For its first Valentine's Day dinner under the new ownership group that took over last summer, Manor Tavern up in Monkton is offering a $69 Valentine’s Day menu. All of the items on the four-course menu can also be ordered a la carte. Some of them will be available a la carte on Sunday and Monday nights, too.
Things sure have changed. I wouldn't swear to it but I don't think the old Manor Tavern would have been serving up appetizers like edamame corn cakes or maple-bacon figs with house-made peanut butter; second courses like cauliflower couscous or red miso lobster soup; and entrees like jumbo shrimp and mussel risotto or black-eyed peas and orecchiette.
The dessert course is especially cool. Along with a cheesecake, served with chocolate and figs, and a berry cobbler, two options use ice cream from nearby Prigel Family Creamery —a chocolate seduction with Prigel's cinnamon ice cream and a milkshake made with Graham's Six Grapes port, Prigel's black cherry ice cream and honey whipped cream.