The Dish du Jour

Come celebrate this Father’s Day, Sunday, June 15! We here at Rocky Top have decided to cook up a few special dishes with Dad in mind. You can visit any of our restaurants and choose from our regular menu, or you can try one of our Father’s Day Specials.

We’ll be hosting a Father’s Day brunch at Twisted Fork, Michael Dean’s and Bogart’s – just in case you didn’t get enough on Mother’s Day! Also, Bogart’s and Twisted Fork will be offering new and very delicious steak options, while Michael Dean’s will have unparalleled seafood choices. Don’t forget – 1705Prime’s famous Lobster Fingers and unsurpassed Prime Cap & Ribeye Filet are available at Bogart’s!

If brunch, steak and seafood do not sound right for your Dad, try our Spanish tapas at The Red Room. Hi5 has $5 meals and a billion televisions – need we say more? And just in case none of that is enough, don’t forget our handcrafted Mash House beer – available at all locations!

We believe there’s no better way to celebrate Father’s Day than to treat Dad to his favorite meal: one he didn’t cook. Visit any Rocky Top restaurant website and make reservations today. Large parties are welcome!

As many of you may already know, and I am proud to say, Rocky Top Hospitality is expanding so rapidly that we're running out of space! We realized, when trying to find the perfect location for our new catering facility, that we already had it - 1705PRIME is now 1705 Catering & Events. Because of the overwhelming demand for the restaurant's private space, 1705 will now be exclusively used as a catering facility.

We're hoping that expanding our catering facilities will help us to better serve you, our customers. 1705 Catering & Events is yet another way for us to create an unforgettable experience for you and your guests.

We wish to thank all of the customers who dined with us at 1705PRIME in the past year. and no worries 1705PRIME fans - some of the restaurant's most popular menu items can be found at other locations! Bogart's is offering the prime cap, lyonnaise sweet potatoes and more!

Stay tuned for another new concept, and more ways to escape the ordinary!

Restaurant Savoy-

I wanted to tell you all about a great dining experience that several friends and I had at Savoy this past weekend. Savoy is owned by 2 brothers who were both chefs for Rocky Top. Pete Gibson was a chef at the red room and Marshall Smith was with me for nearly 8 years, mostly as the chef at Michael Dean's. We had a party of 10 and all of us thoroughly enjoyed our meals. The scallop entrée, Nicoise salad and duck were the big hits. The Tia Maria cake we had for dessert came from  Twisted Fork. It was made by Richard Smith (you guessed it: Marshall and Pete's dad!) and was amazing! The service was prompt and the restaurant was polished clean, a big sticking point for me.

iI am a huge advocate of promoting local businesses, especially restaurants. I would rather spend my hard-earned money with a neighbor as opposed to some guys from Cleveland!

Savoy is located at 7713-39 Lead Mine Road, right in the heart of North Raleigh. Make a reservation--I feel sure word will get out soon about these guys!

We have decided to run a special this weekend only at 1705PRIME on our signature prime cap. The prime cap is a cut which comes from the rib eye and is probably the tenderest and most flavorful steak you will ever eat. This steak appeals to all steak eaters as it is more flavorful than a ribeye and you can cut it without a knife!

The chefs have cut 40 of these steaks for this weekend. We have decided to offer them packaged as follows-

1. Choice of and soup or salad on our menu
2. A prime cap cooked to your liking paired with scallops, shrimp or a jumbo crab cake.
3. Any side dish
4. Any dessert
5. For only $40.
6. The special is for 1 person, no sharing! (You won't want to share anyway!)

Please call ahead to reserve as these will sell out quickly!

If you've ever eaten one of our great steaks at 1705PRIME and wanted to know some tricks of the trade, we are hosting a Steakhouse Classics cooking class at the Red Room Tapas Lounge on Feb. 23 from noon - 2 p.m. 

Rocky Top's Executive Chef Todd Ohle will teach you butchering techniques, as well as how to properly clean and cut different cuts of meat.  He will also teach you the quality identifiers to look for when purchasing meat from a local butcher and offer a tasting of all different grades of meat, including 1705PRIME's in-house dry-aged beef. Todd will also show you how to prepare his signature dishes such as his lyonnaise sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, and classic asparagus with hollandaise sauce.

As a thank you for taking our course, you will receive a take-home bag that will include a steak dinner for two and a paired bottle of wine. Also, 10 percent of all proceeds from all of our cooking classes are donated to the American Heart Association.

We look forward to seeing you and sharing some of our steakhouse secrets!