A popular national promotion is again being employed by Calvert County Government as a way to pump up the all-important restaurant trade. During their Tuesday, Feb. 25 meeting the Calvert County Commissioners proclaimed “Restaurant Week” in the county.
Commissioner Gerald W. “Jerry” Clark [R] presented the proclamation to Rhonda Tracy of Salsarita’s Fresh Cantina, a Prince Frederick eatery specializing in Mexican food and one of the event’s participants.
Department of Economic Development tourism specialist Joyce Stinnett Baki said the special week, which continues through Sunday, March 2, is a time for residents and visitors to “enjoy really great menus at a special price.”
Clark noted that the Second annual Restaurant Week in Calvert was coinciding with the opening of the newly rebuilt Lighthouse Inn. He predicted the reopening is “starting a new era in Solomons in the dining industry.”
The previous Lighthouse Inn, which was owned by the late Richard Fischer, burned down on the Ides of March 2006. The rebuild project was recently completed after an arduous process started by Fischer and completed by the new owners.
This year’s Calvert County Restaurant Week participants are:
Chesapeake Beach – The Rod ‘N’ Reel
Dowell – Back Creek Bistro and Garden Grille and Bar at Hilton Garden Inn
Dunkirk – Anthony’s Bar and Grill, Chesapeake Grill and Deli, Mamma Lucia and Philly Flash
Huntingtown – Mexico Restaurant
Lusby – Happy’s Diner, Jake and Al’s Chophouse and Vera’s
Prince Frederick – EZ Thai, Fiesta Bar and Grill, IHOP, Lunch Box Café, Mamma Lucia, Salsarita’s Fresh Cantina, Stoney’s, Yo Mamma’s
Solomons – Bistro Belle Maison at Blue Heron Inn, Boomerangs, CD Café, Dry Dock, Kingfisher’s Seafood Bar and Grill, Lotus Kitchen, Stoney’s Solomons Pier and Striped Rock
Sunderland – JT’s Kitchen
