Make Your Palladium Evening Complete - with dinner

The Center for the Performing Arts has a new answer to that eternal question: “Where should we eat before the show?”

Now you can make your evening at the Palladium complete with their Pre-Performance Dinners. To complement select concerts this season, the culinary masterminds at A Cut Above Catering have developed music-themed dinners guaranteed to start your night off right.

For just $40 per person (tax included), you and your companions can enjoy a multicourse buffet meal in the Palladium’s elegant Robert Adam Room, with premium coffee and tea and a cash bar. Service starts 75 minutes prior to curtain time. Seating is limited.

Feast your eyes on this menu:

Sept. 25 – Melissa Etheridge: Rock ’n’ Roll ▶ “Rockin’” Wedge Salad with Tomatoes, Duck Bacon and Blue Cheese Crumbles ▶ “Top Hit” Sundried Tomato Pesto Chicken ▶ Roasted Pork Loin with Onion “Jam” ▶ Garlic-Roasted Smashed Potatoes ▶ Roasted Corn Succotash ▶ Rock ’n’ Roll Cake

Oct. 11 – Pat Metheny: Jazz Dinner ▶ “Jazzed-Up" Spinach Salad with Candied Pecans, Craisins and Goat Cheese ▶ Maple Bourbon Street Chicken ▶ "Fusion" Shrimp & Grits ▶ Cajun-Style Creamy Pasta ▶ Southern-Style Green Beans ▶ Bread Pudding with Carmel Praline Sauce

Oct. 26 – Engelbert Humperdinck: Songbook Dinner ▶ Wedge Salad "My Way" -- Crispy Romaine Lettuce with Peppered Bacon, Roma Tomatoes and Gorgonzola Buttermilk Dressing ▶ "American in Paris" -- Hand-Sliced Beef Filet with Au Poivre Sauce ▶ "Fly Me to the Moon" Chicken with Creamy Sundried Tomato Pesto Sauce ▶ Jumbo Roasted Asparagus with Tomato Confit ▶ Potato Leek au Gratin ▶ "Stardust" -- Salted Carmel-Infused Créme Brûlée

Nov. 3 – Kellie Pickler: Country Star Dinner

▶ Country Green Salad – Mixed Baby Greens topped with Chef-Prepared Delta Dressing ▶ Pecan-Crusted Chicken Breast with Maple Bourbon Sauce ▶ Not Your Mama’s Pork Loin with Apple Butter Glaze and Bacon Crumbles ▶ Double-Stuffed Potato garnished with Chives and Country Cheddar ▶ Roasted Candied Brussels Sprouts ▶ Very Berry Cobbler with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream