Camille’s Sidewalk Café tests dinner itemsCamille’s Sidewalk Café tests dinner items

Ron Ruggless

TULSA Okla. Camille’s Sidewalk Café is testing six dinner entrées at a unit in its headquarters city of Tulsa, with the possibility of rolling them out to the chain’s more than 100 locations nationwide.

The new items, offered after 5 p.m., include a pork chop with garlic-fig sauce, grilled salmon with dilled butter, roasted vegetable salad, Santa Fe pasta salad, pasta Roma parmesan and poblano pasta primavera. Prices range from between $6.49 and $9.99, the company said Monday.

“These fresh menu values are the perfect choice for people wanting a hot and delicious, sit-down and relax-type meal,” said David Rutkauskas, president and chief executive of Beautiful Brands International, which franchises the Camille’s concept. “By adding this option to our menu, we’re answering a huge demand we’re hearing from our customers for quality ‘knife and fork’ meals without the premium costs.”

The new entrée items include:

— Seared pork chop with garlic-fig sauce and Southern grits with roasted vegetables or side salad, $9.99

— Grilled salmon with dilled butter sauce and wild rice with roasted vegetables, $9.99.

— Roasted vegetable salad with seasoned zucchini, summer squash, asparagus, red peppers and onions, $6.49.

— Santa Fe bowtie pasta salad with roasted vegetables, black beans and a Southwest chipotle dressing, served chilled over greens, $6.49.

— Penne pasta Roma parmesan baked with a sun-dried tomato cream sauce and served with a garlic breadstick, $6.99.

— Poblano pasta primavera baked with a cream sauce and roasted vegetables and served with a garlic breadstick, $6.99.

Camille’s, which has more than 100 units in the United States and 18 abroad, is one of nine concepts marketed by Beautiful Brands International. The others are: Coney Beach, Rex Chicken, Caz’s Chowhouse, FreshBerry Frozen Yogurt Café, Greenz, Kyro Pizza, Dixie Cream Donuts and The Crusty Croissant.

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