Galveston Hotel – Hotel Galvez Hosts Popular Thanksgiving Day Brunch

Oct. 30, 2008 - PRLog -- The Hotel Galvez, A Wyndham® Historic Hotel, known for its long-standing Sunday brunches, is pleased to announce the hotel’s popular Thanksgiving Day Brunch menu.  

“Sunday Brunch at the Hotel Galvez is a tradition for many residents and visitors,” said Executive Chef Jerry Helminski. “After Hurricane Ike, we resumed our brunch and had a surprisingly good response, attracting more than 125 people. We began getting calls for Thanksgiving brunch reservations immediately.”

Brunch will feature freshly prepared breads and pastries, assorted fruits and cheeses, and vegetable crudités for starters.  Guests can enjoy seafood gumbo and roasted winter squash soup or choose from sliced beef sirloin with roasted potato salad, marinated artichokes with pesto chicken and assorted chef salads at the salad station.  Seafood entrees include smoked salmon, canapés, Gulf shrimp, oysters on the half shell, cocktail shrimp and crab claws served with spicy remoulade and cocktail sauce.  

Featured Thanksgiving favorites include sliced roast turkey breast, fresh cranberry sauce, traditional and cornbread stuffing, home-style mashed potatoes, candied yams, green bean casserole and natural turkey gravy. In addition to Thanksgiving favorites, brunch will also include apple smoked bacon and country sausage, eggs benedict, cheese blintz with marion berry sauce, seared salmon with creamy polenta and shiitake mushrooms, rice pilaf and a vegetable medley.

Guests can choose omelets made to order or design their own pasta dish with a selection of pastas, sauces and other options such as chicken, shrimp and vegetables.  The carving station will feature prime rib, bourbon glazed ham and sage rubbed turkey.  The hotel also features an impressive assortment of desserts in a separate dessert room. Complimentary champagne and mimosas are included.

Thanksgiving Day Brunch is $39 for adults, $30 for seniors and $20 for children ages 6 to 12. Children aged six and under are complimentary. Reservations are required and seating times are at 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 2 p.m.

The Hotel Galvez was built as a symbol of Galveston’s resilience following the Great Storm of 1900 and following Hurricane Ike reopened to the public on Oct. 15. The hotel sustained minimal damage from Hurricane Ike and continues to play an important role in the history of the island.

The Hotel Galvez, rated four diamonds by AAA, is a member in the National Trust Historic Hotels of America.  The Hotel Galvez is owned by Galveston preservationists Cynthia and George Mitchell and is part of Mitchell Historic Properties.  For brunch reservations, please call (409) 515-2117.  For room reservations, call (409) 765-7721, (800) WYNDHAM, or visit http://www.wyndhamhotelgalvez.com.

Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation , offers upscale hotel and resort accommodations throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. All hotels are either franchised or managed by Wyndham Hotels and Resorts or an affiliate. For more information, visit http://www.wyndham.com.

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