New menus across the city
Each new season brings renewed hope for restaurants around the city. Chefs have the chance to design new dishes based on seasonal ingredients and get recharged with a completely retooled menu.
Happy Gillis launched a new breakfast and lunch menu last week. New for breakfast is a croque madame (Bichelmeyer ham, swiss, pear and grain mustard topped with a soft egg, $8) and The Keller-esque BLT (Webster City bacon, lettuce and tomato with an egg, $8). Lunch got a serious overhaul and a heavy dose of comfort food. There’s the medianoche (roasted pork loin, Bichelmeyer ham, pickle, swiss, mustard and mayonnaise, $9), a torta (grilled chicken, salsa, queso fresco, avocado, cabbage and cilantro, $8), and not my mom’s meatloaf (white cheddar, dijon mustard and jalapeno, $8).
JP Wine Bar has added online reservations as part of its dinner service, which now features full-sized main courses. Besides a yellow fin tuna tartare ($14), the spinach-ricotta gnocchi (brown butter sauce, $9) looks like a nice way to begin a meal. The six new entrees include: grilled American lamb chops (tiki masala marinate, orange basmati rice, saffron, lentils, grilled leeks, yellow curry, $25) and the five peppercorn ribeye (broccoli rabe, chickpea fries, chimichurri sauce, $25). And since it’s JP Wine Bar, you don’t have to worry about figuring out the right wine pairing.
