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Get A Preview Of Hearty

If the delayed open of Hearty (pushed back from an original Labor Day open to its current early November) is foiling your September restaurantgoing plans, you might be interested to note that next Wednesday, September 9, the Boys are opening up the space for a one-night-only preview dinner. The limited menu on offer stays true to chef Dan Smith’s upscaled-kitsch schtick, including deep-fried mac and cheese, a serious take on pork & beans, and an impressively straight-faced attempt to revive Chicken a la King to culinary legitimacy. Read on for the full menu.


Hearty preview dinner, September 9
$35 for three courses, excluding liquor, tax and gratuity. For reservations, call (773) 244-9866 x 203.

STARTER
Grilled chopped Caesar salad with shaved Romano, white anchovy and house crouton
MC2
Blue, Cheddar and Havarti mac ‘n’ cheese squares rolled in cracker crumbs and deep-fried

MAIN
Chicken à la king
Wine-poached chicken, mushrooms, garden peas, sherry cream over grilled dill-onion bread
Pork belly and beans
Braised pork belly, pork cheeks and smoked pork hock with great Northern beans in a savory-sweet sauce
Campfire fish
Wrapped in foil with market vegetables and herb butter; grilled over hot coals in the traditional campfire tradition

DESSERT
Pudding flight
Arborio rice pudding, whiskey butterscotch pudding, cornmeal Indian pudding
Banana and caramelized pecan layer cake
Slab o’ cake on a plate - that’s it

FEATURED COCKTAILS
Cucumber Martini
Ketel One, Thatcher’s Organic Cucumber Artisan Liqueur
Pegu Club
Hendrick’s Gin, Cointreau, fresh lime, bitters
El Diablo
Tequila, crème de cassis, white grape juice, ginger ale, lime
Selected American wines

Get A Preview Of Hearty