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Richton Park Blues and Bones Fest, Saturday and Sunday, June 2nd and 3rd!
Burgundy Bistro is a sponosor this year. Last year we were a food vendor. This year we're trying to put together a VIP Tent where we are going to have complimentary appetizers and drinks for our VIP guests. We're also planning to share this VIP tent with other vendors and their VIP guests. Sort of a cross promotion thing. Tickrets to the Blues and Bones Fest are just $15 per day. If you buy your tickets from Burgundy Bistro, we'll give you a free pass to the VIP Tent! Aren't we nice people? Yes, we are! For more info about the Blues and Bones Fest, Click here
Harry is running for Richton Park Village Trustee! (Update: Harry Won!)
The election is on Tuesday, April 17th, so we have 2 months of campaigning coming up and Harry needs your help! That’s why we’re going to have a …
Fundraiser for Harry’s Campaign
The fundraiser will be held on Saturday, March 10th from 6pm to 9pm in Burgundy Bistro’s banquet room. There’s going to be all kinds of good eats, so you will get your money's worth. Harry will be manning the Prime Rib carving table. The cost is $50 per person. There will also be three levels of sponsorships. The Platinum Sponsorship will be $500 and includes tickets for a table of ten. Gold sponsorship is $250 and gets 5 tickets. And Silver sponsorship is $100 and will receive 2 tickets. Tickets include food and there will be a cash bar. Proceeds from this event will help cover the cost of Harry’s campaign. Please come out and support Harry. Thank you!
Fat Tuesday - February 20th
Update: The buffet was enjoyed by all! And everybody had a great time!
Don't forget Fat Tuesday is coming up February 20th. We'll have an all you can eat New Orleans Buffet at lunch and at dinner. If you've had ever experienced a Burgundy Bistro buffet you know what I'm talking about! If you haven't experienced a Burgundy Bistro buffet, shame on you! Get to the Bistro on Fat Tuesday! Click here to check out the Fat Tuesday lunch specials. And Click here to check out the dinner specials. see you at the Bistro.
Valentine's Day at Burgundy Bistro
Actually its more like Valentine's Week at Burgundy Bistro! If you dine with us from Friday, February 9th, to Sunday, February 18th, you will get to enter a drawing to win a $400 diamond, pendant necklace from James and Sons! Plus, you'll also get an entry form to win a One Million Dollar Hearts of Fire shopping spree courtesy of Hearts of Fire Diamonds. And don't forget the food! There will be dinners for two including surf and turf platters and seafood platters, plus chocolate desserts for the most ravenous of chocoholics. Hey, plus a free rose for the ladies on Valentine's Day! You can't go wrong! See you at the Bistro!
Need to raise funds for a worthy casue? Burgundy Bistro can help!
Here's an easy way to raise funds for your worthy cause and its better than seling thousands of those chocolate bars! We will give the worthy organization of your choice a 20% commission on selling $20 gift certificates to our restaurant! That's $16 for the Bistro and $4 for the worthy cause. Minimum number of gift certificates is 100. So, if your organization sells 100 that's $400, or if it sells 1000 that's $4,000 for your worthy cause! For more ifnormation come on in and talk to Adele! Here's just a few benefits:
1. 20% return rate with no risks or costs to your group
2. Burgundy Bistro will print the certificates and will put everything together, leaving your organization very little to do, but sell.
3. Compared to the chocolate bar promotion you get a 20% return versus 8-10%
4. Once you get the certificates its over in about 2-3 weeks.
5. Less certificates to sell than candy bars
6. Certificates are $20 even, no making change required
7. Person buying gets to use full value of certificate ($20)
8. Mom and Dad like it - there's not that many to sell (unlike chocolate bars!)
9. Its a WIN - Win for everyone!
Sell 1,000 certificates and your organization gets $4,000 ! Wow !
Peggi Fikac of Flossmoor's Soutland Smiles Dental Office wins our $250 Back to School/Office Supplies Treasure Chest! Peggi came in with several of her co-workers and Dr. Rich Mantoan for lunch. It was going to be a lucky day for one of them because Burgundy Bistro only had five possible combinations to the treasure chest left, so one of them was going to be the winner. And it was Peggi! Thanks to the chivalry of Dr. Mantoan she picked first and got the winning combination.
