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Opening menus for The Mildred
Adam Erace gets a first look at The Mildred's menus.
Opening menus for The Mildred
When James closed at 8th and Christian, it left a huge hole in many, many hearts (present company included), but in The Mildred (824 S. 8th St.), Jim Burke's baby has a noble successor. Tonight, Mike Santoro makes good on his post-Talula's Garden promise to bring his talented cooking to a self-owned spot; the Mildred will open for dinner at 5:30 with a menu that straddles summer and fall like a Russian gymnast: verbena-poached cod, toasted squid with fennel, brats with grapes and celery, family-style, $24-a-head bouillabaisse and more. If anyone gets there tonight, holler in the comments tomorrow. Or just live vicariously through the menu, posted below.
First Courses
Creamy vitello tonnato with capers & romaine 9
Hand-spun chitarra with braised cockles, bacon & beer 11
Salad of toasted squid with charred fennel & citrus aioli 8
The Mildred salad with salted almond, lemon confit, & fresh herbs 7
Confit potato with tender pig trotter and watercress salad with grain mustard dressing 9
Warm spanish mackerel with cucumber, eggplant, & spiced yoghurt 12
Main Courses
Oven roasted quail with braised lentils, & beetroot 24
Pan roasted blade of beef with mushroom condiment & rissole potatoes 22
Caramelized scallops in a coquillage of beans, late season tomatoes & fried squid 25
Black cod poached in verbena, with chanterelles, blackened leeks, and barley 24
Traditional pan roasted veal bratwurst with charred onions, grapes, & celery leaves 18
Crispy yukon gold pie with sautéed chard and lightly pickled vegetables 17
Slow braised rib of beef with broiled parmesan trenne’ 19
Pastured chicken breast in a barigoule of artichokes with potato puree & chervil 20
Traditional bouillabasse meant for sharing, scented with pernod and lemon 24 per person
Desserts
The Mildred chocolate cake with salted caramel and lemon ice cream 8
Raspberry tart, red currant jam, citrus cream, blood orange sorbet 8
Walnut cake, fresh figs, caramelized honey walnuts, crème fraiche crème glace 8
Plum clafoutis, mirabelle sorbet, and marcona almond tuile 8
Classic tarte tatin, caramel sauce, vanilla ice cream, for two 12
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