Celebrate Mom at John Ascuaga’s Nugget

Sparks/Reno, Nev. – John Ascuaga’s Nugget is the place to bring the special women in your life to celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 9. The Nugget’s award-winning chefs have created special menus to be served in the Rotisserie, the Rose Ballroom, Restaurante Orozko, The Steakhouse Grill, Trader Dick’s and Rosie’s Café.

A special Mother’s Day brunch will be served in the Rose Ballroom and in the Rotisserie. The appetizer station will include Peel and Eat Shrimp, Seafood Salad, Smoked Fish, Nugget Caesar Salad and Fresh Strawberries. Feast on Eggs Benedict, Biscuits and Country Gravy, Grilled Salmon and Nugget’s Fried Chicken. At the Carving Station, create your own omelet or waffle, or enjoy the Nugget’s famous Salt-Roasted Prime Rib, honey-baked ham or roast turkey. For dessert, choose from an assortment of fresh-made cakes, pies, pastries and mousses. The Rotisserie serves brunch from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The Rose Ballroom serves brunch from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Adults are $21.95 and children 5-11 are $11.95.

Restaurante Orozko will serve a champagne brunch from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. In addition to appetizers, a Fresh Fruit and Pastry Station will offer Berries with Whipped Cream, Seasonal Fresh Fruit and Melons, Brioche, Coffee Cakes and an Imported and Domestic Cheese Board. The Entrée Station will include Grilled Lamb Chops, Chicken Scallopine with Lemon Caper Butter, Filet Benedict with Hollandaise Sauce, and Old Fashioned Blintzes, plus a carving station and waffle station. Desserts will feature Strawberry Shortcake, Cobbler, Strawberry Ice Wine Shots and Amoretti Kisses. Adults are $29.95 and children 5-11 are $16.95.

The Steakhouse Grill will serve a special menu from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. The menu will include a choice of soup or salad and dessert, plus choice of Tender Provimi Veal Medallions with King Crab Legs, Wild Mushroom and Sauce Béarnaise, or Petite Filet Mignon and Butter Poached Lobster Medallions with Golden Chanterelle Mushrooms and Celeriac Potato, or Seafood Mix Grill featuring Filet of Halibut with Dungeness Crab Mousseline, Diver Scallop in a warm Lemon Cream and Coriander Seared Salmon Filet with Papaya Beurre Blanc. Adults are $49, with mothers only just $29.

Trader Dick’s Restaurant will serve a special menu from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. The menu will include a choice of soup or salad and dessert, plus choice of either Charbroiled Filet Mignon Served with Marinated Prawns, Fried then Tossed in a Creamy Honey Dressing or the Polynesian Duet - Petite New York Steak, Topped with Mango Pineapple Salsa and Fresh Poached Halibut on a Bed of Pan Roasted Garlic, Fresh Ginger, Green Onions and Tonkatsu Sauce. Price is just $29.95.

In addition to the regular Sunday night King Crab and Prime Rib Buffet at the Rotisserie, special dinner items will be added in honor of Mother’s Day. Entrees will include Roast Turkey, Fresh Alaska Halibut Filets with Citrus Beurre Blanc, San Francisco Style Cioppino and King Crab Lasagna. Enjoy special desserts such as Bananas Foster. Dinner will be served from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Adults are $21.95 and children 5-11 are $10.95.

A special Mother’s Day menu will be offered at Rosie’s Café in addition to the regular menu from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. The menu will include a choice of soup or salad and dessert, plus either Fresh Alaska Halibut stuffed with Crab Meat, topped with Chardonnay Basil Cream Sauce or Broiled Pork Chops with Apple Stuffing and Frangelico Cream Sauce. Adults are $12.95 and children 5-11 are $7.95.

John Ascuaga’s Nugget is a premier casino resort owned and operated by the Ascuaga family in Sparks, Nevada. For more information, call 800-648-1177 or visit janugget.com.