The man called a waiter and told him to bring him a drink, and he also ordered a substantial dinner.
While the same menu runs all day long, one evening my companion and I craved more substantial dinner fare.
Free bruschetta rounds and bread baskets blanketed with warm strips of superior focaccia atop substantial dinner rolls greet guests.
He also does lots of "ribbon salads" at this time of year: shaved zucchini, yellow squash, beets, peaches and melon, with additions like nuts and cheeses, make light but substantial dinner salads.
We caught up with Gonzalo Trujillo, managing partner at Heron Capital, who has invested in a number of successful businesses, including Pieminster which provided a substantial dinner for The Pitch's attendees.
You can grab a quick summer meal of hot dogs, sandwiches (or their updated cousins, panini) and coleslaw, as I did one hot afternoon, or settle in for more substantial dinner fare, like prime rib, roast pork, osso buco or lobster pie.
Giorgia serves substantial dinners; they require an ending that is both light and restorative, which Mr. Panucci supplies: espresso or cappuccino and his house-made biscotti.
At a droll hour and a half, "Almost an Evening," which opened on Tuesday night in an Atlantic Theater Company production, whets the appetite for more substantial undertakings, like dinner after the show.
Substantial lunch and dinner crepes like the chicken pesto (boneless chicken breast topped with pesto and cheese, for $8.49), the chef's special (feta cheese, spinach, tomatoes and garlic, for $7.99) and the ratatouille (sautéed onions, zucchini, peppers and mushrooms, for $7.99) are served with a side of couscous and are big enough to share.
Thomas Love Peacock's Nightmare Abbey is definitely a full-scale novel, with a rich ensemble, entrelacement, subplots, two happy endings, a jilting and enough time for a substantial digression over the dinner table.
Ripe, deep-red strawberries and airy whipped cream, velvety textured though not especially rich Holy Moses cheesecake and warm home-baked apple pie, topped with a scattering of walnuts, escorted by a drift of whipped cream and crowned with vanilla ice cream, concluded this substantial, satisfying, value-packed dinner.
