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Nies staff writer Porters Restaurant and Tap Room offers the perfect, harmonious blend of service, excellent food, and atmo sphere that seems to transcend lime to an era of simplicity and richness. If you are looking for a new place to dine that is truly unlike any other place you have ever dined in before, then Porters is where you should make your stop. The cuisine is a eu phoric explosion of taste, texture, color, and presentation that will rival that of any other restaurant in tow n. My dining experience started off with two appetizers that were truly ex quisite. The first, Cognac Crevettes, included jumbo shrimp, sauteed in a garlic herb butter and cognac sauce. The cognac is the key. They were ex cellent, and unlike anything I had ever tasted before...plump, juicy shrimp, seasoned and cooked to perfection. Along with this appetizer, my guest and I shared the Sicilian Shrimp Loaf. Porters starts with crusty French bread sliced in half, and then tops it with tomatoes, scallions, and grilled shrimp in a Parmesan butter and gar lic sauce. This appetizer is in fact so good, had I not been anticipating the Steak Au Paivre, I would ordered an other one. After the appetizers 1 had to take a little bit of a breather, to let my food settle and make room for the next course. My server Doug, who is a finely skilled server, was more than Inside Porters Restaurant's fine dinning section mouth watering bliss happy to grant my request. Doug was there when I needed him. quick to refill my drink and bring me what ever my guest or I needed, yet he was sure not to cross that line line between attentiveness and annoyance. Next. I moved on to the entree. Be ing the steak lover that I am, when I read the description of the Steak Au Paivre, I was sold. See if it has the same impact on you! An eight-ounce filet of beef, packed with cracked black pepper, pan-scared, and fin ished in a shallot, Bordeaux and co- gnac cream sauce. And once again, the cognac is the key. I have never had a steak that tasted so good. The meat is tender, cooked to the perfect temperature, and complemented ex cellently by the sauce. But. if you're not a beef lover, which some people are not, an utter shame. Porters has a wonderful se lection of fresh seafood, lamb, and chicken, all prepared in ways that are sure to tantalize your taste buds. In fact, my guest had a terrible time de ciding between the Grilled Eggplant Parcels and the Roquefort Chicken. After a painful deliberation, the Roquefort Chicken won her over. Porters lakes a boneless chicken breast and stuffs it with smoked ham and Roquefort cheese, then grills and bastes it with a Worcestershire lemon butter, and serves it with a delicate Grand Marnier sauce. My guest liked it so much that I had a difficult time getting just one bite from her. After being completely stuffed '-V>\ '' jtside view of Porters ;staurant at 123 west 14th street inside the train station PHOTO BY JEFF MILLER Wap 1c vivvn x: ' v " ftMjflH from fine food and drink, I only had room for a cup of coffee. Porters has a wide array of desserts that are al most too, too good to pass up. 1 felt had that after Doug had gone through the (rouble to recite the entire dessert menu and provide a small description of the ones that I had asked about, I still only had room for a cup of cof fee. But Doug had been there before, and he understood, so he gladly brought me my coffee, with a little Sambuca to wash it down, which al lowed me the time to enjoy the peace fulness and serenity of the old train station that has been masterfully rec reated to reflect what it was like to live during the era of the porter. The decor of the building maintains the integrity of the original station that was once a bustling place of transit for train travelers. The atmosphere is complemented by the soft dining mu sic and the fall of w ater from the beau tiful fountain above the entrance into the Tap Room. Everybody should lake the time to stop by Porters on 123 West 14th Street, and enjoy the exquisite food, excellent service, and marveling at mosphere that Porters has to offer. The fine dining menu is served on Wednesday through Saturday, from 5 until 10 p.m. The Tap Room menu is served on Tuesday through Saturday, from 5 until 11 p.m. Dress is casual, reservations are appreciated, and 1 am positive that you will not be disap pointed. Tours coming soon to an area near you Why just settle for one group at a concert when you can hit two or three? There are many tours heading out this summer that are sure to please the industry. Of course, none of the tours will be in Erie, but half the fun is taking a couple days to get out of here! Many of them will be in neighboring communities such as Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Buffalo. The Red Hot Chili Peppers will begin their tour with the Foo Fighters and they have just announced they will do an early fall run with Stone Temple Pilots beginning July 30 in New York. They have Fishbone booked to open for them until the August 19 show in Montreal. A brief break will be followed by shows on the west coast. They will be in our ypsl^ijpiiti *WBi by Kelly Walsh staff writer Crossword ACROSS 1 Economist Smith 5 Blockhead 8 Texas oranges 14 Indian royalty 15 Org. of Flyers and Jets 16 Most unmannerly 17 1883 exploding volcano 19 Florida explorer 20 Scatter 21 Beginning 23 Give the ax to 24 Serving dish 26 Rose or Sampras 27 Mediterranean peak 30 _ of Worms 31 1946-52 N.L. home-run leader 32 To the point 35 Confine 36 Nest item 37 Get it? 38 Uncooked 41 Pilgrim leader 45 Baseball theft 47 Chance to play 48 Reverberate 49 Choir selection 50 Multi-deck game 52 Sphere of power 53 _ Gras 54 Twin Falls state 58 Continues 60 Ways out 62 Still green 63 Pi follower 64 Latin & others 65 Homesteader 66 Piggery 67 Hubbub DOWN 1 Large, commodious boats 2 Flit 3 Cracked, in a way 4 Avoid bogey 5 Industrious insect 6 Meteor neighborhood on July 15 at Darien Lake. On June 15 in San Diego, Dr. Dre Eminem, Snoop, and Ice Cube will begin their tour. Dr. Dre told John Norris during an interview with MTV, “we’ve been waiting for this for a long time, and we’re going to go out there and have some fun with it, and just give everybody the show they have been waiting for ten years.” The group is also excited to have MC Ren to reunite N.W. A. Only 18 dates have been scheduled so far, including Cleveland on July 2 and Pittsburgh on July 3. Venues have yet to be announced. For an alternative show, Counting Crows and Live will join together. The Crow’s Adam Duritz announced, “I think the fact that we come from different musical perspectives will make for a really dynamic evening of music. Both bands are about music, © 2000 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved. 7 Sloping 8 Fast-food request 9 Tallow base 10 Want_ 11 Earth-based 12 Will’s contents 13 Rock thrower 18 Pointed tool 22 Rights a wrong 25 Old saying 26 Bakery purchase 27 Psychic’s letters 28 Definite article 29 Club guests 31 Enthusiastic 33 Legendary archer 34 Breaks from a habit 39 Silvery-gray 40 Which person 42 McShane or McKellen 43 Wrenches apart 44 Resolute 45 Former Solutions Japanese commander 46 Actor Power 50 Chairmaker 51 Cravat 53 Feel sorry for oneself and we want to open it up for all our fans.” Tickets will go on sale April 27 for the July 28 opener. They will be at the Blossom in Cleveland on August 9 and at Star Lake, near Pittsburgh, on September 2. Metallica, Korn, Kid Rock, Power Man 500, and System of a Down are all headed out to play June 30. This tour will be short-lived with 12 shows ending on July 20. Metallica didn’t plan on touring because they will have just gotten done with a tour they started in January. Many of the venues and dates of the tours have yet to be announced. For more information you can log onto MTV.com. There are also many more exciting events in our area, so check them out. You may think Erie is boring in the summer, so get out of here and check out some of these great tours. Regarding Leader Capital of Norway Command to Fido Rogers or Acuff 55 56 57
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