Posted on Fri, Jun. 12, 2009

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ON THE SIDE

Three dishes at Little Monk's

Little Monk's is a new fast-and-casual Asian restaurant that opened Thursday at 4734 S. Broadway and features dine-in or carry-out options. It specializes in various styles of stir-fry dishes and allows the customer to choose the protein. Chicken, beef, pork and veggie dishes are $4.99 or less. Shrimp is $5.99. The restaurant is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily for now but may expand hours soon. Among the signature dishes on the inexpensive menu:

1. Island curry: Made with zesty coconut curry sauce, celery, broccoli, carrots, zucchini and choice of protein.

2. Lil' Monk's special: A combination of orange sauce, broccoli, celery, snow peas and carrots.

3. Peanut: Made with smooth peanut sauce, celery, broccoli, carrots and zucchini.

4. Spicy garlic: Made with spicy garlic sauce, zucchini, onions, mushrooms and carrots.

A GOOD DEAL

Four Pizza Hut restaurants are offering a lunch deal that will appeal to buffet fans. For $5.99, customers can indulge in all the pizza and salad they can eat, but instead of customers visiting a buffet line, servers roam the dining room offering salad refills and slices of fresh-from-the-oven pizza. The deal is offered from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at the Pizza Hut Italian Bistro stores at 350 S. Ridge Road and 11747 E. Kellogg. It's also offered at the Pizza Huts at 550 N. West St. and 8977 W. Central. Managers also are thinking of adding it to the store at 333 E. 47th St. South.

QUICK BITES

Old Town tearoom

Tea lovers and ladies who lunch have a new-ish option in Old Town. Nanny's Niche, the consignment and gift shop at 125 N. Rock Island, recently opened a tearoom that serves lunch, desserts and teas from noon to 4 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Operated by Irene Nielsen, the longtime owner of a popular Lindsborg tearoom, the tearoom is available for high teas and private parties by reservation. The always-changing menu includes items such as chicken salad and apple cake with butter sauce. Call 316-262-3195 for reservations or more information.

Bourbon Street on Seneca

Bourbon Street Sports Bar and Grill is the new business inside 3863 S. Seneca, the spot that formerly housed Cy's Bar & Grill. It's an adults-only sort of place that allows smoking and features an inexpensive bar menu with gigantic portions of steak, chicken-fried steak, burgers and more. It's open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Call 316-425-3733 for more information.

Village Inn upgrade

The Village Inn at 7020 W. Central is closed until 6 a.m. Saturday as it undergoes an extensive remodeling that will include $250,000 worth of new carpet, wallpaper and paint, a new color palette and wireless Internet and flat-screen TVs.

Denise Neil

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