by Nikki M. MascaliStaff Writer
MENU ON THE MOON
Luna (41 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre) has a new menu, as Lorenzo Medico, who owns the bar/nightclub with Patrick Son, told Dish last week. Luna’s chef is Jeffery Bynon.
“We made it a little more conducive to the environment we’re in,” said Medico, who devised the menu with Niccole Trzaska. “The original menu didn’t have fried items on it, and we had a big demand for that, but we do them with a little bit of a twist.”
New items include sweet potato fries with brown sugar honey marmalade, seasoned curly fries with sweet paprika and “spice dust,” chicken popcorn bites with homemade spicy mayo and a Cuban wedge sandwich made with pork or ham, Swiss cheese and a Cuban mojo sauce.
The dessert menu has new features, ones reminiscent of childhood: s’mores, cotton candy and milk and cookies, made with Blue Chip Gourmet — owned by former WB/S Penguin Dennis Bonvie — cookies served warm, topped with cinnamon powdered sugar and served with a glass of milk infused with mint.
For more info, call 570.970.5862 or visit www.lunadowntown.com.
WINE & DINE
Cafe Olivia (204 Broad St., Pittston) will host a 6-Course Fine Food and Wine Tasting Event Friday May 1 at 6 p.m. Cost is $75 and includes select Italian wines, Maine diver scallops, veal tenderloin, chocolate m�nage a trios and more. For more info, call 570.883.7150.
$5 FRIDAY’S
For a limited time, T.G.I. Friday’s will offer a wide assortment of full-sized portion salads and sandwiches for $5 at nearly 600 locations across the country, including those in Wilkes-Barre and Dickson City. The deal, available through May 31, includes Strawberry Fields Salad, Jack Daniel’s Chicken Sandwich, Thai Chicken Wrap and 13 others. All sandwiches come with a choice of fries, home-style potato chips or side salad with choice of dressing.
“This is an incredible opportunity for our guests to try the mouth-watering flavors of Friday’s new sandwiches and salads,” said Jeffrey Metz, president, The Metz Group, a T.G.I. Friday’s franchisee in a press release.
For more info, visit www.fridays.com.
SEX AND THE NORTH END
It’s Sex and the City night Thursday, April 30 at Cork Bar & Restaurant (463 Madison St., Wilkes-Barre). Naturally, the evening will consist of martinis plus jewelry from Outrageous and more. Cost is $20 and includes two martinis and munchies. You can bet I’ll be there channeling my inner Carrie in my highest heels.
LUNCHING AT THE ’TECA
Don’t know why, but sometimes the only thing that can remedy a very late night is a Lunch Special No. 8 from La Tolteca in Wilkes-Barre the next day — especially when the chicken quesadilla and two beef tacos is accompanied by a basket of tortilla chips with the ’Teca’s zippy salsa and secret white ranch-y sauce. Thank you, La Tolteca, for making me feel human again.
DISCOVERING DOMINICK’S
This weekend, I ate at Dominick’s Caf� (20 School St., Plains). Not only did I have an awesome Manhattan, but the jumbo fried shrimp with stuffed with crabmeat was to die for.
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