In the picture from left to right is Peggi Fikac, Cheryl Zara, Chris Rotondi, Linda DiGiovanni and Dr. Rich Mantoan.
Barbara Moore of Park Forest wins Burgundy Bistro's $2300 outdoor grill giveaway!
Pictured above from left to right is Barbara Moore, her husband Carol, Don Lorenz of Lorenz Aplliances in Homewood who donated the grill, then Harry and Adele Olson, Owners of Burgundy Bistro
Pictured lower right is Adele and Harry, owners of Burgundy Bistro. Harry just picked Barbara Moore's entry form out of the spinning drum of fortune. Thanks for everyone who entered and keep and eye out on this site for more giveaways in the future!
The Far Niente Wine Dinner has happened and was absolutely fabulous!
Even if I must say so myself! Everybody had a great time. The only complaint I heard was that the courses were TOO BIG! That's a good complaint. The wines were great, the food was great. My kitchen staff did a tremendous job! As usual. Check out the pictures on the picture page. If you missed this one, there's a wine and food tasting coming up on May 12th.
Check out the 2006 Irish Week and St. Patrick's Day Specials
Check out the 2006 Fat Tuesday Lunch Specials
Check out the 2006 Fat Tuesday Dinner Specials
To check out our dinner package with the GSU Performing Arts Center, click here
"Around the World" Wine and Food Tasting
This one is over and we had a great time! Over 70 people attended. We had at least 12 different wines and 40 different dishes from around the world including Spain, Morocco, France, Thailand, Australia, Italy, Africa, Japan, Indonesia and of course the good old U.S. of A.! I manned the carving table and the leg of lamb was the first to go. Everyone enjoyed the Roasted Duck, Duck Confit, Crown Pork Roast, and the Beef Tenders. Pluse the Blackened Steak and salmon, grilled salmon, Cameroon Suyas, Grilled Keftas, Vegetable Moussaka, Chicken and Lintels, Thailand Cabbage Salad, Turkish Salad, Vegetable Couscous, Zucchini Fritter, Potato Cakes, Chicken Cakes with Teriyaki, Albondigas, Yakitori Chicken Skewers, Pot Stickers, Steamed Mussels, Tuna Kabobs, Bulgur Pilaf and a whole bunch more. Including the desserts. White Chocolate Cheesecake, Mexican Chocolate Torte and Chocolate Truffles, all made by me (Harry)! And you couldn't beat the price, all that for just $35! This event was so popular, we changed our menu to "World Cuisine" so be sure to check out the lunch and dinner menus.
Nice review in Time Out Chicago
We got a very nice mention in the Nov 3 - 10 edition of Time Out Chicago. Here's what they say - "Residents of this southern suburb (halfway between Homewood and Park Forest) skip the
commute for big city dining in favor of this inviting, decade-old global eatery. A few French favorites dot the menu (bouillabaisse, beef bourguignonne), but don't let the name fool you; the kitchen casts the
net far and wide with good renditions of everything from shrimp jambalaya to veggie lasagna. Pick from the barlike atmosphere in the front room or the slighlty more serene back area and put yourself in
the hands of friendly servers as honest as the conversational menu. Ingredients are fresh, you can get anything made "your way", and the wine and beer selections are surprisingly good!"
Thank you, Time Out Chicago! Check them out at www.timeoutchicago.com.
Update on the Chimnet Rock Wine Dinner
It Was FANTASTIC! Everybody had a good time, the food was great (even if I do say so myself)! We had a good turnout.
Around 35 people. Don't miss the next one.
The Internet is here!
Free high speed internet access is available at the Bistro. Place your order and will give you our access code and you're off to the races! Great for customer presentations, business lunches or just staying connected!
Wine Club
First rule of wine club - tell everyone about wine club! Second rule of wine club - bring in your own bottle of wine on Monday night and we'll open it for you with no corkage fee! Third rule of wine club - have fun!
