Take Mom out
Connecticut restaurants serving brunch and dinner on Mother’s Day
This year, a dinner out on Mother’s Day will be both a gift for Mom and a gift for the restaurant. Mom wants to get out of the house and eat an effortless gourmet meal. Restaurants want and need customers after two years of upheaval. So indulge Mom, indulge the restaurant and while you’re at it, indulge yourself, too. Order that extra appetizer and a second dessert to go. Have the expensive wine. Leave a big tip for your server.
All restaurants require reservations and they fill up fast on holidays, so call ahead. Here is a list. It is not all inclusive.
Kitchen at Forge City Works, 559 Broad St. in Hartford, has takeout specials including a Mother’s Day Brunch Package for six ($70), a Dinner Box for two ($130) and a Dinner Box for four ($240). The brunch package has a choice of quiche (turkey sausage or veg), blueberry crumb muffins, a dozen eggs, corned beef hash, bacon and fruit salad. The dinner box for two has an appetizer of focaccia, fig jam, prosciutto, blue cheese and arugula; a burrata salad; an entrée of New York strip of sea bass; and a dessert pastry box. The dinner box for four is a larger version of the dinner box for two. pickup.kitchencafe.org.
The Hollow at Manchester Country Club,
305 S. Main St., will offer a Mother’s Day / Graduation Weekend Lunch and Dinner special a la carte menu on May 7 from noon to 10 p.m. and May 8 from noon to 8 p.m. Appetizers are Meatballs Erminio, arancini, baked octopus, tuna tartare and calamari fritto. Pastas are crab ravioli, lobster tagliolini and gnocchi tartufo. Entrees are salmon, halibut, red snapper, chicken rollatini, pork chop, filet mignon, ribeye. cafeaura. com/calendar.
Pond House Café, in Elizabeth Park on the Hartford-west Hartford town line, will have a Mother’s Day brunch from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., for $64.87, $38.31 ages
5 to 12. Breakfast favorites, shrimp cocktail, mushroom risotto, salads, salmon, burritos, jambalaya, tenderloin, turkey, leg of lamb, porchetta, ahi tuna, cod cakes, falafel, desserts. pondhousecafe.com.
Union Kitchen, 43 Lasalle Road in West Hartford, will serve brunch until 3 p.m. and its regular dinner menu on Mother’s Day, but has added several menu items for the day, which include salmon crudo, lobster bisque, baked clams, petite strip and shrimp scampi. unionkitchenct.com.
Free Center, 460 New Britain Ave. in Hartford, will have a Mother’s Day sip-paintbrunch from 1 to 4 p.m. for $40. Food, unlimited mimosas and sangria, live music and painting. eventbrite.com.
The Charles, 161 Main St. in Wethersfield, offers a threecourse Mother’s Day meal, with complimentary mimosas for moms, from 10 a.m. to 76 p.m. for $65, $30 for younger than 15. Entrees include chicken, prime rib, salmon, shrimp, lamb, swordfish, filet mignon and mushroom and truffle pasta. Appetizers include eggs benedict, seafood assiette, antipasto, salads, tuna tartare, crab cake, lobster bisque, avocado toast and deviled eggs. Desserts are carrot cake, crème caramel, white chocolate cheesecake, frozen macchiato pie, mixed berry shortcake and affogato. thecharlesct.com.
Artisan, 1 Memorial Road in West Hartford, has a Mother’s Day prix fixe meal from noon to 7 p.m., $85, $45 ages 12 and younger, kiddie menu $12. Appetizers are lobster bisque, oysters, field greens, beets and goat cheese, shrimp cocktail, prosciutto and melon, tomato caprese and Arctic char. Entrees are ricotta gnocchi primavera, lobster, halibut, sea scallops, salmon, chicken, duck and filet mignon. Desserts included. artisanwesthartford.com/menus/ mother-s-day.
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, 2513 Berlin Turnpike in Newington, has a three-course Mother’s Day menu from May 6 to 8, starting at $57. Entrees are steak and shrimp, steak and lobster and twin tail entrée. Veuve Clicquot champagne available by the glass. ruthschris.com/promotions/mothers-day-at-ruths/.
La Notte Waterside Grille,
1936 Blue Hills Ave. Ext. in Windsor, has a Mother’s Day buffet from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., for $38.95, children $25.95. Breakfast favorites, pork loin, roast beef, scrod, stuffed chicken, eggplant rollatini, pasta, shrimp cocktail, vegetables, salad, desserts. facebook.com/ Lanottewg.
Mill on the River, 989 Ellington Road in South Windsor, has a Mother’s Day dinner menu from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., for $49.95 a person. Entrees include prime rib, salmon, ham, shrimp and scallops, filet mignon, New York sirloin, redfish, rigatoni alla vodka, pork loin, shrimp scampi, leg of lamb, chicken cordon bleu, shrimp and vegetable ravioli. Desserts are tiramisu, cheesecake, apple strudel and chocolate mousse cake. A children’s menu is available for $19,95 a person. themillontheriver. com.
Market Grille, 110 Buckland Hills Drive in Manchester, has a Mother’s Day dinner for $44.95 a person, from
11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Entrees include prime rib, veal and shrimp, scallops, mahi mahi, filet mignon, pasta primavera, chicken picatta, salmon, lobster and shrimp, eggplant parmesan, pork chop and cod. Desserts are lemon berry cake, flourless chocolate cake and raspberry white chocolate cheesecake. marketgrillct. com/mothers-day/.
Millwright’s, 77 West St. in Simsbury has a three-course Mother’s Day meal starting at 5 p.m. $65, $30 kids. Entrees are ham, lobster and crab cake benedict, New York strip, lamb, mahi mahi, ricotta gnocchi and mushroom fettucine. Starters are salads, crab tostada, Hamachi, Ukrainian dumplings, foie gras, beef tartare and hummus. millwrightsrestaurant.com.