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The Right Wedding Venue for You – The 7-Step List

It’s the biggest day of your life. It’s your day, and you want a wedding venue that makes you feel that way. But what should you look for? How do you select a wedding/reception venue or filter through endless Mesa restaurants to ensure that your day becomes your perfect day? The Landmark Restaurant, one of the finest restaurants in Mesa, Arizona, has rounded up a short list to make the task a cinch.

1. How Many Guests? Plan for at least ¾ of the guests you invited to show up for your special day. Among Mesa restaurants, The Landmark prides itself on intimate atmosphere for wedding ceremonies and receptions. We’re glad you’re going local with Mesa, Arizona, restaurants for your wedding plans, and your Landmark choice provides you an ample 185 seats in Heritage Hall or 100 seats on our covered patio.
   


2. What’s Your Budget? Money is everything. And while most Mesa, AZ, restaurants will gouge you with hidden fees, all our pricing information is hosted on our Mesa restaurant’s website: http://www.landmarkrestaurant.com.
   


3. Personality? Everyone’s got it. Because a bride should shine! And she should show her true colors. We find pride among Mesa restaurants in making a commitment to your day. Our pre-established dreamscape provides a perfect platform to bring out your personality within.
   


4. Distance. Experts say you should choose wedding and reception venues that are no more than 5 miles apart. You may be thinking of Mesa restaurants for your reception only; however, we are both a wedding venue and reception venue – in one! Why have your guests travel from a wedding site to possible Mesa, AZ, restaurants when we offer both options in one simple package?


5. Consider Venue Policies. Many sites impose strict regulations, but The Landmark gives you the freedom you want! Make it relaxed, or make it formal. Check out our Mesa restaurant’s site at http://www.landmarkrestaurant.com – you’ll find that you can be free to be you.
   


6. What are the Facilities like? Visit our Mesa restaurant’s campus, bring a camera, bring a notebook, and let us prove that we are the premier choice among Mesa, Arizona, restaurants for an unbelievably enchanting atmosphere that will make your day worthy of a thousand words.
   


7. Backup Plan for Outdoor Venues. Very few Mesa restaurants can boast a covered patio of the proportions hosted at The Landmark. With The Landmark, there’s no need for a backup plan! Rain or shine, our Mesa, Arizona, restaurant’s facilities provide the rare freedom that comes with being outside and safe, rain or shine!
   

Go ahead, put us to the test, and find that when it comes to restaurants in Mesa, Arizona, we are simply unbeatable as a wedding and reception venue. You can find our Mesa restaurant’s wedding information at either Arizona’s Finest Wedding Sites & Services or our own Mesa restaurant’s website: http://www.landmarkrestaurant.com.

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Local Business Challenges Other Mesa Restaurants to Do More.

Mesa, AZ (February 23, 2010) – You were in high school band. Your music director rambled about town for Mesa restaurants that would give a measly donation of beans to your BBQ so you could go on tour to Disneyland. Not as easy as you thought, was it?

One local business, though, a unique member of the Mesa, Arizona, restaurants community is seeking tangible change. Though their charitable contributions, they urge other Mesa, AZ, restaurants to do more. Why? Quite simply, because they care.

The Landmark Restaurant, a premier among restaurants in Mesa, boasts an impressive list of nearly 50 charities that they are actively supporting. The Mesa, Arizona, restaurant’s proprietors, Don and Candy Ellis, are exceedingly proud of the work they do in their community, and they hope that their diligent effort to reform the way Mesa restaurants support their surroundings will inspire other restaurants in Mesa, AZ, to do exactly what they have been doing for years: Do more.

But who exactly do the Ellis’s and The Landmark support? Here’s a short list:

• Mesa Public Schools
• ASU
• Special Olympics
• Boys & Girls Club
• American Cancer Society
• The Foundation for Blind Children
• Suns Nite Hoops

For a complete list of this Mesa restaurant’s charitable contributions, visit The Landmark’s Mesa restaurant website at: www.landmarkrestaurant.com. You’ll certainly find that they go above and beyond to help build the community in which they operate.

Don and Candy Ellis, when asked to comment on their Mesa restaurant’s efforts in supporting community charities, spoke in simple terms of blessing and duty; but what they said spoke worlds: “Do more.” They also encourage you to check out what the charities they support are all about.

The Landmark Restaurant is located at 809 W. Main St., Mesa, AZ 85201. They are open 7 days a week (hours can be found at their Mesa, AZ, restaurant’s website: www.landmarkrestaurant.com).

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The Landmark Restaurant (Mesa Restaurants, AZ) Invites You to Make Your Own History

MESA, Arizona (December 05, 2009) – The Landmark Restaurant is a renowned and cherished centerpiece of Mesa history. Its unique heritage among Mesa Restaurants has been well reported, and is well displayed in their lower level halls; but that’s not enough for Don and Candy Ellis, proprietors of the restaurant and banquet hall. They want you to make your own history.

