Dining 10.19.23

Brooks BBQ comes to town Saturday, October 28th . Don’t miss the opportunity to taste the famous flavors that Brooks is known for. This is a to go fundraiser and pre ordering is required. Hours are 3-6 pm.Complete chicken dinners are $15. Pre- ordering can be done by emailing our special email address as follows: BROOKSBBQ32

@GMAIL.COM or calling 518-477-5533. Please leave first and last name as well as phone number. Our firehouse is located at 1553 Schodack Valley Rd. Castleton NY 12033. We hope to see you there.

East Greenbush VFW Post 7338 is having a Roast Beef dinner from 4pm to 7pm on 11/11/23 followed by a Veterans Day Candlelight Vigil starting at 7pm. Take out dinners start at 4pm, dine in dinners start at 5pm. Charge for adult dinner is $17.50 each; childrens dinner is $9 each. There will be a 50/50 raffle and a bake sale with sweets. Candlelight Vigil will start 7pm. Join us for coffee and cake afterwards.

The Election Eve tradition continues. The Annual Italian Community Center (ICC) Spaghetti & Meatball Supper to benefit the ICC Soup Kitchen, Street Warriors, Troy Youth Association Inc. (CYO) and the Father Harry Scholarship at LaSalle Institute will be held on Monday, November 6, 2023, from 3 – 7 pm at the Italian Community Center, 1450 5th Avenue, Troy NY.

The dinner event will be Eat In or Take Out and includes Spaghetti & Meatballs, Salad, Bread and Dessert. Cost is a $15 donation and $5 for children. No pre-ordering needed. Thank you as always for supporting this tradition and the Soup Kitchen at the ICC.

Sunday, November 11/12/2023 Noon until 2:00 PM, free to all veterans and their families at 665 Brunswick Rd. (Rt. 2 Eagle Mills). For more information please call Frank @ 518 258-2178 or Mike @ 518 286-1645.

Saturday, November 4th. Take-out, Drive Thru Pick-up 4pm-6pm. Reservation Recommended, 518-653-5141. $15 per Dinner.

The Castleton-Schodack Kiwanis Club will be firing up the grill and selling our famous Chicken BBQ dinners on Sunday, October 22nd. This is one of our largest fundraisers; the proceeds stay here in our community, helping to improve the lives of local children. The cost of the dinners is $12 each, and each meal includes a half chicken, baked potato and coleslaw. Dinners can be picked up between 12 & 4pm via a drive-through format behind the Castleton Fire Company, at 11 Green Ave in Castleton.

To pre-order your dinner (strongly encouraged), you can call (518) 364-1965 or email castletonkiwanis@nullgmail.com by October 21st. Also, the Maple Hill Jr/Sr HS Key Club will be holding a bake sale, so you can satisfy that sweet tooth!

Brunswick Elk’s Lodge #2556 is hosting a Sauer Braten Dinner on 10/20/23. To include mashed potatoes, red cabbage, roll and dessert. Eat in or take out $15.00. Starts at 5:30-7:30. Reservations call Theresa at 518-898-1224.

We owe apologies to the many folks who were turned away last month. Our pizza crew keeps track of past sales from prior years and by far last month was the busiest October ever. We will be sure to prepare even more fresh Prinzo’ s doughs so we don’t turn away our valued neighbors who support our fund raiser. This month’s pizza and wings night is Saturday October 21st from 4 to 7 pm. Please call 477-4215 for takeout orders. As usual, we have plenty of eat in seating available for your whole crew. We also serve mozzarella sticks, bountiful antipastos and garden salads.As always we have a large selection of beverages for all ages. This month’s special pie is buffalo chicken . The Schodack Valley Volunteer Fire Company is located at 1553 Schodack Valley Rd. Castleton NY.

Come to a great, all you can eat, spaghetti dinner sponsored by the Knights of Columbus at St. Henry’s Church on Old Route 66 on Saturday, October 21st. Will be serving dinner from 4:30pm to 6:30pm. Price of the dinner is $10 for adults, $6 for children under 12 or $25 per family (2 adults with children). We will be serving spaghetti, meatballs, salad, bread, dessert & beverages. Take-out meals are also available, just stop by no reservations necessary. Come and join us for a great time. For more information, call (518) 322-9583. Thank you for your support, the proceeds help the Knights of Columbus to provide assistants to many charitable programs.

This November 7th Elect to EAT!! The Center Brunswick United Methodist Church will be offering a Homemade Soup & Sandwich Luncheon on Tuesday, November 7, 2023 from 11:30AM – 1:00PM at the CBUMC located at 990 Hoosick Road; Troy, NY 12180.

Cast your Vote for all your Favorites:

SOUP CHOICES: New England Clam Chowder, Pasta Fagioli. SANDWICH CHOICES: (Comes with Chips & Pickle) Baked Ham & Cheese, Tuna Salad. DESSERT CHOICES: Apple Pie, Pecan Pie. BEVERAGE CHOICES: Coffee, Water. All items are Ala Carte.

