LOCATED WITHIN THE DOUBLETREE Fallsview Resort and Spa, Buchanans opened in 2004 and offers an approachable fine dining atmosphere. While lush carpets warm your feet and rich drapes frame elegant windows that pour light onto the tables, Buchanans is a place where you can feel comfortable on a special occasion or for a family dinner. ?I want guests to feel very comfortable here, I want people to be able to ask what a certain ingredient is, if they don?t know, and not feel embarrassed,? said dining room and banquet manager Monica Orcutt. She promises that guests coming to Buchanans will find a casual environment with excellent food and excellent service that is sure to offer the best atmosphere for an intimate dining experience with a far better value than many other locations. As a chophouse, the classic menu is full of favourites like pan-roasted beef tenderloin fillet with a shallot, porcini and Madeira wine reduction; and rack of lamb with cracked pepper and prune sauce. ?The portion size is more than satisfying, very few people finish the whole rack of lamb,? she said. The innovation of chef Roddy Fenner and his team along with the bounty of the Niagara region also come together at dinner time to form the Market Menu. This menu changes with the seasons, in order to allow the chef to express his creativity and design new favourites. The spring menu includes penne

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Buchanans chophouse:

Niagara?s Best Kept Secret

For casual fine dining connoisseurs who think they may have exhausted all the quality cuisine this region has to offer, come discover one of Niagara?s best kept dining secrets at Buchanans Chophouse. pasta with baked coconut shrimp in a curried apricot sauce; tempura battered seafood in a sweet potato basket with hoisin lime sauce and roasted venison loin stuffed with sour cherries, hazelnuts and wild rice in a dark chocolate and licorice root game sauce. ?It?s interesting and fresh because we can change a few items without revamping the whole menu, it allows the chef a good degree of creativity,? said Orcutt, ?it adds a nice variety and it gets everyone excited and engaged.? Another exciting new addition to Buchanans food and drink repertoire is the ?Savour Niagara Flavours Menu? with $5 appetizers and $5 Niagara wines by the glass.?We?re really thrilled about this, it?s offered in addition to lunch and dinner, or at the bar in the evening while you?re listening to music and having a drink,? she said. ?It allows us to offer a greater variety of Niagara VQA wine by the glass from the smaller wineries that we might not be able to include on the wine list.? The restaurant is open for lunch at 11:30 a.m. and stays open, with dinner starting to be served at 4:30 p.m. With live entertainment by local performers taking place on select Friday and Saturday evenings, Buchanans is poised to quickly become a Niagara hotspot. ?We?re one of the best kept secrets in Niagara Falls, but we?d like to see that change, we?d like our secret to get out.? ? Buchanans chophouse ? 6022 Stanley Ave. (Doubletree Resort) ? Niagara Falls, ON ? 905.353.4111 ? www.niagarafallsdoubletree.com May / June 2010 ? niagaramag.ca 73

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