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| Parsnip maple bisque with roasted apples and a cardamom creme fraiche |
Where: The Brewer’s Art, located in a beautiful, old townhouse in the historic Mt. Vernon neighborhood.
The Deal: a three-course meal for $30 per person.
Why: We’ve been to their bar/lounge and had a good experience. Why not try their fine dining for a change?
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| Roasted beet and blood orange salad |
I do love restaurant week in Baltimore. I try to go to a different restaurant every time one occurs. It’s a wonderful way to experience the cuisine and atmosphere of restaurants you’ve been wanting to try, are a wee bit out of your price range, or you just want a good reason to go back to them.
The Brewer’s Art is famous for their award-winning beers (the most popular being the ‘Resurrection’) which they brew on their premises. Their bar and lounge areas are fun, chic, and comfortable and their dining room, simply elegant. The food is quick to get to you (and hot) although I wish the wait staff were a little more attentive. My glass of water was left empty several times for quite awhile. But that’s such a minor complaint for some delicious cuisine!
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| Utz crusted cod with horseradish potato mousseline, sweet and sour red cabbage, and mustard sauce |
For variety, we each ordered different items and shared (although everyone receives the same dessert for the pre fixe menu). Our appetizers were a parsnip maple bisque and roasted beet and blood orange salad. The bisque was amazing- sweet, creamy, and lightly spiced while the salad was colorful and flavorful.
For our main dishes, Nick had baked kabocha squash ravioli with root veggies, bitter greens, pears, chestnuts, and brown butter sage cream. The subtle flavors and textures of this dish melded well. I had a mouth-watering, Utz (the potato chip!) crusted cod. The fish was very tender and well matched with the red cabbage, mustard sauce, and horseradish potato mousseline on which the cod sits, beautifully presented.
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| Tres leches cake and a chocolate torte |
The desserts were a rich, dense (but moist), chocolate torte with a drizzle of raspberry sauce and a tres leches cake with a custard sauce that was just simply delectable.
I will definitely have to eat there again!
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