The menu is good ole club-house American hearty. Choices included:

• Roast duck with ginger orange sauce (Mark)
• Angus New York strip with sauteed onion and mushrooms (Joyce, Chay)
• Roast pork loin with herb bread stuffing and pork ale juice (Don, Deb T)
• Stuffed chicken parmesan over pasta ham and eggplant (Kerry)
• Butternut squash ravioli with cranberry maple cream sauce (Julie)
• Tri-colored tortellini rustico hot and sweet sausage with onions peppers and marinara (Deb K)

Consensus centered around average to good.

Dinners came with a sufficient greens salad.

One appetizer: Julie shared a Mac and Cheese Bites with the table.

Dessert saw two orders of Chocolate lava cake, with a dollop of ice cream, and a dollop of whipped cream. ‘Twas very good.

A couple coffees were also ordered.

Three beers, and a bottle of the house wine suffice for the libations, along with plenty of water.

The bill (split) came to $70 per couple, give or take $5, except for one $100 tab.

Our server (sorry, a rare instance of forgetting to ask name) was efficient, prompt, friendly, and a tribute to RVW.

Ambiance should be the view out of the wide bank of windows but approaching darkness allowed fifteen minutes of a dusky perspective. The eating area was expansive, with tables possibly set far enough apart for Covid concerns.

Topics around the table, and perhaps on the way there (Ks, Ts) included: news about the Quinns who capably substituted the Monteverd spots; a most unusual fall foliage season with a lot of green, not much color in the Freehold area, and lots of leaves off already; a nice start of October that was turning rainy; still thinking about that rake in the face; golf prowess or not so much; babysitting the grandchildren (only one couple eligible for that comment); a good cycling season so far; status of the Notar house in Florida; most of us vs non-vaxers, and some commentary; gardening and putting the beds to rest for the winter; vacation trips still in flux or delay; Deb T’s hair and going natural; the whereabouts of our other seven; the Notar trip to CA; the Teator trip to MA & VT; differences of states and mask mandates; earlier sunsets; setting dates for November and December; maybe a new furnace for the Teators on order; a new hot tub for Deb on order; pool closings; the Notars readying for Florida soon; wildlife in our backyards; house closings keeping Deb K busy; horse-riding in the mud; Kerry getting back to running; lack of grocery stores in Westport; Deb’s Sweeter Side and good business; and lots of other stuff.