Ciao from your local goodie, Panzanella! With a spectacular March Madness behind us, and our gardens begging to be weeded after all that rain, the refreshing flavors of spring from our local farms provide endless inspiration in the kitchen. Happy Easter! - Join us for Easter Brunch. Spring brings new items to our menus. Mark your calendars for the return of Panzanell's Wine Dinners, now with two menus to choose from: classic and vegetarian. Mike Tiano of Haw River Wine Man will guide us through a fresh look at the marvelous wines of Tuscany. Tickets go on sale on Friday, April 10, in Panzanella and Weaver Street Market in Carrboro. More Please join us at Panzanella for the Artists' Reception, Monday, April 20, 2009, 5:30 - 7:30 and vote for your favorite piece! More

Tuscan Wine Event Vote for Art

Easter Brunch New Menu Items

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Easter Brunch

Sunday, April 12 For Brunch, we'll be open for an additional hour, serving Easter Sunday Brunch from 10:30 am - 3 pm. The Easter Brunch Specials are: Shrimp and Grits with Mushroom Gravy, served with a salad of mixed greens $12.00 Baked Mac & Cheese, served with a salad of mixed greens $8.00 Yogurt Parfait, with fresh fruit, honey and granola $6.00 Our dinner hours on Easter Sunday are the regular Sunday dinner hours.

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New Menu Features

A new salad is available at both lunch and Sunday brunch - Salmon Nicoise Salad - with mixed greens, poached salmon, olives, roasted potatoes, capers, croutons, roasted garlic and balsamic vinaigrette. Also on both the lunch and brunch menus, the Grilled Chicken Panini gets a springtime makeover - now made with brie, pesto and green apple on focaccia. New Brunch Egg Dishes: Crab Cake Benedict - 2 poached eggs on 2 crab cakes, served on focaccia and topped with hollandaise, with your choice of skillet potatoes or grits. Salmon Scramble: three eggs scrambled with poached salmon, onions, cream cheese and basil served over sliced tomatoes, with toast and your choice of skillet potatoes or grits.

Tuscan Wine Event

Monday, May 4 7:00 - 9:30 pm Tickets available Friday, April 10 at Panzanella and WSM in Carrboro Join us for a tasting tour of one of Italy's most famous regions. Do you think Chianti when you think about this region? Well, don't stop there...Montalcino, Montepulciano, Montecucco, San Gimignano... These are a few of the great wine producing towns of Tuscany. This historical wine region boasts some of the most famous and well-regarded wines of the World. Tuscany has one of the most diverse groups of devoted drinkers from around the world. Are you ready to become one of them? We welcome Mike Tiano of the local wine distributor and importer, Haw River Wine Man, to take us on a wine tasting tour of this great Region. Plenty of delicious food will be served from the Panzanella kitchen to complement these wonderful wines. We're back with new and improved wine dinners; we'll start off with a generous glass of a tasty aperitif and then settle down with four courses and two ounces of tasty wine to complement each dish while our guest speaker guides you through the dinner. There are two menus to choose from, the classic tasting menu (which may include meat and/or seafood) or the vegetarian tasting menu (which may contain dairy). You'll choose one or the other at time of ticket purchase. We can accommodate people with food allergies with advance notice; please contact Paola at Panzanella at 929-6626. Tickets will be on sale starting April 10. The cost of this event is $45 per person; space is limited, so reserve early. Please pay in advance and pick up a ticket for this tasting at either Panzanella or the customer service desk at Weaver Street Market in Carrboro. Price of the ticket includes: • Start with 4 oz Aperitif wine • Four courses with four - 2 oz servings of wine to pair with each dish • Your choice of classic menu or vegetarian menu • Guided tasting tour from our guest speaker

Vote for Art

2009 Local Farms/Local Art Exhibit: An Art Exhibit Celebrating the 14th Annual Piedmont Farm Tour April 7 - June 7, 2009 Public Reception: Monday, April 20, 5:30-7:30 PM This spring, Panzanella and Weaver Street Market present the second annual Local Farms/Local Art Exhibit. The exhibit is divided between two venues this year, and features the work of 32 North Carolina artists. Working with watercolor, oil and acrylic painting, photography, fiber art and vegetable papyrus, these remarkable neighbors show their appreciation and support for local farming in a truly beautiful way. The exhibit will be displayed in Panzanella and the Hillsborough Weaver Street Market from April 7 through June 7, 2009. Vote for Art: People's Choice Awards From Thursday, April 9th through Sunday, April 19th, guests at Panzanella and at Weaver Street Market in Hillsborough will be invited to cast a ballot for their favorite piece in the show. The two artists in each location with the most votes will win gift certificates for use at any Weaver Street Market and Panzanella. Prizes will be awarded to the four winning "People's Choice" artists at the Artist Reception, April 20, 2009, 5:30-7:30. Panzanella artist receptions are great community events where you can meet the artists and other local art enthusiasts - fun, free, and open to the public. Delicious local food will be provided by Panzanella.