Particularly unique in the attributes of a restaurant is the Landmark Restaurant’s triple focus: Restaurant, Museum, and Banquet Hall. If one searches “Mesa Restaurants, AZ,” it is easy to be tricked by the proliferation of restaurant reviews of the Landmark. The Arizona Republic, Phoenix Magazine, Phoenix New Times – all review the Salad Room of infamy, the down-home dining allure, the photographic museum halls, but the vibrant wedding reception and banquet hosting halls should not be neglected.

The Landmark Restaurant is rare among Mesa restaurants in that it offers beautifully adorned historical settings for couples to begin crafting their own family history. The Heritage Hall and its adjoining patio work in classical concert to sculpt a refined Victorian-era dreamscape. Choosing the Heritage Hall Patio for your wedding will land a picturesque fountain backdrop gleaming with the serenity of a bride. The beige stone floors underfoot echo with the power of shared vows as the expert wall murals expand the imagination and broaden every smile.

Heritage Hall is the proud crown of Landmark’s banquet offerings (as well as a treasure among Mesa Restaurants). Adorned in classical and Victorian accoutrements, it inspires bride and groom with its promise that they themselves can build a history as warm and rich. A scrolled-top doorway with implied pillars welcomes guests to set foot on the subdued gleam of dark hardwood floors. Golden filigreed supports hold up room-length hidden lighting while golden chandeliers float suspended from the arched ceiling.

The Landmark Restaurant has many other banqueting halls, which can be viewed in virtual 3D tours on their website. There is a Clock Room, a Garden Room, the Pioneer Room, Roosevelt Room, and others. Whatever your occasion (business, family parties, pre-dance dinners), The Landmark is a chart topper among Mesa, Arizona, restaurants.

The Landmark Restaurant has a long list of amenities that are included with each wedding/reception, and they even prove to be a one-stop shop with their website’s vendor recommendations. They feel that every wedding should be a day that goes down in history – with Landmark, it’s a safe bet that each wedding they host will do just that. That’s a claim that not many Mesa, Arizona, restaurants can stake.

The Landmark is a family-owned restaurant, banquet hall, and historic museum. It is located at 809 W. Main St. in Mesa, AZ and opens at 11 a.m. 7 days a week. The Landmark is owned and operated by Don & Candy Ellis.

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The Landmark Rewards You

Want a dining experience that you can feel good about? One that let’s you know you’re special? Like a VIP?

The Landmark Restaurant (Mesa, AZ) wants you to treat you like a Very Important Person, because you are, and because you deserve it. That’s why we - unlike many other Mesa, Arizona, restaurants - offer the PowerCard experience to our diners. With the PowerCard, you are rewarded every time you eat at our restaurant.

What is the PowerCard?

The PowerCard is a free card that you can request from your Landmark server and that lets you accumulate points every time you dine with us. Points can be redeemed for a reward toward purchases that you make with us on future visits. You will also receive special offers, including birthday and anniversary discounts!

Your PowerCard may be used at restaurants across the nation, including Mesa Restaurants (AZ). But remember – the points you earn at other restaurants can’t be used at the Landmark. That’s because each restaurant has an individualized point system. So, the more you dine with us, the more we can reward you!

What Kind of Rewards do I Get?

For each dollar you spend, you will receive one Landmark point on your card. Every time you reach a balance of 200 points, we will gladly present you with a $10.00 reward on your card that you can use when you dine at the Landmark. And don’t forget the birthday and anniversary discounts, which are only a couple of special offers you will receive as a PowerCard member.

I want one! How do I get it?

When you come in to our restaurant, you can ask your friendly server for a free PowerCard, and your meal will be immediately applied to your points balance. So come in today and ask for a PowerCard – It’s our pleasure to reward you!

We think you’ll agree that our reward system is something special among Mesa Restaurants. The Landmark in Mesa is proud to show you what it means to be special, to be rewarded, to be exactly what you are to us – a Very Important Person.

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The Best Research You may Ever Do - (Mesa, Arizona, Restaurants)

By Jonathan Edwards

I had been reading that people would drive some inordinate distances to an historical “landmark” restaurant out in Mesa. Patrons raved about something called “The Salad Room,” made-from-scratch meals precisely orchestrated in the home-style mode, the whimsical setting, on and on…

I needed to see this legend of Mesa, Arizona, restaurants for myself. After all, if I learned anything from my childhood history classes, it’s this: if you’re going to write a paper, research. Well, let me tell you, The Landmark Restaurant is the best historical research I’ve done to date.

The Landmark Restaurant sprawls across the southwest corner lot of Main St. and Extension Rd., a stately and inviting brick edifice that beckons you in through its hedge-height white iron gates. I parked in the ample lot (plenty of room for weddings/banquets) to the south of the building and progressed through a gate I’m sure was left open just for me, past Heritage Hall, their richly eloquent banquet hall, and toward a white gazebo that prodded memories of young love and Winter Formal dances. In fact, I thought, as far as Mesa restaurants go, this would be a great place to take a prom date. Perched atop the gazebo is a unique curiosity: a weather vane with wine glass compass points, paying homage to the restaurant’s wine list, no doubt.

