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It's Friday and time for main Street, Connecticut when we travel to our local towns and cities to see all they have to offer. It's restaurant week in Bridgeport News. 12, Connecticut's Mark. Sudal is at matric cafe and he has more for us. Mark Good morning, Becky. Yeah, the restaurant, uh, just opened a couple of weeks ago. They're still celebrating their grand opening and the name comes from Madeira Island, which is off the coast of Portugal and we're gonna go inside here and take a little sneaky peek at what's going on here. Uh, heard some really good things too. Val Fernandez is here to talk to us this morning. Put that box. I know you're trying to get some things done, but we need to just get, uh, get a few words out of how you, how you doing? Good. How are you? Good. Uh, tell us about the restaurant. Tell you about the restaurant. Well, it's a new location. We provide here pizza. We make pizza, we make paninis, we make wraps, we make the new pickle sandwich instead of the bread. You get the sandwich and the pickle. Nice. So what I mean, Portuguese I mean, look, I mean, they have great food. What, what, what authentic Portuguese food do you have here? We have a steak Portuguese sandwich. Sounds amazing. Yes. What else? What else? We have smoothies. We have all the lattes, Express sauce. We have m, all kinds of milkshakes. We have great salads, healthy salads. We have wraps, cold hot sandwich. We have a big menu and breakfast menu too. So we have a little bit of every everything. What kind of deals do you have for restaurant week? We have 20% off for the restaurant week. Really? Anybody that walks in? That's pretty amazing. Yes. Wow. So what's, what's the, what's the crowd been like this week? Pretty good. It has been very busy. Is that pickle sandwich ready yet? Is the pickle sandwich? So, what would you like on the pickle sandwich? Oh, I thought we already did it. Oh, no, he's, it's already made a yellow mustard. Do you want lettuce? Tomato? No, that's fine. Just give it to me as is ok. And turkey and Swiss. Sure. Throw it on there quick. I gotta eat it before you go. Ok. It's a process. It's early yet. Guys, it's, you know, not normally gonna have a sandwich, a pickle sandwich at this hour, but that's what we're gonna try. Tomato pickle sandwich. Yeah, that's good. Yeah. Keep that going. That's it. Pile it up. Send it over. I, I can't say I've ever had a pickle sandwich at this hour of the day. Oh, people buy it and we sell a lot of them all day long. You be, get that pickle sandwich. It's coming right out while we're young. Yes. Come on. I got places to go. People say I can't be here all day. Here you go. I put it right quick when they get that sandwich over here, please. Oh, why that is a meal? So there's no bun, no bun. It's a pickle. It's a, it's a pickle. Oh wow. Is that the pickle? I've never seen that before. Alright, we'll let you enjoy, we'll be back with more in just a minute.

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Post Friday. That's time for main street, Connecticut. And when we travel to our local towns and cities all over and see what they have to offer. Well, it's Restaurant Week in Bridgeport and our news 12 Connecticut's Mark Sudal is at 29 Marco Court with more. Mark. Good morning, Becky. Yeah, this is a real hidden gem here. It's easy walking distance between the amphitheater and the comedy club. It's been named with the top 25 restaurants in Fairfield County. The man behind it all is joining me now. Chef Damon Day, who has just been named chef of the year by the crazies, which is pretty cool, good, nominated, nominated, nominated. Ok. Well, you're probably gonna win it again. Uh So tell me about the, the great cuisine that you have here. So 29 Mar Court is uh an upscale dining experience downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut. Uh We're focused on seasonal ingredients, uh local ingredients, high quality ingredients, craft cocktails. Now you said which I think is really cool. You're gonna be starting a food truck. Yeah, we are um food truck at 29 Marco court.com. That's food truck at 29. Mr A Ma rklect.com. Yeah, the food truck is gonna be focused on festivals, private events catering. Um, and there's a piece of that, that we, uh, monthly, we feed the homeless on that truck as well. That is really, really nice. And, uh, obviously with the holidays coming up, you're gonna obviously be doing a lot of parties here, I imagine. Right. Um, and you already booked for, for many parties already. We are, we are absolutely. So, one of the specialty dishes you have here, tell me about this. Uh, the smoke, half bird. Um, so that's something that's been a staple on the menu for, uh, ever since we started. It's two years now. Um, so this is a, you know, a, a product that's dear to my heart because, uh, I started my career smoking, uh, meats and things of that nature. So, well, I'm gonna, uh, see if I can dip into a little bit of this. I'll get a little bit of the, the meat over here. I mean, it looks, looks amazing. I've got utensils. I'm prepared. I'm ready to go. Oh, my. Look at this. Oh. The flavor is unbelievable. What, what is this sauce? It's fantastic. It's that sauce. That's what it is. Oh, it's great. Um, I don't know if there's gonna be much of this left by the time I get back. I don't blame you. But, um, man, come on, you eat. Congratulations. And we'll be back with more after a break.

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