Please call Sheryl with any questions at 518.469.7692. We appreciate your VOTE!

The members of American Legion Post 1489 in Wynantskill invite you to our 7th annual roast beef dinner on Saturday, November 4th from 3-7pm at 111 Main Ave.

For $17, dinner will include roast beef and gravy, mashed potato, green beans, roll and cake. This is a take-out/dine-in event. Seating is limited and available by reservation only. Pre-sale is recommended as this sells out every year. Call 518-227-7438 to make your reservation.

All proceeds to benefit the laying of wreaths on veterans’ graves at Saratoga National Cemetery on Saturday, December 16th. We look forward to seeing you and thank you for your support!

Gilead Lutheran Church will have a Manhattan Clam Chowder sale Saturday, November 4th . The cost for chowder this year will be $ 10.00 for a quart and $ 5.00 for a pint. Pick up will be Saturday the 4th from 1:00 to 2:30 or call for other arrangements. Please order your Chowder by contacting the Shanahans, (518-279-9552) by Thursday, November 2nd.

Lansingburgh Historical Society invites you to a buffet dinner and talk by our trustee and local historian, Michael Barrett, on Thursday, Nov, 2 at the Veterans of Lansingburgh, 777 First Ave., Troy.

Dinner begins at 5:30 PM. Michael will speak at 7:00 PM on the industries that made Lansingburgh and Troy players in world markets. The cost per person is $35. Call John and Mary Ellen Ward at 518-885-4295 with your name and no. of reservations. Mail your check TODAY to Lansingburgh Historical Society, P.O. Box 219, Troy, NY 12182, so we receive your payment by Oct. 23. Come enjoy delicious food, the charm and knowledge of our entertaining speaker, and raffles, too!

Hope’s Kitchen, a ministry of Hope Lutheran Church and Cornerstone Community Church of Lansingburgh, is serving a free sit-down or take-out community dinner at Cornerstone Community Church, 570 3rd Avenue in Troy on Thursday, November 2nd. Dinner will be served from 3:00-5:30 PM.

On the menu: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, corn, rolls and butter, and chocolate pudding for dessert. Coffee, tea, iced tea, and lemonade is served for those eating in. Reservations are a must, as we need to know how much food to purchase and prepare. Free Will donations are greatly appreciated to help offset the cost of the dinners.

Reservations must be in by Friday, October 27. Please call (518) 235-3851. State your name, phone number, number of dinners needed for eat-in or take-out and the time you will be coming in to sit down to eat or to pick up your take-out meal(s).

HEAR YE, HEAR YE! The Lord and Lady of Greenbush Manor invite you as their honored guests for an evening of Merriment, Feasting and Song to lighten your hearts for the Christmas Season and year long. Join us in Our Great Hall at The First United Methodist Church of East Greenbush, 1 Gilligan Road. Friday, December 8th at 7pm and Saturday, December 9th at 6pm. (Weather reschedule will be Sunday December 10th at 5pm).

Guests will enjoy Wassail (mulled cider), Roast Beef and gravy, potatoes, and vegetables as well as Trifle, tea and coffee. Guests are invited to dress in period costumes to honor their hosts this eve. This is a fund-raising event held very infrequently so don’t miss this opportunity!

Reservations are required. Please call the church at 518-477-9693 or Sharon Wheeler at 407-718-7707. Tickets for this dinner theater event is $40. Let us know if you have dietary restrictions when making reservations. For those who cannot attend, consider paying it forward in the spirit of Christmas for those who are less fortunate. Follow us on Facebook: Madrigal Dinner Show 2023 FUMC.

The Melrose United Methodist Church (located at 20 Church Street, Melrose, NY 12121) will hold an Election Day Ham Dinner on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. Take outs start at 4:30pm. Dine-in seating is from 5:00pm to 6:30pm. Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for children ages 5 to 12, and free for children under 5.

Google says it’s very difficult to keep up with the number of famous people becoming vegetarians. Here are some of the long ago famous vegetarians: Pythagoras, Alexander of Egypt, Leonardo Davinci, Saint Anthony, Gandhi, John Harvey Kellogg, Leo Tolstoy, Marie Shelley, Franz, George Bernard Shaw, Albert Schwetzer and a billionare with a long name I could not comprehend.

Google Glendora Folsom Buell.

Jokes:

-A man went on a diet, eating only coconuts and bananas. He didn’t lose any weight, but you ought to see him climb trees.

-Paul brags that her son is going to grow up to be a doctor. He is already collecting old magazines.

-The doctor said, “You take one of those pills every day, you walk a mile every day, then you call me at the end of the month.” At the end of the month, the patient said, “Hey doc, what do I do now? I’m out of pills and thirty miles from home.”