Episode 217: Chicago Restaurant Week 2024

Restaurant Week 2024

Gemini Brunch

First:

Strawberry Lemondae
Bubbles: choice of classic, mimosa or prickly pair
Pauly G’s Bloody Mary: vodka, tomato tomato juice, habanero vinegar

Second:

Buck Russell’s Cinnamon Coffee Cake
Farm Green Salad

Third:

Daily Omelet
Avocado Toast on sour dough
Lincoln Park Turkey Club

Coquette:

Premieres Entrees

Creme du barry - smoked cauliflower soup, leeks, whipped cream
Mousse de foie de volaille - chicken liver, cornichons, apricots mustard
Salade de chevre chaud - baked goat cheese, bacon, frisee salad

Deuxiemes Entrees

Saumon fume - house smoked salmon, blinis, lemon, creme fraiche
Steak tartare - dry aged striploin, cornichons, black current mustard, chips
Tarte flambee - fromage blanc, delicata squash, espellete honey

Es Plats

Gambas au pastis - grilled shrimp, pastis butter, celeriac puree
Boeuf bourguignon - burgundy wine braised beef, glassed carrots and potatoes
Poulet rotis - fire roasted chicken, wild mushrooms, sage

Les Desserts

Creme brulee - caramaized white chocolate, apricot, herd de provence sugar
Tarte au citron - burnt merignue, blueberry coulis, lavender

Olio Piu

Starters

Caprese d’inverno - burrata, delicata squash, apple, red endive, balsamic glaze
Minestrone di sedano - celery root and vegetable minestrone, crispy rosemary croutons

Main

Paccheri alla norma - paccheeri pasta, tomato sauce, fried eggplants & ricotta salata
Scaloppine di pollo ai funghi - chicken scaloppoine, truffled mushroom fricassee

Costera Cocina Tulum

First course:

Guacamole - avocado, garlic, serrano pepper, key lime, cilantro
Short rib quesadillas - fresh corn masa, salsa verde, lettuce, crema, queso fresco
Queso fundido - poblano rojas, melted mexican cheese, tortillas

Second Course:

Caesar salad - telera croutons, house caesar, parmesan cheese
Asad tacos - grilled steak, potatoes, halapens rajas, onion, cilantro, avocado salsa, crispy chicharron
Pollo tacos - adobo marinated grilled chicken, onion, cilantro, salsa verda, heirloom tomato salad and queso fresco
Costera burger - toreado sauce, smokey mayo, pepper jack, pickles, bacon, serviced with mexican fries

Third course:

Tangerine flan - crispy sweet flour tortilla strips, tangerine
Coconut rice  pudding - cinnamon syrup, mango, coconut

Adorn:

Starters:

Mac N Cheesecorn Bites - giardineira aioli, cheeseCorn garrett popcorn garnish
Paired with a Eric Brodelete “Poire Granit” Pear Cider from Normandy

Main:

Buttery Garret popcorn puree, pancetta, parsnip, frisee
Paired with Forge Cellars Classique Riesling from the Finger Lakes

Sweet Salsify

Chocolate Garret popcorn ice cream, nitro chococall garrett popcorn pugs
Paired with Forthave Marseilles Amaro from Brooklyn