After spending some time in
SOBE for the wine and food festival...its time for some catch up!!!!
Don't get me wrong it was nice to get out of the cold for a couple days but whenever I need to travel its hard to catch back up. This week we made a couple changes to the menu at Lola and have been jamming with restaurant week. Its great to see so many people downtown and supporting the restaurants. Cleveland really does have a great downtown and I love to see the people get out of the burbs and having a good time.
To our current menu we added a hanker-chief pasta with red wine, mushrooms and rapini, a roasted chicken with white sausage, lentils, mustard and bacon and a rib eye with a radish salad and salsa verde. Im really happy with the changes and as usual Powder and the entire kitchen staff are doing a great job. Its gives the menu a little more range in price and some more variety which is always good.
We will also be starting a happy hour at Lola that will be a continuation of restaurant week. We will offer a 3 course tasting for 30 dollars with choices within each category . It will run from 5-630 Mon-Fri. It should be alot of fun. Fortunately we haven't yet felt the economic downturn but Im excited to make Lola more accessible to people who might want to give it a try for a little less cash.
Live to cook, MS
photo by DTR
So happy to see you've been able to make time for your blog again, chef. Of course, I've been guilty of the same thing! Maybe you'll get a kick out of my latest post, My Big Fat Pork Butt:
http://bootnik.com/2009/02/22/my-big-fat-pork-butt/
Living to cook in Houston!
Posted by: Shelley | February 27, 2009 at 01:10 PM
"hanker-chief pasta with red wine, mushrooms and rapini,
a roasted chicken with white sausage, lentils, mustard and bacon
and a rib eye with a radish salad and salsa verde"
Wow. Yum!!
Posted by: Dan D'Agostino | February 27, 2009 at 01:42 PM
Thanks for adding this happy hour. As a young professional who lives and works downtown, I think all the happy hour deals at Cleveland's best restaurants are an underappreciated treasure. I can rarely get off work early enough to enjoy them, but when I can, I love knowing that I can eat and drink Cleveland's best for prices that young people can afford. (And Lolita's late night happy hour menu is really exceptional, since it provides an alternative rather than directly from work.) Enjoyed a ladies' night out at Lola for Mardi Gras and we had an excellent time!
Posted by: Regina | February 27, 2009 at 03:07 PM
"...we added a hanker-chief pasta with red wine, mushrooms and rapini, a roasted chicken with white sausage, lentils, mustard and bacon and a rib eye with a radish salad and salsa verde..."
Sounds incredible, makes me want to order all of it. Can you believe I'm in FL and I wish I was in Cleavland now...
Posted by: rambleonsylvie | February 27, 2009 at 04:01 PM
Cleveland (%$^! spellcheck...)
Posted by: rambleonsylvie | February 27, 2009 at 04:02 PM
It sounds fantastic; makes me miss living near a big city! I wish my little town would do a restaurant week--I love the opportunity to get out & try new things!
Posted by: Amanda | February 28, 2009 at 12:14 AM
Every time I read your blog, I wish I had the opportunity to go to one of your restaurants. Ever consider coming to Northern Cal? We're not all nut jobs out here.
Posted by: Dana | February 28, 2009 at 09:58 PM
Every time I read your blog, I wish I had the opportunity to go to one of your restaurants. Ever consider coming to Northern Cal? We're not all nut jobs out here.
Posted by: Dana | February 28, 2009 at 09:59 PM
Every time I read your blog, I wish I had the opportunity to go to one of your restaurants. Ever consider coming to Northern Cal? We're not all nut jobs out here.
Posted by: Dana | February 28, 2009 at 09:59 PM
Every time I read your blog, I wish I had the opportunity to go to one of your restaurants. Ever consider coming to Northern Cal? We're not all nut jobs out here.
Posted by: Dana | February 28, 2009 at 09:59 PM
MS- I had the pleasure of taking my wife to Lolita for dinner Saturday night...we live in Cinci, but I'm from Cleveland and haven't been to Lolita since it's been Lola. We had amazing food and amazing service. Any chance you could share the recipe for the pork shank?? :)
Thanks for your commitment to our home town- Go Browns!
O.
Posted by: Orest Holubec | March 03, 2009 at 10:38 PM
We came down last night for an early dinner. Food was excellent and the staff very attentive. We'll be back!
Mike Regan
Posted by: michael regan | March 04, 2009 at 02:35 PM
What a lovely looking dough. We'll be making some next week (I'm a culinary school student). I always enjoy handling dough - so relaxing.
Cheers!
Posted by: CookingSchoolConfidential.com | March 22, 2009 at 03:40 PM
I think the that is pasta? Any ways hope to cook something special to my table.
Posted by: fioricet online | October 08, 2009 at 10:44 PM