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Porters is
by Michael J. 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
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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