This Week at Casa Dante

737 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey 07306 - (201) 795-2750

***& 1/2 (of 4)STARS The Star Ledger | Wine Enthusiast 2009 Award of Distinction

Wine Spectator Award 2010! | “Celebrating 40 Years of Excellence”

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Dear Friends:
Casa Dante is back on Sundays! As an enticement and treat, anyone coming in this Sunday for dinner will get dessert on us! Our way of saying glad to have you back from the Shore, the Hamptons or The Cape!
The fabulous Laura Hull Trio this Friday night. Nothing like geat food and smooth jazz!

Saturday John Buccheri sings Humperdink, Sinatra, Bennet and others...This guy has a great voice! You will be amazed at what he can do with it.

Please remember our Oct 7th Wines of Napa Valley dinner...start of the season wine night with great food pairings and live music.

Can't tell you what a thrill I get when someone mentions he or she read my email newsletter. I love it and I love the feeback! Next time you see me walking through the place, please tell me what you think.

Thanks for reading.
Dom & Toni Marino
Proprietors
Casa Dante

3.5 stars Star Ledger, 2010 Wine Spectator Award, 2009 Wine Enthusiast Award, Best Italian in NJ by AOL, Top three Italian inNJ, Inside Jersey Magazine

Check out the specials and discounts below and join our FACEBOOK fan page.

Entertainment this week!
www.casadante.com/entertainment or other events at www.casadante.com/events

Friday September 3, 2010

"Laura Hull" Trio great vocals & smooth jazz!

Saturday, September 4, 2010
John Buccheri sings




See the entire live entertainment schedule on www.casadante.com/entertainment for August and scroll down here
for recipes, tid-bits and other"happenings" at Casa Dante!


Did you know!... Martini Trivia

Presidnet Franklin Delano Roosevelt loved martinis, was a sloppy mixer and he even occasionally used unconventional ingredients in his. Some of those items were anisette or fruit juice. Richard Nixon was another martini lover and liked his about seven to one. It is reported he was drinking a martini the night the Watergate crisis drove him from office.

The famous writer Ernest Hemingway also loved Martinis and his favorite was The Montgomery after the WW2 British Field Marshall who liked his odds on the battlefield to be15-1. Since Hemingway liked his ratio of gin to vermouth 15-1 he was known to always ask for Montgomerys.

WC Fields would start the day with two double martinis. He would have one before and one after breakfast. He was also known to take an oversized cocktail shaker full of Martinis to the studio for the days shoot. He drank about two quarts of gin a day.

James Bond is probably the most famous person associated with a Martini. He always asked for it to be Large and very strong and very well made. More precisely Shaken and not stirred. The Martini called The Vesper is named after a beautiful blond double agent called Vesper Lynd.

Hawkeye, Trapper and B.J. in M*A*S*H made their own gin to make martini(s) in a still in the Swamp. In the first-season episode "Chief Surgeon Who?", Hawkeye declares, "Actually, I'm pursuing my lifelong quest for the perfect, the absolutely dryest martini to be found in this or any other world. And I *think* I may have hit upon the perfect formula." Upon hearing this, Trapper asks, "Five-to-one?" Hawkeye replies, "Not quite. You pour six jiggers of gin, and you drink it while staring at a picture of Lorenzo Schwartz, the inventor of vermouth." (This is inaccurate, though, as vermouth was actually developed by Antonio Benedetto Carpano.)

We hope this has aroused your desire for a Martini...if so , Casa Dante makes great Martini's...ask your server!


Wine Talk
Remember September 20th Dress for Success Dinner, which we sponsor and proceeds from go to the Dress for Success, Hudson County. Several of our suppliers and producers will be providing the wines for this event. Please attend this worthwhile and fulfilling cause which benefits the Jersey City community!

Our first of the season "Wines of Napa Valley Dinner" will be scheduled for Thursday October 7th at 6:30 Details will be provided in the coming email broadcast, on our website www.casadante.com/events and on Blogger including wines, foods and live entertainment.

WE have a great Zinfandel for you wine lovers. "Lust" by Michael David. Excellent and robust. Its a special occasion wine that will make your meal and evening! I highly recommend this fabulous wine

Martini Recipes

The Dirty Harry!
Go ahead make my day. This Dirty Martini might just blow you away.
Ingredients:
6 oz. vodka
1 Dash Dry Vermouth
4 Stuffed Green Olives
1 oz. Brine from Olive Jar

Directions:
In a mixing glass, combine the vodka, dry vermouth, olives, and the brine.
Pour into a martini glass over ice, you can either drink it on the rocks, or strain out the ice.
And Enjoy!

Prep Time: 1 Minute
Yield: 1 serving


Dry Gin Martini
Ingredients:
2 1/2 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Dry Vermouth
1 Cup Ice
1 Green Olive, pitted or Lemon Twist
Directions:
In a cocktail shaker with ice, pour in the gin and vermouth, cover and shake gently. Strain the drink into a martini glass, and garnish with an olive or lemon twist.
And Enjoy!
Prep Time: 2 Minutes
Yield: 1 serving

Cosmopolitan
The drink choice of the early Sex in the City gals, this pink concoction hits the right spot.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Cranberry Juice
1 tsp. Dry Vermouth
1 Twist Lime Zest, garnish

Directions:
In a cocktail shaker with ice, pour in the vodka, cranberry juice, and vermouth. Shake for 10 seconds, and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with the lime twist.
And Enjoy!

Prep Time: 5 Minutes
Yield: 1 serving



New Year Casa Dante's 40th New Years Eve Bash!
I know its early but this one will be amazing, so start thinking about it now. Live entertainment, dancing, party favors, cocktails, hors deouvres, champagne and more.
Hotel rooms & transportation available.

Casa Dante first opened its doors in 1971. We are in our 40th Anniversary year and our celebration is under way.
New Menu items, Bigger Wine Dinners, Great Holiday deals, a Fantastic New Years Celebration! Stay tuned for more news........


Economic Stimulus Specials for email group only

...we want you to take advantage of us!
We are offering a 10% discount on parties up to eight on Monday through Thursday for the month of September 2010. This is only for email or Blogger customers! Just print this and bring it along. You must be in our database, so make sure you are included by calling or emailing your request.


Sunday Specials for August
10% Discount for parties up to 10 people. Take the family out for Sunday Dinner and get a bonus along with a great Sunday meal. Just mention to your server and thanks!

Here's, another...on Mondays through September 2010...half price on bottles of wine up to $200 in our award(s) winning wine list. Just come in and order dinner. ( This one is really catching on....Monday evenings are becoming a big wine night here.)


The above deals are for email customers only and may not be combined with any other offer.

Heres a tip.....Google " Casa Dante" and check out web coupons and deals we have out there! Im trying to help you have a great meal, and save money too!

Remember that we deliver larger office orders on weekdays throughout Jersey City and closer vicinities. Call 201-795-2750 for details!

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