Graeme McDowell has chosen St. Patrick’s Day next month to mark the official opening of his Nona Blue restaurant.
The 2010 US Open champ is so excited about the opening he’s posted a copy of the bistro’s mouth watering menu on his Twitter side ahead of officially swinging open the doors on 17th March.
Graeme McDowell’s Nona Blue Modern Bistro to open on St. Patrick’s Day – March 17th. (Photo – Renderings.com)
Billing itself as a “modern tavern”, the 5,618 sq ft restaurant is located in a retail park close to the swoosh Lake Nona Golf and Country Club.
The menu McDowell has chosen reflects his Northern Ireland upbringing with the menu boasting specialties such as mussels, traditional fish and chips and all day fry up on the menu.
Nona Blue will also serve those American classics such as back ribs, New York strip steak, creamed corn, grits, meatloaf and Florida shrimp with belly busting desserts like hot cider doughnuts, banoffee pie and hot fudge sundae also on offer.
His title dish, G-Mac and Cheese, is a mouth watering combination of cold water lobster, smoked bacon with a three cheese blend — yours for $10.
And despite his millionaire status, a trip to Nona Blue won’t break the bank either with prices starting from just $6 for a cheese toast basket up to $28 for a filet mignon steak with baked potato and bearnaise sauce.
Fellow golf legend and friend Darren Clarke has already secured himself an invite to Nona Blue from G-Mac via Twitter, while Rory McIlroy and tennis star girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki will no doubt become regulars at the eaterie after world number one Rory splashed out on a mansion said to be worth $10.9 million in Florida’s Palm Beach Gardens late last year.
But if Graeme wants to make some cash in the restaurant business, he’s going to have to keep his generosity in check.
After taking home $1.2 million in the World Challenge late last year, Graeme celebrated by offering all the press at the event a free drink at Nona Blue.
“Traditionally when I win an event I call home to my home golf club at Rathmore,” he said.
“But Lake Nona has kind of become my second home golf club, and I typically have a free bar for the members at Rathmore for a refined period of time, obviously.
