least not for me, and as I play Starfield I feel increasingly like my years of marijuana use have finally started doing what my parents always warned me about: making me stupid.
Screenshot: Bethesda / Kotaku
After I play the opening act and am unceremoniously made the captain of my own spaceship, I spend several minutes cursing under my breath and angrily clacking the Xbox controller’s joysticks around while trying to figure out how to fly to Starfield’s major city, New Atlantis. My partner, normally a patient backseat gamer and apparently a native Bethesda menu speaker, finally snaps after a few minutes of me flying my ship, snail-like, towards another system. “This is intuitive, hover over the spot you want to go, select A, hold X to travel. You aren’t even trying to figure this out,” he says, laughing in disbelief.
He’s not wrong, but also, there’s a lot going on in every corner of my screen, and I’m easily confused! After his somewhat stern advice, it takes me several more trips into space to figure out how to easily select a mission location from the mission menu and view it on my map, and then fast-travel to that point on the map. I’m now at a point where I can get where I need to go, with several ham-handed maneuvers and “oopsies” along the way, but it shouldn’t be this difficult, Starfield. I know flying a spaceship and managing resources and conserving ammo and lightspeed jumping between galaxies and eating space cereal and upgrading weapons and negotiating hostage situations requires a lot of concentration, but I feel like I need a PhD to play this game efficiently.
Instagram influencer Markie Devo just posted a secret fall 2023 menu from Starbucks that he says he got from an employee.
Starbucks won’t confirm if the leak is real or not, but it’s still causing quite a brewhaha in the coffee world.
According to Devo’s sleuthing, Starbucks will be bringing back some favorites in the fall and serving up a few newcomers to the menu. The coffee giant will also apparently be discontinuing at least one fan favorite.
Returning champions
If the leaked fall menu is accurate, Starbucks will continue to offer its classic Pumpkin Spice Latte, Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew, and Apple Crisp Oatmilk Macchiato.
Customers will also see the return of the Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffin and Owl Cake Pop
New grinds on the block
But Starbucks will also introduce a few new concoctions, including an Apple Crisp Oatmilk Shaken Espresso and something called an Iced Pumpkin Cream Chai Tea Latte.
New snacks include a Baked Apple Croissant.
See ya latte
Some Starbucks items were grounded. If the rumors are correct, the Pumpkin Scone has gone skedaddle, which caused a few Starbucks aficionados to throw some shade.
“Omg where is the pumpkin scone? I repeat…my favorite scone EVER!” wrote RuRu Rodriguez.
Others complained about the fall menu’s short shelf life, reportedly running from August 29 to November 1.
“November 1st is basically like the second week of fall what the hell,” griped Mr. Party Favors.
The fast food chain announced it would soon introduce its “Mercury Menu,” offering deals such as free Crispy Chicken Sandwiches, free 6-piece Crispy or Spicy Chicken Nuggets, and free hot & spicy fries with any purchase from April 20 to May 14, right when Mercury is in retrograde.
The deal is available exclusively through mobile ordering via the brand’s app. Here are the details:
BOGO $1 Premium Sandwich with any purchase from Friday, April 21 through Sunday, April 23.
Free Crispy Chicken Sandwich with any purchase from Monday, April 24 through Sunday, April 30.
Free 6-piece Crispy or Spicy Chicken Nuggets with any purchase from Monday, May 1 through Sunday, May 7.
Free Any Size Hot & Crispy Fry when you make any purchase between Monday, May 8 and Sunday, May 14.
What is Mercury retrograde?
The phrase Mercury is in retrograde refers to a phenomenon where the planet Mercury appears to move backward in its orbit around the sun. The movement happens several times a year. Astrologists believe Mercury retrograde can cause people to feel disoriented and confused.
“When Mercury is moving forward, in its natural motion, communications go generally easily. Though when Mercury goes out of its natural orbit, say in retrograde, there tend to be all sorts of wires crossed and miscommunications,” astrologer Rebecca Gordon told CBS News.
But according to scientists at NASA, Mercury in retrograde is “not real in that the planet does not physically start moving backward in its orbit. It just appears to do so because of the relative positions of the planet and Earth and how they are moving around the Sun.”
Still, this hasn’t stopped Wendy’s from capitalizing on a good marketing opportunity. According to a 2022 YouGov poll, one in four Americans believes in Astrology.
