Grilled Lake Trout Roulade... smoked trout rissoto, chioggia beets, house cured trout caviar, vin blanc, hazelnuts, pea tendrils : ($23.00)

Lake Trout is one of my favorites.  It is one of the only fish in the great lakes left that is not stocked. That being said.  It ...

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Pairing: Baumard, Savennieres, Chenin Blanc, Loire Valley, 2008

Great Lakes, dairy (local), handmade, sous vide, and sustainable

Posted 01/31/13 - Share this entry

State Fair Pork Tenderloin Sandwich with Portobello, Avocado, Chipotle Mayo and Handcut Fries $13.95 : ($13.95)

I was born and raised in the Heartland and always looked forward to the annual State Fair. Everyone I knew anticipated the fair, even though we ...

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Pairing: 2010 Walnut City Wineworks Pinot Gris $10.25/glass

chicken-fried, hand-cut, handmade, heritage, homage dish, house-made bread, regional specialty, and retro reinvented

Posted 01/30/13 - Share this entry

NEW! Housemade Bread at West Town Tavern: ($0.00)

For months Chef Alfonso and Susan have been experimenting with bread trying to find a style and flavor that represents the Heartland Cooking at ...

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family recipe, hand-cut, handmade, heritage, house canning/preserving, and regional specialty

Posted 01/28/13 - Share this entry

German chocolate cake with sticky toffee pudding, cajeta-bacon-caramel corn, cocoa ice cream & water chestnuts: ($9)

For our New Years Eve party, we did a drinking chocolate with cajeta-bacon caramel corn and Katie became obsessed with it. It’s made with ...

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Pairing: Fattoria Moretto Lambrusco

handmade

Posted 01/22/13 - Share this entry

Braised pork shoulder with rye spaetzle, housemade sauerkraut & mustard : ($16)

This dish began with the sauerkraut.  Chef Dave Ford loves sauerkraut, and making it in-house.  He incorporated pork shoulder, making ...

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Pairing: Richter 2008 Kabinett Riesling from the Mosel, Germany - this terrific single-vineyard bottling is pitch-perfect just now; keen, mouthwatering minerality, and lusciously ripe orchard fruits are couched within a very balanced sense of sweetness

apple, handmade, slaw, and sustainable

Posted 01/16/13 - Share this entry