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Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 11:22:10
Dick's American Cantina
A good excuse to put up a great Brian Chilson photo of Browning's.
Harrison says he plans to install a char broiler for burgers and feature sautéed and grilled fish tacos, Vienna-beef hot dogs and catfish po-boys.
At Browning’s, Harrison says business is up 35 to 45 percent. The restaurant is now serving what Harrison terms as “Bard’s style breakfast” with a “Mexican flair.” Shortly, Harrison expects to install a new bar and add steaks to the menu. Breakfast hours are 6:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Monday through Friday and 6:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Andina's does plate lunches
Andina Café in the River Market is now serving plate lunches, with rotating options Monday through Friday.Anybody tried it?
Here's the schedule:
Monday
chicken strips
macaroni and cheese
green peas
Tuesday
meat loaf
mashed potatoes
green bean bundles
Wednesday
chicken n dumplings
broccoli casserole
buttered corn
Thursday
baked pork chops
scalloped potatoes
butter beans
Friday
Mexican casserole
Spanish rice
Mexican corn
Saturday, February 23, 2008 - 10:29:26
Browning's breakfast report
A friend took note of Browning's new breakfast hours and ambled over Saturday morning. His report:
Breakfasted at the 'new' Brownings this morning--along with all the other lemmings in the Heights. You'd have thought it was the Grill of 'The Club' on a busy night. Packed. They were unprepared for the crowd. Unorganized chaos. Food was okay. Heaping platefuls, omelets covered in orange cheese (not mentioned on menu--but in keeping with Brownings' traditional orange & brown food). No designer coffees, just the poured from an urn type.
More Ozark than Satellite.
Speaking of that, driving past Satellite Grill on way home, I noticed the window tables were occupied but nobody bunched up inside the doorway waiting for tables as is the norm for Saturdays. I imagine they and Blvd both noticed the difference today.
Friday, February 22, 2008 - 14:27:34
The 10-lb. plate lunch
My man, the Leachville Flash, has been to lunch. His report:
This is from Wayne's Fish and Burgers To Go, at 2321 Cedar St., in Little Rock. I call it the Home of the Ten-Pound Plate lunch (possibly an exaggeration, but not much of one) and, alternately, The Mother of All Soul Food Joints.
Pictured here:
Golden catfish fillets; red beans and rice, corn on the cob for one plate; a monument-size slab of spicy meat loaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, red beans and rice, and corn on the cob. Fluffy, buttered rolls of Homer-esque size accompany both plates. Also on the menu this particular day: chicken and dressing, yams, greens, cabbage, squash and slabs of cornbread the size of baby brother's head. Homemade desserts include strawberry cake, pecan pie and sweet potato pie.There are no burgers, and there is no Wayne.
Each plate easily feeds two people, maybe three. Each plate is $6, including tax. This stuff is as good in quality as it is in quantity.
Wayne's is to-go only. Open every day from 11 to 5.
Time for a nap.
Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 13:21:55
Home and away games
Regular reader Basil reports in. Basil is missing Belly Boy, as are we.
But we welcome the picture above, of a home creation, and, below, of a favorite dish at Lulav.
Basil writes:
The first two are pics of a baked brie salad I modified from a version I had at Vermillion. Pipping hot brie with sweet cranberries in phillo dough... yum. Served it with some prosciutto, spinach leaves, and Chateau aux Arcs's Red Zin. Usually I hate all Altus wine-- it all seems to taste like muscadines, but this was alright.
The latter is an old photo of the $8 Coconut encrusted calamari @ Lulav--best I've had in LR and not all that expensive in comparison. Also in the photo, an old appetizer they've discontinued -- fried polenta. They have an $18 cheese platter I ordered with a girlfriend a while back that's gotta take at least 6 people to finish, but we tried our best -- probably 6 to 8 different cheeses plus almonds and figs.
I went there last night pre-Rep and remebered I had this pic. They've got a great little business and the owners are generous, gave a huge donation to my org for a silent auction.
Monday, February 11, 2008 - 08:21:48
Tuscan treasure
Kat Robinson has posted a long and glowing report on the Tuscan Grill in the Boston area on her Tie Dye Travels website.
It lived up to its hype, she says, from grilled fish to osso buco to, here, braised rabbit.
'Lost' and food
Joel DiPippa reports:
Thursday has become "Lost" night at Chez DiPippa. The best part about having friends over to watch the show, besides a chorus of yelling at the TV, is having some food. Last night, aside from the usual sort of pretzels, chips & salsa, and crackers, we had some very tasty sandwiches.
These started with a ciabatta roll sliced open. First, a layer of prosciutto went down, then a layer of sliced strawberries, and finally a small handful of baby spinach. A quick balsamic reduction was poured on, the top of the roll replaced, and they got a few minutes under the cast iron skillet.
These had a nice balance of the salty, sweet, and tangy flavors. Next time, I think I will give the balsamic reduction some better attention for a fuller flavor.
Beantown breakfast
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