LINKS RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE

The Links Restaurant & Lounge is open to the public and guests of the Resort. The restaurant offers a relaxed atmosphere and quality service to our patrons. The menu offers a wide selection of appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches, buffet specials, and dinner entrees that are sure to please any person’s taste buds. The Links offers a full service bar and a number of televisions to watch your favorite game.

The restaurant also has an awarding- winning sandwich for the State of Iowa. The Pork Tenderloin Sandwich, a local favorite, was named 1st Runner Up in the Iowa Pork Producers Association Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin contest. The Links was one of 83 restaurants in Iowa nominated in the contest by 600 people. More than 40 different Iowa pork producers judged the sandwiches on taste, physical characteristics, and appearance. The Pork Tenderloin sandwich at the Links notched them all.

We encourage you to enjoy this fine restaurant at the Resort while staying with us.

FROM THE GUTHRIE COUNTY VEDETTE 10/19/06

A sandwich that is a local favorite at Lake Panorama's Links Restaurant and Lounge has been named first runner-up in a statewide
contest. This is the fourth year for the Iowa Pork Producers Association Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin contest.

Chef Mike Harris serves about 50 breaded tenderloins each week, plus another 25 grilled tenderloins. He says one reason for he
good taste is the tenderloins always are prepared fresh daily, never frozen.

Harris buys the pork loins from Sysco Corporation. After trimming, the meat is run through a tenderizer twice and breaded with
egg wash, flour and Japanese breadcrumbs. The tenderloins are deep-fried in liquid shortening and served hot, golden and crispy.

The Links was one of 83 restaurants in Iowa nominated in the contest by 600 people. More than 40 different Iowa pork producers
visited the restaurants over the summer to do the preliminary judging. The final round of judging was held in late September, with the sandwiches rated on taste, physical characteristics and appearance.

The Town House Supper Club in Wellsburg was the contest winner and will receive a plaque and a $200 check. The Links will also
receive a plaque and $100.

Harris has been the chef at the Lake Panorama Golf Course and Conference Center for six years. He began his cooking career in private clubs, and has worked in Des Moines, Nebraska and Dallas and The Port at Panora.

Harris says he wasn't surprised his breaded pork tenderloins ranked so high in the competition. "I knew it was good," he says.
Iowa Pork Producers officials say restaurants that do not win the competition can be nominated in future years. "Maybe we'll
win it next year," Harris says.

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