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Friday, October 31st, 2025
A Complimentary Cocktail &
Hors’-d’œuvres Hour – 6:30 to 7:30 pm
Dinner & Dancing 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
The Halloween Party
We held our first Halloween Party more than 28 years ago and it was such a huge success that we have continued holding this event on the Friday Night before Halloween ever since. This year the Party will be held Friday, October 31st, 2025 starting at 6:30pm. Of course costumes are mandatory and in the past have featured political satire, current events, pirates, athletic teams and more, no costume is too outrageous.
The Halloween Party features Live Entertainment with the dance band “56 Daze” a Classic Alternative and Modern Rock cover band based in Toledo, Ohio.
The 6:30pm to 7:30pm a complimentary cocktail hour features seasonal libations from our award winning bartenders as well as passed hors d’oeuvres prepared by Chef John D’Amico and his staff.
7:30pm to 10:30pm Dinner & Dancing
Between dancing we will serve a five-course fall menu featuring Chef John D’amico’s baby pie pumpkin filled with puréed pumpkin soup. Each course will be complimented with a glass of wine.
Cream of Erie County Pumpkin Soup, Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
A baby pie pumpkin filled with puréed pumpkin soup, with Vermont crème fraîche, topped with toasted pumpkin seeds, pumpkin seed oil, and nutmeg.
Alsace Blanc “Complantation”, Domaine Marcel Deiss, Alsace, France, 2021
A gorgeously complex and mineral co-planted field blend from one of the masters of Alsace. The wine shows pure and fresh aromas/ flavors of Meyer lemon, seductive spices, nectarine, and fresh citrus fruits. A blend of Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc and Riesling.
Maine Lobster Quiche, Truffle Hollandaise
A flaky pie crust, savory custard, Maine lobster, Gruyère cheese, with hollandaise sauce and summer truffles.
Saint-Véran , Joseph Drouhin, Burgundy, France, 2023
Grilled Filet & Duck Confit, Red Wine Glace de Viande
Filet mignon, duck confit, wild mushroom risotto and a jardinière of root vegetables, fall squash.
Proprietary Red “Scouts Honor”, Venge Vineyards, Napa Valley, California, 2022
Or
Filet de Flétan, Croûte d’herbes de Marinade de tomates et d’olives, sauce au beurre de citron et câpres
North Atlantic Halibut filet, sautéed, with tomato herb crust. Served over grilled artichoke hearts, fingerling potatoes, and roasted tomatoes, sauced with a caper lemon herb butter sauce.
White Chocolate Mousse Torte
A rich white génoise cake filled with white chocolate mousse topped with Chantilly cream icing, finished with a huckleberry sauce.
Vi de Visciola “Cherry” Fortified Wine, Vignamato, Marché, Italy, NV
$165/Per Guest
Tax and gratuity not included.
All pricing reflects a cash & check payment. A 2.95% non-cash/check adjustment is included in all other forms of payment
Trip Advisor
Halloween is an annual celebration, but just what does it actually celebrate, and how did this peculiar custom originate? Is it, as some claim, a kind of demon worship, or is it just a harmless vestige of some ancient pagan ritual?
The word “Halloween” actually has its origins in the Catholic Church. It comes from a contracted corruption of All Hallows Eve. November 1, “All Hallows Day” (or “All Saints Day”), is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints. But, in the 5th century BC, in Celtic Ireland, summer officially ended on October 31. This holiday was called Samhain (sow-en), the Celtic New Year.
One story purports that, on this day, the disembodied spirits of all who had died throughout the preceding year would come back in search of living bodies to possess for the next year…it was believed to be their only hope for the afterlife. The Celts believed all laws of space and time were suspended during this time, allowing the spirit world to intermingle with the living.
Naturally, the still-living did not want to be possessed. So on the night of October 31, villagers would extinguish the fires in their homes to make them cold and undesirable. They would then dress up in all manner of ghoulish costumes and noisily parade around the neighborhood, being as destructive as possible in order to frighten away spirits looking for bodies to possess.
The custom of trick-or-treating is thought to have originated not with the Irish Celts, but with a 9th century European custom called “souling.” On November 2, All Souls Day, early Christians would walk from village to village begging for “soul cakes,” made out of square pieces of bread with currants. The more soul cakes the beggars would receive, the more prayers they would promise to say on behalf of the dead relatives of the donors. At the time, it was believed that the dead remained in limbo for a time after death, and that prayer, even by strangers, could expedite a soul’s passage to heaven. Although some cults may have adopted Halloween as their favorite “holiday,” the day itself did not grow out of evil practices. It grew out of the rituals of Celts celebrating a new year, and out of Medieval prayer rituals of Europeans. And today, even many churches have Halloween parties or pumpkin carving events for the kids. After all, the day itself is only as evil as one cares to make it.