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Happy hour launches at Ela
Is placing a burger on a menu - even a house-ground sirloin one, topped with bourbon/soy-glazed mushrooms on a house-baked black sesame bun - a creative concession for a chef like Jason Cichonski?
Happy hour launches at Ela
Is placing a burger on a menu — even a house-ground sirloin one, topped with bourbon/soy-glazed mushrooms on a fresh-baked black sesame bun — a creative concession for someone like Jason Cichonski? Yes, he admits. But there she is, in all her Cabot cheddar-draped glory, on the brand-new happy hour menu at the chef's progressive Ela (627 S. Third St.). Cichonski's modern-cookery meanderings aren't going anywhere, and his tasting-format dinner menu continues to evolve. But he views this new happy hour, which launches tonight and will run Tuesday to Friday and on Sunday from 5 to 6:30 p.m., as a chance to crank out some comparatively down-market plates. Think the burger (only 10 available each day), think crispy boneless sous-vide-then-fried thighs ("Chicken Chomps"), think jarred bacon-marinated sardines, think house pickles and chewy "beet jerky." Deals on drinks, too: $3 draft beer, $5 wine and a $6 rotating cocktail. A burger chef Cichonski ain't, but catch him in this 90-minute window to see how well he plays one.
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