Good Taste : The price is light
By Eleni Collins
Published: October 8, 2009
Already more dining deals have popped up since the article "It pays to stay" that was published two weeks ago. Here are some more.
Danny Quinn's Pub in Oak Bluffs has daily deals. On Mondays, it's half-price appetizers; Tuesdays, two-for-one entrees; Wednesdays, half-price sandwiches; Thursdays, two-for-one; and Sundays, $.25 wings.
Among the more than 75 choices at Sharky's Sunday Bloody Mary bar in Edgartown are pickled giardiniera (an Italian-American relish), shrimp, cheese, and jalepeño-stuffed olives. Photo by Eleni CollinsDavid Ryan's introduces a new bar menu that includes pizza, on which all items are under $10.
Sharky's also has deals every day at both locations, and special happy hour deals from 3 to 5 pm. Mondays: buy one burger, get a second one for $.99, and $1.99 burgers during happy hour. Tuesdays: buy one order of tacos, the second for $.99, and $1.99 happy hour regular tacos. On Wednesdays, buy one order of wings and get another for $.99; $.25 boneless wings during happy hour. On Thursdays, spend $12 and get a coconut shrimp appetizer for $.99; $.25 coconut shrimp during happy hour. On Fridays, get $.25 corn fritters. During happy hour, they're free. And on Saturday, kids eat for free, and buy any summer salad and get another for $.99.
The Ocean View brings back their $15.99 lobster night every Wednesday. Lobsters are served baked or broiled; salad bar included.
Zapotec welcomes fall with a workman's bar menu that features homemade chili and cornbread for $4.50; nacho fries for $4.50, and bacon-wrapped hot dogs smothered in chili or pico del gallo for $3.50. Kids eat for free on Sundays and Mondays, and they offer a free chili-of-the-week on Mondays.
This weekend is Ben and Bill's Chocolate Emporium's annual half-price Columbus Day sale.
The Lookout returns with their Sunday sushi night, when all sushi is 25 percent off from 5 to 10 pm.
Il Tesoro in Edgartown, which offers Northern Italian cuisine, features two-for-one entrees every night.
In addition to their specials of the night, including Wednesday Pasta Night and Thursday Prime Rib Night, Seasons Eatery and Pub offers a constant list of specials. Get a pound and a half lobster dinner for $19.95, lobster rolls for $14.95, and one-pound lobsters for $14.95. On Monday through Friday from 3 to 6 pm, get half-price appetizers and $1 sliders. On Sunday, enjoy free wings from 4 to 6:30 pm.
Le Grenier in Vineyard Haven recently began Dinner and Dance!, a $30 prix fixe three-course dinner followed by dancing, which includes a free lesson. Swing dance on Friday, and salsa on Saturday, with instructors Sergio Racigh and Esther Deming. If you're not hungry, you can just dance for $20.
And The Wharf introduces a new bar menu. All items, such as Italian sausage, chicken sliders, and mac n' cheese bites, range from $5 to $8. Wash them down with a $2.75 Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Prices are subject to change.