Don't forget about our banquet room! Seats up to 80 people. Or 100, if you're small, thin people!
Baked breads, lasagna, quiche available, just call in advance!
"Down Under" Winemaker Dinner featuring Wines and Dishes from Australia
This one is over and it was fabulous. A 5 course “Down Under” Winemaker Dinner featuring Australian Wines matched to Australian influenced dishes will take place on Tuesday, March 15th. A Wine and Appetizer Reception begins at 6:30 PM with dinner starting at 7 PM. The cost is $55 per person. Featured wines include 2004 Hazard Hill Semillon/Sauvignon Blanc, 2004 Omrah Chardonnay, 2003 Hazard Hill Shiraz, 2002 Omrah Shiraz, 2001 Coriole, McLaren Vale Shiraz. Look for vegetarian, tuna, shrimp and lamb dishes to be paired with these wines plus a chocolate chocolate dessert. Owner/Winemaker Robert Whale will be present to talk and answer questions about his wines.
Charity banquet raises over $3000 for Tsunami Relief
Many attendees gave more than the minimum $25 donation with some being Premiere Donors giving $500! Harry started planning this event a couple of days after the disaster when he thought relief efforts and donations were minimal. After all, the United States, the greatest and wealthiest country on the planet, only offered $10 million at first. Harry recruited the help of Gary Marqurdt and Rick Reinbold. Gary is a Village Trustee of Richton Park and Rick Reinbold is the Village President. Gary works hard for a good cause and he helped spread the word. Rick gave Harry some good suggestions and offered to put the info about the banquet on Richton Park's Website and Cable Channel, which they did in a very quick fashion. And Bob Lukens from the Chicago Southland Convention and Visitors Bureau also put had the info put out on their website. Harry compared these initial actions as "flapping our collective butterfly wings" in reference to the "butterfly effect" where a butterfly flaps its wings in the Amazon jungle and 2 hours later a storm hits New York.
Soon after the initial planning stages of the banquet took place, the U.S. upped its donation to $35 million! Harry sent out emails to his regular customers about the banquet. Again more butterfly wings flapping. Donations start pouring in from the world and the U.S. raised its donation to $350 million! Harry then sends out press releases to the news stations in Chicago and they start their own donation telethons! Again more butterfly wings flapping! All in all the world donates around $4 billion to the relief effort, all due in part to Harry flapping his little butterfly wings way back on Dec 29th to get the ball rolling! Well, anyway, that's the way Harry sees it!
Again thanks, to all those who attended and to those who couldn't attend, but donated anyway. And thank you to GFS for donating the chicken breasts! You all were extremely generous! Check out the pictures on the picture page!
Appetizer Reception
Roasted Duck Leg and Thigh with Plum Sauce
Served with Roasted Veggies and Lintel Mélange
Pan Seared Pepper Encrusted Ahi Tuna
Served with Wild Mushroom Ragout and Onion Tart
Roasted Rack of Lamb
Served with Sundried Tomato Polenta and braised Belgian Endive
Hazelnut Chocolate Torte
with Blackberry Sorbet and Raspberry Crème Anglaise
Wines
2000 Chimney Rock
Fume Blanc
2002 Chimney Rock
Cabernet Sauvignon
2001 Chimney Rock
Elevage
2000 Chimney Rock
Cabernet Sauvignon
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Local Wine Events Website
I use this website to post our wine dinners on to get a little more coverage. Check it out for other events not just in Chicago, but all over the world! So, if your going somewhere on vacation and you got a hankering for a wine dinner, check this site out and make your reservation before you go. That way your sure to get a seat! Visit them at
www.localwineevents.com
Richton Park Herald
If you live in Richton Park, Matteson, Park Forest or Olympia Fields and you want to know "What Happened, is Happening and going to Happen in your Village this is the place to go! Local News, National News, the Weather, Calendar of Events, Houses Cars, and Stuff For Sale, Want ADs, Restaurants, Clubs, Home Owner Associatyion News and Forums, and more. Check it out at www.richtonparkherald.com