If you’ve seen The Menu, you’re still probably craving that cheeseburger—that mouthwatering nostalgia trip that Margot (Anya Taylor-Joy) realizes is the key to getting out of the film’s dinner-from-hell alive. She stumbles upon an old clipping of chef Julian (Ralph Fiennes), who’s imprisoned his rich and vapid clientele for a tasting menu of increasingly humiliating and deadly contents, in which he’s making a cheeseburger as a young cook—a moment hearkening back to when he actually loved cooking, and why he loved doing it, long before he started plating fancy dishes for fancy people. It’s the chef he misses. And it’s the chef she has to bring back to survive.
Director Mark Mylod structures The Menu as a near-real-time dramatization of the dinner, meaning we see Fiennes et al. prepare, serve, and eat the food, course by course. Authenticity was paramount. Mylod brought chef Dominique Crenn on as a consultant to devise and design Julian’s brilliantly ridiculous menu. Then came chef John Benhase, a partner at Starland Yard in Savannah, Georgia, to consult on the authenticity of the cooking and serving. It’s his “slutty” cheeseburger recipe—the recipe suddenly on BuzzFeed, inspiring countless post-viewing burger orders, that all but oozes off the screen—that Fiennes ultimately cooked for The Menu’s delicious climax.
Vanity Fair caught up with Benhase to learn everything there is to know about that burger.
Vanity Fair:Thank you so much for taking the time to talk about your suddenly famous cheeseburger.
John Benhase: Who knew, right? Just a cheeseburger.
Yeah. I mean, just to start really broadly, how has it been? Have people been coming up to you? How have you gauged the reaction?
More than anything, I think seeing it in the theaters for the first time and hearing the collective moan at that part of the movie, I was like, “Oh yeah, people really like this. This is good.” But I mean, it’s just a really good cheeseburger. It’s been funny seeing it on BuzzFeed and stuff like that.
In terms of getting involved with the movie, how was this project described to you and what was your degree of involvement?
They needed a kind of culinary authenticity consultant. So my main job going into the film was to make sure all the actors and background actors and then the writers and the director had all the tools they needed to make sure that they really looked like they knew what they were doing, since the restaurant and kitchen are such an integral kind of character in itself to the film. So just making sure that every single aspect was accurate and people knew how to move correctly within the space and what they were cooking and why they were cooking it. Then the cheeseburger was a happy accident byproduct of being on set.
How so?
It was pretty random. I was sitting in Video Village with the two writers and they were talking about the burger. I’m sure that Chef Dominique could have made the most beautiful burger that anybody had ever seen, but they wanted a kind of nostalgia—for lack of a better word, the slutty burger. I probably spoke out of turn, but it was a really wonderful collaborative team, so I felt comfortable doing so and just was like, “Hey, I think if we do this burger this way, then it’ll be a perfect fit because it still is such a process-driven burger.” It’s not just slapping a couple of patties on a grill and flipping them a couple times. It can be this labor of love. That’s part of what makes it work within the film. And also, obviously Ralph Fiennes doing such an amazing job doing it. It just looks like he is having the best, most transformative time making that burger again.
Il Mio, a piece of Italy in the heart of Clarendon Hills, launches its curated fall menu for the holiday season.
Press Release –
Oct 21, 2022
CHICAGO, October 21, 2022 (Newswire.com)
– Il Mio is an Italian restaurant that has captured the hearts and appetites of the people of Clarendon Hills. Inspired by their Italian hometowns and family get-togethers this new fall menu is approachable and shareable including favorite family recipes. This upscale, family-owned business continues improving and bringing about new ideas.
As the leaves grow golden and the air becomes cool, new inspirations arise. Il Mio has been curating an enticing new fall menu, which launched at the beginning of October. Containing fall classics with an Il Mio flare, the people of Clarendon Hills should get ready to taste these brand-new dishes. The fall menu includes dishes such as the hefty Swiss Turkey Burger, Linguine and clams, and the cool, crisp Beet Goat Cheese Salad tossed with avocado and glazed pecans, and signature goat cheese and beets. Continuing the handcrafted, Il Mio quality, this delectable menu is undoubtedly something to fall for.
With the holidays around the corner, many will be searching for gifting options. Just in time for the holiday season, Il Mio will now be offering gift cards, which takes the hassle out of holiday cooking and more time to enjoy with family.
“Nothing brings me more joy than to bring families together to enjoy authentic Italian cooking with quality ingredients. These recipes have been crafted from hometown recipes and our special touch,” says owner Gabriella Palumbo. “We are also thrilled to offer gift cards to our customers. Many are beginning to think about the perfect gift and being able to provide that convenience and great food is our main priority.”
