Bloody Mary (with fried olives)
Sunday, June 9th, 2018
Sarah Grueneberg is a name I became familiar with when she was on Top Chef. Although she didn’t win that season, she did go on to win a James Beard award. I couldn’t come to Chicago and not go to an Italian restaurant, Sarah’s restaurant came up in one of my searches and immediately put this down on the list. Cindy pointed out that the brunch menu looked really good and I had to agree. Brunch it was.
I think the Bloody Mary had to be one of the best Bloody Marys ever. Warm, fried olives and sea beans made the vegies worth eating. I had to have a second one. We pretty much ordered all the brunch specials with the exception of the arancinis which were off the regular menu. I wanted to try them. We left very full and very satisfied. As we worked our way through the dishes, I commented on how that there was something special about each dish, there wasn’t one that we thought “that was as expected or just OK”, everything was really good. I also liked the large tables and the space between them. In a lot of restaurants, your table can be a foot away from another table and you have to pretend you cannot hear their entire conversation.
Sugo Poached Eggs
Arancini
Zeppoles
Montemadame Toast
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