When I think “Monday,” I get real hungry. Because Monday is “Prime Rib Night,” as people call it, at Mortimer’s.
Well, now I can get real hungry when I think “Tuesday” because Tuesday is now another Prime Rib Night at 590 North Perkins Road. That’s an extra evening for customers to enjoy the restaurant’s succulent prime rib special.
I was in Mortimer’s recently and ordered the prime rib medium rare because I wanted a certain shade of pink. To me, there are few things as delicious as prime rib paired with horseradish. So, I dipped just about every bite of meat into my little cup of horseradish.
I also ordered a baked potato — because I think you just have to order a baked potato slathered with butter when you order prime rib. Everything was delicious.
I think my first prime rib dinner was at the old Fred Gang’s Meat Market restaurant on Airways Boulevard. I remember being taken there for dinner on my 30th birthday as a ruse. My surprise party was at the old Bombay Bicycle Shop. My date wanted me to think she was just taking me to dinner and then we’d stop by Bombay afterwards for drinks. But we arrived late to Bombay. Like about an hour. I still remember the bored faces of the party guests when we walked in. I blame it on the prime rib lingered over it at Fred Gang’s.
For many years, you could get a prime rib sandwich as a special on Wednesdays at Mortimer’s. I took the meat off the bread and ate it just like I would on a Monday night.
I asked the extremely popular bartender Mark Esterman why Mortimer’s added another prime rib dinner night. “The reason was Mondays were so crazy busy,” he says, adding Tuesdays were kind of slow. “We were trying to figure out something else to make Tuesdays and other days busier.”
They added prime rib on Tuesday about seven weeks ago. “And the price doesn’t hurt,” Esterman adds. The prime rib comes with a side and salad for $27.99.
And, I was happy to hear, I can still get that prime rib sandwich again on Wednesday “…if we have anything left on Wednesday,” Esterman says. “Last week, there wasn’t anything left. The week before there was enough for six sandwiches.”
As for a new Wednesday night special, Esterman says, “We’re talking about possibly doing a lobster roll on Wednesdays. That’s just one idea we have for Wednesdays.”
I’ve had one lobster roll in my life. That was after a trip to Maine for a wedding. I ordered one at the airport so I could say I tried one. If they start selling those at Mortimer’s, that’s going to be a good reason for me to get real hungry when I think “Wednesday,” too.