The Restaurant began life as a Mormon church in 1908, but was converted to a public college campus before its reincarnation as an eclectic gem among Mesa restaurants. Walking in, I noted a single-file line of white-lined windows along the length of the building façade, the magical assemblage of muraled walls in the stone-floored party patio, and a satisfied couple nestled in the comfort of a park bench under the menu at the restaurant’s main entrance. At most restaurants, I thought, people might be eager to get on home, but there must have been some enchanting spell lingering in the air intended to make customers linger.

I entered the towering solid wood door, mounted a carpeted staircase (wheelchair lift provided for disabled patrons), glancing all the while at the Mesa historical pictures that festoon the walls (Inclusive of city history, not just of Mesa, Arizona, restaurants). The delicacies of the kitchen were already tickling my olfactory senses, and the salad room was tempting me with tendrils of steam levitating from fresh soups and Chicken and Dumplings. I wanted to eat…now.

I was warmly received by the hostess, who happened to be owner Don Ellis’s wife Candy. I promptly received a table in the Victorian dining room and was courteously addressed by a waitress who seemed to materialize in front of me – she was that quick. I felt welcome at once. This is something the restaurant seems to excel in, making you feel like family from square one. Just one more thing that sets the Landmark apart from other Mesa, Arizona, restaurants.

The restaurant’s menu is comprised mainly of home-style favorites, ranging from Pot Roast ($9.75, lunch) to broiled Atlantic Salmon ($12.85, lunch) and various Poultry classics. There are a few updated selections, such as Tequila Chicken ($8.95, lunch) and a Ciabatta Turkey Sandwich ($8.95, lunch). My selection for entrée and side was Chicken Fried Steak and Wild Rice Mix ($9.45 at lunchtime). My peer chose the Sterling Silver Choice Prime Rib with Mashed Potatoes ($14.95). But that wouldn’t satisfy my ambition to do this review justice: I added the salad room to my entrée for $6.00 (Stand-alone lunch price is $9.95). Not a mistake. In fact, if you’re balking at the add-on price for the salad room, you should note that the devoted salad quarters boast over 100 items, including some fine hot items (German Potato Salad, Barbecue Chicken Tender Pieces, Meatballs) – and not a single item is a miss.

So I bustled on in to the kitchen-themed Salad Room, complete with an old-fashioned stove that hosts the soup selections. I had to take some time to just look, because there was so much in there that I needed to get a grip on my surroundings. There are some exotic items I might term curios, based on my own eating habits: quail eggs, pickled watermelon, prickly pear salad, pickled herring, chicken chipotle pasta salad. Good to see some Southwestern culinary inventions at Mesa restaurants, isn’t it? The salad bar was stocked with the freshest greens, salad meats (tofu for vegetarians), and a plethora of dressings, including a rare poppy seed dressing.

I loaded a plate so full I almost couldn’t lift it, stocked with a hearty green salad, tender BBQ chicken pieces, and a precisely spiced split pea soup (vegetable and southwest chicken soup were also available). Everything was marvelous. I had read that some people would load up a Salad Room plate, then take home part of their main entrée just so they could get their full Landmark experience. I understand now. I’d do the same.

When the waitress lifted the veil from our covered plates, I was presented with a beautiful breaded sirloin topped with made-from-scratch gravy sprinkled with a parsley garnish. I enviously glanced at my friend’s Prime Rib, which was cooked precisely to order, and wished I could eat it all. With the ample portions, though, it was only a wishful notion. Now, I’ve had chicken fried steak before, many times in Texas, in rural California, other Mesa Restaurants, at a late-night Denny’s - the Landmark beats them all. The meat was tender and fine, melting warmly in my mouth and making me want to stuff the whole thing down in a couple of bites. The rice was nothing fancy, but it was a perfect texture and seasoned just enough to require no alteration.

Back to my friend’s prime rib. It was lightly braised on the outside, and as he cut into it, I could see the delectable juices pouring forth from the medium rare portion. Their slow-roasting and meticulous meat selection appeared worth the time it takes. I admit I was too full (and also too jealously guarding my own meal) to sample his entrée; but he gave a rave review and orders the same every time he goes to the Landmark, speaking very highly of the dish at the particular price point and in comparison to similar dishes at other Mesa, Arizona, restaurants.

As we were nearing the middle of our lunch, the waitress brought out a serendipitous little dish. I had no idea that when you eat at the Landmark, they give you a dish of candied carrots. My goodness! If you like candied carrots (or yams), you’ll love this part of the meal. They are perfectly sweetened and cooked right to that elusive line between soft and firm. The carrots melted on my palate, sending a request to my brain that my full belly politely denied: More!

If you’re looking for Mesa Restaurants (AZ) The Landmark Restaurant is a perfect place to take out-of-town friends, to experience a salad bar that has appeared in Phoenix Magazine’s “Best of Phoenix” feature, to take the family for a taste of history and down-home comfort foods. I’m going back. I’ll take a friend (or a girlfriend for a romantic evening when I can’t afford the charms of Disneyland). It is a perfect combination of history, fabulous food, and enchantment. Oh, and I finally solved the mystery of that couple resting on the park bench out front: I had to rest from – and revel in – my rich Landmark experience.