Update: Sample Menu of Grassroots in Scottsdale

The AZFoodDude first reported on Grassroots here and has now seen a preliminary menu and can give you an idea as to what's on it, including appetizers, soups and salads, sandwiches, a selection of dishes from sea, air and land, as well as desserts.  The following will be a sample list of items for each category as the actual menu has many more to choose from...

Appetizers (portioned for sharing):

• Home-Made Smoked Salmon ($10) - Chilled Scottish Salmon, soft toast, capers, red onions, remoulade.
• Baked Oyster Rockefeller ($11) - Creamed spinach, Parmesan bread crumbs, hollandaise, Louisiana Hot Sauce.
• Dad's Grocery Bag ($11) - Loaf of French bread, 3 cheeses & 3 cured meats, olives, nuts.

Soups & Salads:

• Wally Boy's Chili - $4/cup, $6/bowl, $8/bread bowl
• Creamy Clam Chowder - $4/cup, $6/bowl, $8/bread bowl
• Roasted Chicken Waldorf ($12) -Fuji apples, celery, radishes, cranberries, golden raising, grapefruit, red onions, toasted pecans, watercress, shaved asiago, mustard-yogurt dressing.
• Broiled Shrimp Louis ($14) -Hard boiled eggs, cherry tomatoes,red grapes, roasted corn, avocado, radishes, romaine, Louis dressing.
• Roquefort Wedge ($9) - Iceberg, sheep's bleu cheese, cherry tomatoes, diced red onions, crisp pork belly, bleu cheese dressing.
• Cobb ($11/$14) - Roasted chicken or Marinated filet, mixed greens, chopped egg, avocado, Nueske bacon, cherry tomatoes, English cucumber, Roquefort bleu cheese, balsamic vinaigrette.

Sandwiches:

• BBQ Brisket ($11) - Slow roasted brisket, slaw, asiago, red onions, sliced pickles, thin BBQ sauce, toasted brioche.
• Shrimp Po' Boy ($12) - "Dragged through the garden," remoulade, French baguette.

Sea, Air & Land:

• Cedar Plank Salmon ($17) - Raspberry chipotle butter, grilled asparagus, mushroom risotto
  
• Blackened Snapper ($19) - Drawn butter, dirty orzo, maple butternut squash.
  
• Spit Fire Rotisserie Chicken ($13) - Half chicken, dirty orzo, maple butternut squash.
• Duck Duo ($17) - Breast, leg, sage brown butter sauce, mushroom risotto, sauteed chard.
• Bone-In Veal Loin ($22) - Rich demi-glaze, bleu cheese smashed red potatoes, black beans & brown rice.
• Aged Prime Rib ($22) - Au jus, loaded baked potato, creamed spinach, available after 4pm.

Dessert:

• Sweet and Salty Bar ($6) - Almond crust, roasted & salted nuts, home-made chocolate, gooey marshmallow.
• Bubba's Oreo Cookie ($6) - creme de cocoa, vanilla bean ice cream.
• Pimms Cup ($6) - English gin, melon, cantaloupe, watermelong, red grapes, lemon cucumber.

UPDATE (12-16-11): Grassroots is now open.

Carl's Jr. Introduces Oreo Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich

Late last week, Carl's Jr. rolled out their newest dessert option, the new Oreo Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich.  From the press release:

Each OREO Ice Cream Sandwich is made by hand in the restaurant, featuring a scoop of vanilla ice cream placed between two large OREO cookie wafers and individually wrapped.

The Oreo Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich comes in at 250 calories, 11 grams of fat, 20 grams of sugar and has a suggested retail price of $1.49.  

Dairy Queen's Miracle Treat Day for Children (8/11)

Haven't had a Blizzard in a long time? Tomorrow, August 11, Dairy Queen will be celebrating its sixth annual Miracle Treat Day where,

$1 or more from every Blizzard^® Treat sold will be donated to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, a charity that raises funds for 170 children’s hospitals across the United States and Canada. All donations collected on Miracle Treat Day stay in the communities in which they are raised to support local kids at area Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

According to Dairy Queen, the featured Blizzard of the day will be the Oreo Blizzard. In addition, the Blizzard of the month is the Nutter Butter. Check out the many other Blizzards here.

Cinnabon's New Summer Treats

Until September 3rd, you will be able to get the new Creamy ReTreat at Cinnabon. The Creamy ReTreat is composed of "Oreo cookies, a hint of vanilla and ribbons of Ghirardelli chocolate sauce." The Creamy ReTreat is also being described as a "cream-based vanilla drink with the lighter texture of a shake...more like a smoothie."

Along with this, new at Cinnabon are three flavors of cream cheese frosting. The flavors are raspberry, orange and strawberry and they are recommended for many of Cinnabon's snack options.

The Creamy ReTreat and frosting flavors come in addition to Cinnabon's Tangy ReTreats and Fruity ReTreats which are described by NRN this way:

The Tangy ReTreat is a low-fat, dairy-free frozen blended lemonade, which is available in lemon, raspberry and orange-mango flavors and served with Cinnabon-flavored syrup swirls. The Fruity ReTreat is an existing line of fruit-puree blended beverages in strawberry, strawberry-banana and tropical blast flavors.

You can find your nearest Cinnabon here.