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Thoughts and ideas from The Black Olive
Thanksgiving Dinner

The Black Olive Thanksgiving Menu

Choose one from each course

Appetizers

Grilled Colossal Shrimp on the Charcoal

Grilled Sea Scallops on the Charcoal

Mini Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes

Greek Style Lamb Chops

Savory Bread Pudding(vegetarian)

Salads

Greek Style Romaine Salad

Dill, spring onions, Manouri cheese & aged vinaigrette

Greek Village Salad

Traditional tomato and feta salad with cucumber, bell peppers, red onion, and Kalamata black olives

Soups

Lobster Shrimp Bisque

Vegetable Soup

Main Course

Roasted Turkey, Gravy, Oyster stuffing, cranberry sauce, Garlic Mashed Yukan Gold Potato and Haricots Verts

Rockfish Imperial with Haricot Verts and Purple Potato Salad

Oregon Pinot Noir Beef Tenderloin with roasted

fingerling potatoes and Haricot Verts

Cranberry Pecan Quinoa stuffed Acorn Squash, cranberry sauce, Garlic Yucatan Mashed Potato and Haricot Verts

Dessert

Pecan Pie

Fuji Apple Tarte

Pumpkin Pie

$75 per person

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