Dedicated to making meals and memories for the people of Clarendon Hills, Il Mio still has much more to come. The menu will be continuously updated to bring customers fresh and unique recipes. For additional information on Il Mio and their new gift cards and fall menu, please reach out to Tom Claxton at tom@helloinflux.com.
ABOUT IL MIO: Il Mio is a family-owned, upscale restaurant based upon the Italian term of endearment, “mine.” Dedicated to upholding the fresh and quality standard of their menu and bringing iconic Italian dishes to the perfect plate, owner Gabriella Palumbo seeks to utilize her own family’s cherished memories to create more for Clarendon Hills residents. Il Mio’s location has quality ingredients engrained in its history. Decades ago, this building was once home to Grocerland, which supplied Clarendon Hills citizens with quality groceries. Today, we honor that history through our fresh and local menu.
30 S. Prospect, Clarendon Hills, IL 60514, 630.526.4646
Integrated Technology Platform Powers Restaurants, Hotels, Hospitals, Schools, Cafeterias and Entertainment Venues – Everywhere Menus are Provided – to Serve Food Safely
Press Release –
updated: May 26, 2020
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., May 26, 2020 (Newswire.com)
– Zuppler, a global software and services company focused on empowering solutions for the food services industry, today launched Menu Anywhere On-Premise Contactless Ordering on the Zuppler “Menu Anywhere” Platform, offering an on-premises contactless ordering solution for the $900 billion US food service industry. With applications for restaurants, hotels, hospitals, educational institutions, live events – everywhere menus are provided – this new offering limits contacts between guests, wait-staff and the kitchen, allowing customers to use their mobile device to engage with digitally-enabled, dynamic menus that send orders directly to the kitchen, as well as pay their bills, bringing a much-desired, heightened level of safety to guests and staff.
Menu Anywhere On-Premiseenables a personalized and highly interactive experience allowing customers to track the status of their orders, see prior orders and favorite items; while providing dining establishments the ability to serve guests with limited staff, update menus and specials in real-time, capture order history, encourage guests to enroll in loyalty programs, and allow for more efficient operations.
“As restaurants, hotels, schools, live events and workplaces return in stages across the country, we know that the reimagined dine-in experience for millions of consumers will require significant change. We are excited to add this new on-premise innovation to Zuppler’s “Menu Anywhere” offerings to power food service operators with a safe, secure, personalized and innovative menu tool that gives consumers what they desperately want: a return to good food with the experience of eating outside the home in a safe manner,” said Shiva Srinivasan, Founder and CEO.
Mr. Srinivasan continued, “Menu Anywhere On Premise is scalable, can be adapted to different vertical markets and can operate in many environments. We customize the ordering process in a number of exciting ways that enhance the experience for consumers and give greater control and valuable information to food service providers. Today’s launch is a natural extension of our current offerings, and is entirely driven by the needs of our clients.”
“As our business starts to open post Covid-19, we were comfortable to manage our ‘to-go’ orders but were getting concerned about dine-in orders. The contactless dine-in product from Zuppler will solve this concern and help us manage the expectations of our customers around safety,” said Keith Pascal, partner at Act III Holdings and investor in Boston-based Life Alive Organic Café.
Gordon Food Service, the largest family-managed broadline foodservice distribution company in North America, works closely with Zuppler to identify emerging needs within the foodservice industry. As foodservice operators began to reopen, the need to replace physical menus with digital, contactless alternatives quickly emerged. “Zuppler has been an extraordinary partner. Their food ordering system has provided our customers with immediate solutions to support their business in a rapidly changing environment,” said Bill Balke, Director of Customer Marketing, Gordon Food Service.
In addition to serving 15,000 restaurants and food services clients across the globe, Zuppler enjoys important partnerships with leading transactions processor Worldpay (acquired by FIS in 2019) and Rewards Network, a provider of loyalty-based marketing and financing services to the restaurant industry.
“We think that in addition to delivering safety, Menu Anywhere On-Premise establishes the baseline for the next phase in dining hospitality, with more options, more flexibility, more control and more engagement with customers. In this way we help deepen the relationship and trust between guests and food service provider,” said Srinivasan.
Zuppler is a global software and services company focused on empowering solutions for the food services industry, offering Menu Anywhere, a complete online ordering platform for restaurants, caterers, groceries, universities, hospitals, hotels, sports stadiums and delivery services. Headquartered in Conshohocken, PA, Zuppler has additional offices in Romania and India. The Zuppler team has launched thousands of dynamic online ordering menus for brands across the US, Canada, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Zuppler also integrates with Google, and the leading delivery, POS, loyalty and payment providers.
