Fondue Feast

What a night! The Upstairs Fondue and Wine hosted “An Evening with Lisa Rendall”  October 14th to raise money for the C95 Radio Marathon for Breast Cancer Research.  We had so much fun and enjoyed incredible food….we had a full course fondue dinner (includes appetizer, cheese fondue, main course, & chocolate fondue!) and were stuffed by the end of the evening. The full course starts with a choice from a couple of salads and a couple of home-made soups (I had the mushroom…it was awesome!). Then came the “cheese fondue” with things to dip like bread, apple chunks, broccoli, cauliflower & mushrooms. The six people at our table chose Swiss, Bacon Cheddar, and the vegan option (which was very tasty and excellent!). Next we chose the HOT ROCK option for our main course. They heat granite slabs so they are about 350 degrees when they reach your table. You put butter on the slab, put on your meat and start cookin’. You choose from 2 different meats and 1 vegetable (per person). I had chicken and elk. Others had beef, shrimp, scallops & duck to name a few options. There were 5 or 6 different dips to dip your meat in after cooking it. We also grilled our veggies when we had room to squeeze them in (plus there were fully cooked potatoes on the plate!). And the BEST course (for a chocoholic like me) was the final one. We had FOUR different kinds of chocolate we chose at our table: peanut butter chocolate, raspberry white chocolate, milk chocolate, and Turtles! Dippers for this included strawberries, banana, pretzels, pineapple & rice krispie squares. Me and another Lisa practically licked the leftovers out of the chocolate bowls!! GIVE THIS RESTAURANT A TRY - YOU’LL LOVE IT! The Upstairs Fondue and Wine – Corner of 8th and Broadway or call 955-6118. They open at 5. Best to make reservations on weekends. A wonderful place to go if there’s 4 or 6 of you and then you get to try a lot of different things. And don’t be embarrassed to ask for a spoon to get the last of the chocolate out of the bowl - that’s what I did!