In Downcity Comfort Food 11/8

As winter settles in, you can’t help but gravitate towards warm stews and tons of comfort food. Nothing sounds better than a hot chicken pot pie on a cold day. We browsed the local menus and decided to create a shopping guide for your stomach.

Tazza
Hours
Street Cafe – 6:30am Monday – Friday / 8am on Weekends
Breakfast: Monday – Friday 8am
Lunch : Monday – Friday 11:30am – 4pm
Dinner : Nightly 5pm
Brunch : Saturday & Sunday 11:30am – 4pm

Tazza’s Benedict – two poached eggs with hollandaise on english muffins with homefries and your choice of glazed ham, smoked salmon or spinach and mushrooms.
Crunchy French Toast – Tazza’s brioche, cointreau creme anglaise, sweet strawberries
Malted Belgian Waffle – chantilly cream, bacon almond brittle and marinated cherries

Gracie’s
Hours
Tuesday – Saturday: 5pm – closing

Starting November, A La Carte prix-fixe begins at $40, and they also serve a 5 course tasting for $75 and a 7 course tasting for $90.
Crescent Farms Duck – Roasted baby fennel, cippolini onions, Haruki turnips, honey glazed peaches.
Tasting of Autumn Vegetables – Chef’s preparation inspired daily
Gracie’s Rigatoni Campanaro – Sweet & spicy sausage, plum tomato, ricotta salata

Sura
Hours
Monday – Thursday: 11:30am – 10pm
Friday: 11:30am – 11pm
Saturday: 12pm – 11pm
Sunday: 12pm – 9pm

Kimchee Jjigae – Traditional Korean style stew. Made with kimchee, pork and tofu in a hot pot served with rice.
Dumpling Stew – Homemade dumpling soup with sliced beef, scallions and egg
Yuk Gae Jang – Spicy shredded beef soup with scallions and vermicelli noodles in a hot pot served with rice.

Local 121
hours
Brunch: Sunday 10am – 3pm
Lunch: Tuesday – Saturday 12pm – 3pm
Dinner: Nightly 5pm – 10pm, until 11pm Friday and Saturday, until 9pm on Sunday

Seasonal Soup of the Day
Baffoni’s Farm Chicken Confit Pot Pie – Baby carrots, turnips, potatoes, lemon-thyme biscuit
…and for something warm & sweet for desert
Baked Rhode Island – Coffee Caramel ice cream, meringue, almond graham crust, mocha drizzle, toasted almonds, baked to order

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