Gift Card Savings Starts Sunday Nov.1st

Receive a free $20 coupon for every $100 you spend on gift cards!!

Offer only valid for gift cards purchased in November and December. Restrictions apply.
Coupons redeemable from January 12, 2010 – February 28th, 2010. Not redeemable February 12,13 and 14 (Valentine’s weekend) Cannot be combined with any other offers. Coupons will accompany gift cards in the mail to you. Click on coupon to purchase.

Grant/Bricco

No Trick Just A TREAT On Halloween

No trick just a treat at Grants on Halloween October 31st
Make a reservation before 7pm and receive a $20 gift card to
use on a return visit.

Reservation is a must use the code work “casper”.
Limit one per table/reservation.
Dining room only. Call 860.236.1930

Restaurateur of the Year: Billy Grant, Grant’s Restaurant & Restaurant Bricco

It’s Going to be a Good Night! The Connecticut Restaurant Association is gearing up for the “Salute to Excellence” Awards & Recognition Dinner being held at the Mohegan Sun Casino on Tuesday, November 10, 2009. Invitations are in the mail and now is the time to support the CRA and our Award Winners! Don’t forget to reserve your room at the Mohegan Sun! We have arranged for our member discounted rate of $199 for anyone attending the dinner. Call the CRA office to get your special rate code, 860-278-8008.

The CT Restaurant Association is happy to announce the winners of the

2009 “Salute to Excellence” Awards.

Hospitality Education Award: Nann Thomson, New Britain High School

Vendor of the Year: Stephen Falcigno, Statewide Meat & Poultry

Restaurateur of the Year: Billy Grant, Grant’s Restaurant & Restaurant Bricco

Hall of Fame Inductees: Claire Criscuolo, Claire’s Corner Copia; Jon Kodama, JTK Restaurants; Carmen Vacalebre, Carmen Anthony Restaurant Group.

Sponsor our Award Winners Today!

Award Sponsorships includes a full page ad in our program book, recognition in our Program Book and during the Awards Dinner for only $1,000. To view our full list of sponsorships available, please see our Sponsorship form.

From 5 to 7 pm, we will be hosting a Vendor Showcase which will allow our Allied Members and Friends of the CRA to buy booths to advertise their business and products. Vendors and restaurateurs can network while enjoying cocktail hour! This year, booths for CRA Members will only be $500! Booths are limited so reserve your spot today by filling out the Sponsorship Form and emailing Jennifer at conkling@ctrestaurant.org or you can register online by Clicking Here.

All Sponsorships and Dinner tickets can be purchased online here.

We look forward to seeing you at Mohegan Sun on November 10th!

A Special Tasting Event From The Staff At Grants

Grants Survey

The first 100 participants who complete the survey and then call into the restaurant will be eligible to join us for a unique “Steak Tasting Event” to be held on Sunday, November 1st or Monday, November 2nd. We encourage you to complete the short survey, and do so early, in order to be able to join us at Grants on one of these dates. Again, it is our goal is to provide you with the most satisfying eating experience possible and thus we are seeking your feedback and comments.

Grants Survey
Thanks.
Billy Grant, Owner
Grants

Share Our Strength Nominates Billy Grant For Chef Award

October 14, 2009

Dear Billy:

It is with great honor that I inform you that you have been nominated for Share Our Strength?s Chef Award. As a 2009 award nominee, you join a group of extraordinary leaders in our network whose commitment to ending childhood hunger provides a stellar example to the hundreds of dedicated volunteers we are proud to work with each year.

A committee with representatives from the many platforms of Share Our Strength will review all nominations, and winners will be announced at Share Our Strength?s Conference of Leaders in Washington, DC. The awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, November 8, 2009 at The Fairmont Hotel, the location of this year?s Conference of Leaders.

We are excited to report that Jeff Swartz, the CEO of The Timberland Company, and Aaron McCargo, Jr., star of Food Network?s Big Daddy?s House, will be speaking and helping us celebrate at the awards ceremony that evening. I hope you are planning to attend the Conference this year. If you have not registered, please visit our website at strength.org to register and for more information. The Share Our Strength hotel room block closes on Monday, October 19, which is also the deadline for our early bird registration rate. If you have questions regarding the nomination process, please contact Andrea Agalloco, 202-478-6528.

Congratulations on this important acknowledgment. We are honored that you have chosen to share your time and abilities with Share Our Strength. We hope you know that your leadership enables Share Our Strength to change lives and strengthen communities as we work toward ending childhood hunger in America.

Sincerely,

Debbie Shore – Billy Shore
Co-Founder & Associate Director – Co-Founder & Executive Director

Billy Grant of Grants Restaurant and Restaurant Bricco Turkey Drive 2009

Hello all,

This year we are attempting to sell 300 turkeys between both our restaurants to go this holiday season to needy families in Central Connecticut. Last year Food Share distributed 16,803 turkeys to hungry families. This year there is a 34% increase in need since last year. More than 100,000 individuals in Hartford counties are in need of food assistance each year, among them is 40,000 children! These are real increases of new individuals in need of turkeys this year. Literally these are people who have already signed up to receive turkeys. Being a chair person for Share our Strength fighting childhood hunger I see this as the perfect opportunity to step in and help out.

This is how it will work:
I have pre-ordered 300 turkeys from Statewide Meat & Poultry of New Haven. We will be paying a $1 a pound and the turkeys will range from 12-14lb each. I would like to charge $20 a turkey and donate the additional $5-$6 to Food Share for the fixings. The turkeys will be delivered to Food Share on November 13th and food share will be in charge of distributing the turkeys to the families in need. I would like to start this promotion on November 1st and attempt to sell the turkeys through November 12th.

Customers will be able to phone in their turkey order and pay $20 per turkey with a credit card (Grants 860-236-1930 or Bricco 860-233-0220). Our server staff will also be able to ring you up while you’re dining in the restaurant. We will collect email addresses and choose a raffle winner at the end and I will prepare a special tasting dinner for you and 3 of your friends at Grants Restaurant or Restaurant Bricco.

Julia Child Dinner Menu

October 21/22/23
$30
For reservations please call Grants Restaurant at 860.236.1930

First Course
Soupe à l’Oignon Gratinée
Onion Soup with Cheese

Or

Moules à la Marinière
Fresh Mussels Cooked in White Wine and Herbs

Second Course

Boeuf Bourguignon
Beef Braised in Red Wine with Bacon, Carrots, Potatoes, Onions and Mushrooms

Or

Filet de Sole à la beurre noir/beurre noisette & Haricot Verts à la Mâitre d’ hôtel
Filet of Sole with Brown Butter Sauce, Buttered Green Beans, Lemon Juice and Parsley

Dessert

Reine de Saba
A Dense Chocolate and Almond Cake Topped with a Chocolate Glaze

SPECIAL JULIA CHILD DINNER AT GRANTS

JULIA CHILD DINNER AT GRANTS
OCTOBER 21, 22, & 23
Three Courses $30.

Reserve now and dine on a menu that includes Julia Child’s favorite dishes, all of which were featured in the hit film, “Julie and Julia”.

Every selection is carefully prepared in the traditional French style, using only Ms. Child’s recipes.

Menu will be posted soon.

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