At Mel’s, Thursday’s Dinner Echoed Titanic’s Fateful One

COOPERSTOWN – Mel's on 22 joined many restaurants last evening in commemorating the fateful last meal aboard the "unsinkable" Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912, after colliding with an icebear.

Mel's propietor Brian Wrubleski served a menu that echoed the Titanic's, including local wild ramp, roasted halibut, duck breast and bison, finishing the meal for a dozen participating dines with a duo of desserts, all matched with Napa Valley’s Trinchero Estates wines.

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