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Nothing less than groundhog is on the menu at Yampa's Groundhog Day Supper on Monday night. But rather than fillet of Punxsutawney Phil, locals diners will feast on fresh pork sausage and biscuits and gravy.

The Yampa-Egeria Historical Society is resurrecting the town's traditional Groundhog Day feast this year. Records are unclear about when the supper began, but the former Ladies Aid Society hosted the dinner for decades until the organization became defunct, said Nora Phillips, who will be mass-producing sausage gravy Monday night.

Phillips recalled the days when the event drew a long line of people snaking through the Ladies Aid Hall, waiting for hot biscuits out of the oven.

"It's always been a part of Yampa's history," said Arlene Porteus, of the Historical Society. "The menu's the best part."

The Ladies Aid Hall Committee kept it going for a year or two, but the tradition died out in the mid-1990s, after the building was transferred to the town, Phillips said.

About 100 people are expected to line up Monday night for all-you-can-eat biscuits and gravy, served up by "some of the best cooks in Yampa," Porteus said.

The 20 pounds of "ground hog" ordered for the event will come from Montgomery's General Store, and the menu will be rounded out with mashed potatoes, sausage patties, green beans, mashed potatoes, applesauce, coleslaw, drinks and dessert.

For entertainment, the Historical Society is planning to do some historical readings, Porteus said. Gene Sanders will be on the keyboard, and Ellen Bonnifield will be reading poetry, as well, Porteus said.

A stuffed groundhog also will make an appearance for the children, Porteus said.

The Groundhog Day Supper will be a great chance to get out and mingle with everyone during the winter, Phillips said.

"In February, everyone's ready to get out and visit and do something fun. The holidays are over, and you've had a month to sit around and look at the snow," Phillips said.