Cumin-Rubbed Salmon

Peaches 'n Cream Scallops

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April 24, 2010 - Along with spring there are a lot of things happening at the Frog Leg Inn! Below is a list of several points of interest ...

First of all, check out our new Spring hours! We have changed back to our Spring/Summer hours as of April 11th. We are still open from 5pm until 10pm Tuesday through Saturday, however we are now open 4 pm to 8 pm on Sunday as well. (Note: We are still closed Mondays.)

Also, plans are coming together for the Padio at the restaurant. What’s the Padio? It will be our new outside dining and entertainment area. We hope you are as excited as we are! We don’t have an opening date just yet as the weather is still doing crazy things. But you’ll be the first to know when this happens. The house band, The Idles (formerly Monroe’s Biggest Idols) will be making the Padio their new home every Thursday evening for live entertainment ... weather permitting! But come rain or shine they will still be playing on Thursdays for your entertainment. Call for reservations to get a front row seat for some great music!

February 25, 2010 - Frog Leg Inn Executive Chef Tad Cousino has joined up with Walden Media's Examiner.com to write on the organization's web site as Toledo French Food Examiner. "Having a history of specializing in French foods, I feel rather well-qualified to write in this area", said Chef Tad. "We're constantly developing classic and authentic-style dishes for the rustic French country setting of the Frog Leg Inn. From creating similar dishes for the home, and looking at the necessary French sauces that are handmade but are also of a consistently high quality, I'm looking forward to sharing a wealth of techniques, recipes, history and culture with my readers."

In 2010 the Frog Leg Inn in Erie, Michigan, will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of maintaining the name "Frog Leg Inn" as a number of various types of restaurant. The building was constructed in 1853 and is the oldest business in Erie. Over time the building has been a bawdy house, a speak-easy, a school, and a meat market, and was a regular stopping point for patrons such as the Licavoli gang. The Frog Leg Inn restaurant has received two five-star reviews in The Toledo Blade, as well as reviews in The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press. His wife Catherine, a native of France, is also a valuable resource in French cuisine as a culinary graduate of Ecole Hotelliere D’Orchies.

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Magret de Canard
Tender duck breast pan seared and served in port wine demiglace and pan drippings. Garnished with sautéed spinach and parsnip-infused mashed potatoes.

Chef Tad has started a food blog titled "A Chef's Journal, hosted right here at the restaurant's web site. In his first couple posts he discusses "The Economy and Restaurants" and updating the wine menu at the Frog Leg Inn. A sample reads as follows: "I met with one of my wine distributors today. It’s one of the pleasures we have in the restaurant business. This particular wine house sells what we consider ‘boutique wines’, which are out of the mainstream market. My wife and I have always tried to stay out of the mainstream. We offer that which others usually don’t offer. Today I sampled some very appealing wines, both in terms of taste as well as value. ... A traditional Riesling, called Wurzburger Stein Spatlese Troken, was unbelievable. It brought me back to a trip I took to Europe when I was sixteen ..."

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