Opera Night is Coming to DiGiovanni's Sunday April 28th

Great Italian food deserves great opera!  DiGiovanni's Dock of the Bay Italian Seafood Restaurant on Solomons Island presents our next Opera Night on Sunday, April 28th starting at 5:30pm.  Watch this video as we do a preview!

For the latest specials, events, and music at DiGiovanni's, click http://www.digiovannisrestaurant.com/Specials.html.

 

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Top Five Wines to Have With Pasta

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Our resident mixologist and sommelier Ceferino presents his list of the Top Five (5) Wines to Enjoy with Pasta.  Learn what DOCG means and look for these wines at your local liquor store, and of course enjoy them here at DiGiovanni's Dock of the Bay in Solomons, MD. 

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Music and Food for St. Patrick's Day!

Ben Connelly plays guitar Wednesday night, GrooveSpan comes in with light jazz Thursday night, Larry Tierney plays Irish music Sunday night!  The week leading up to St. Patrick's Day is full of fun at DiGiovanni's Dock of the Bay in Solomons!  Watch the video below and Cef and I will fill you in!!

 

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Check out what's happening at DiGiovanni's this week:

Wednesday, March 13th, acoustic guitarist, Ben Connelly, will be performing ballads, pop favorites and his own originals.  Special:  Fresh pappardelle pasta topped with seared salmon.

Thursday, March 14th, Jazz Night with GrooveSpan.  Enjoy smooth, soft jazz souonds of Jennifer Cooper and Carl Reichelt.  Specials:  All You Can Eat Mussels and Chicken Cacciatore.

Sunday, March 17th, St. Patrick's Day, with Irishman Larry Tierney playing authentic Irish Pub Music.  Irish Specials:  Corn beef & cabbage, Hobo Stew, Irish Stew, potato & leek soup, soda bread (the regular dinner menu will be available also).

Since the forecast is calling for snow we thought we’d remind you of a classic drink to warm you up!

CLASSIC OLD FASHIONED

2 teaspoons simple syrup
1 teaspoon water
2 dashes bitters
1 cup ice cubes
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger bourbon whiskey
1 slice orange
1 maraschino cherry

Pour the simple syrup, water, and bitters into a whiskey glass. Stir, then place the ice cubes in the glass. Pour bourbon over the ice and garnish with the orange slice and maraschino cherry.

Keep warm this week.  Visit our website soon.

Italian Tapas Happy Hour March 8th!

On Friday, March 8th,  DiGiovanni's Dock of the Bay is having an Italian Tapas Happy Hour from 4pm -7pm.  Wine expert Dee Peters will be pouring happy hour-priced tastes or glasses of various Italian wines, and Chef Annamaria will prepare Italian themed tapas dishes at happy hour prices. Stacey Murdock will be behind the bar with Italian martinis, beers, or other libations at special prices.  Cef and I explain in more detail on this week's video!

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For more details on DiGiovanni's Dock of the Bay Restaurant, visit our website at http://www.DiGiovannisrestaurant.com

A Wine For Your (Dinner) Time!

Here we are with our first blog post!  For the first video episode, my husband Cef introduces three relatively new wines we are carrying.  Wine with dinner is almost ALWAYS recommended, and we love pairing wines to compliment what Chef Annamaria has created in the kitchen.

 

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Since we are talking wines, check out this article that appeared on foodandwine.com!  F&W's Ray Isle came up with 15 rules for pairing wines with food, then the F&W staff created 15 recipes to make the point.  Try them at home and let us know what you think! http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/15-rules-for-great-wine-and-food-pairings

If you didn't come to our blog by way of the DiGiovanni's website, you may visit at http://www.digiovannisrestaurant.com to see the menu, read news and check our schedule.