An Exploration of

 Dallas’ Dining Alternatives

Those of you who were able to join us this summer for the first dinner in this series  (Café Marrakesh) know how much fun it can be to discover a new, off-the-beaten-path restaurant that both surprises and delights. Drawing on over 20 years experience in the Dallas restaurant scene,  Mitch Kaufmann and his wife Kristen have fashioned just such a gem in East Dallas. Our hopes of being the first to tell you about this fantastic  new restaurant were cruelly dashed on January 1st when Leslie Brenner, Food Critic for the Dallas Morning News named them one of the Best New Restaurants of 2009. Join us on Monday, February 8th as we pair six exceptional, high scoring wines from some of our favorite producers (including a blind flight with the main course) with a delicious five course meal. With only 36 seats available this dinner will surely sell out as quickly as the last one did.

‘Best New Restaurants of 2009’

“Charming, cute, stuffy, noisy, friendly, quirky and definitely original: That's Urbano, the tiny cafe is tucked in a storefront next to Jimmy's Food Store. It's BYOB … and Urbano has become a gathering place, day and night, for the wine crowd. At lunch, simply prepared pastas are heartwarming (hey, it's Bolognese season!) … At dinner, dishes such as seared duck breast with a star anise demi-glace or a pan-roasted half chicken with lemon-fig beurre rouge are not just satisfying, they're also terrific bargains.” Leslie Brenner, Dallas Morning News Restaurant Critic. 1/1/10

Urbano Café

1410 N Fitzhugh  (corner of N Fitzhugh & Bryan)
Monday, February 8th – 7pm

$89 per person

PARKING: Urbano Café is located in Old East Dallas on the corner of Fitzhugh and Bryan behind Jimmy's Food Store. Limited parking is available on Fitzhugh in front of the restaurant. Arrangements for additional parking have been made with El Rancho Mercado across Fitzhugh from the restaurant as well.

DIRECTIONS:  FROM DOWNTOWN - Go East on Live Oak to Fitzhugh.  Turn left on Fitzhugh.  Go through the first stoplight at Bryan and we are the first building on your right behind Jimmy's.  FROM LAKEWOOD -Take Live Oak towards downtown.  Turn right at the light  at Fitzhugh.  Go through the first stoplight at Bryan and we are the first building on your right. FROM 75 - Exit Fitzhugh and turn east onto Fitzhugh (away from downtown.)  We are after the light at Ross and before the light at Bryan.  

Reservations may be made by Sigel’s Charge, MasterCard, Visa, American Express or Discover.  Due to the necessity of a restaurant guarantee, no cancellations will be accepted after 12 noon, Friday, February 5th.  All reservations will be charged accordingly. For reservations please contact:
Randy McLaughlin rmclaughlin@sigels.com or Jasper Russo jrusso@sigels.com  or         214-350-1271.

Menu

First Course

Heirloom Tomato Bruschetta with Drunken Goat Cheese on Marble Rye Crostini

Palmina Arneis Honea 08

Second Course

Steamed Napa Wrapped Orange Roughy
with Cardamom Scented Wild Rice, Rapini Timbal and Carambola Beurre Blanc

Brewer Clifton Chardonnay Mt Carmel 07 (96rp)

Third Course

Herbed Three Grain Oxtail & Mushroom Risotto with Texas Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Finca Dofi Priorat 04 (95rp)

Fourth Course

Seared Lamb Tenderloin
with Mixed Baby Beets, Mashed Okinawan Potatoes and Sage Demi-glace

Mystery American Red Wine (93rp)

Mystery French Red Wine (93rp)
(discriminating palates should easily discern the kinship between these two selections)

Dessert Course

Coffee & Cinnamon Spiced Winter Crumble with Hazelnut Gelato

Rare Wine Company Madeira Bual Boston