Brabo’s Introduces Early Evening Menu

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

“Early bird” specials may have been the bane of Jerry Seinfeld’s dining existence on his eponymous show, but he never ate at Robert Wiedmaier’s Brabo in Alexandria.

The restaurant is offering a three-course early dining menu from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for $38 per person. Even value minded diners like Jerry’s father, Morty, couldn’t pass up this thrifty-minded menu that includes an appetizer, entrée and dessert. And if you’re feeling flush with cash, add a glass of wine for $7.

All this and you still get to eat at a respectable hour. Jerry would be pleased.

Excerpt from Seinfeld, “The Cadillac” script, Episode 14, Season 7

[Morty and Helen's, Florida]

Morty is fastening a jacket as he enters.

MORTY: Alright, are you ready to eat?

HELEN: (glancing at her watch) Oh, right, let’s go. Jerry, let’s go, it’s time
to eat. We’re going to dinner.

Jerry wanders into the room. He’s in a t-shirt and sweatpants, and holding a
comic book he’s been reading.

JERRY: (confused) Dinner? W..What time is it?

HELEN: (pulling on a coat) It’s four-thirty.

JERRY: (bewildered) Four-thirty? Who eats dinner at four-thirty?

MORTY: By the time we sit down, it’ll be quarter to five.

JERRY: I don’t understand why we have to eat now.

HELEN: We gotta catch the early-bird. It’s only between four-thirty and six.

MORTY: Yeah. They give you a tenderloin, a salad and a baked potato, for
four-ninety-five. You know what that cost you after six?

JERRY: Can’t we eat at a decent hour? I’ll treat, okay?

HELEN: You’re not buying us dinner.

JERRY: (emphatic) I’m not force-feeding myself a steak at four-thirty to save a
coupla bucks, I’ll tell you that!

HELEN: Alright, (sitting on the couch) we’ll wait. (pointedly) But it’s unheard
of.

Jerry shakes his head, incredulous, and wanders away with his comic book.

–Amy Loeffler

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