Thursday, March 24, 2022

Thursday Sips & Nibbles

I'm back again with a new edition of Sips & Nibbles, my regular column where I highlight some interesting, upcoming food and drink events. I hope everyone dines out safely, tips well and are nice to their servers.
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1) The Banksa revival of the New England fish house, will start offering Brunch this weekend. Executive Chef Robert Sisca & Executive Pastry Chef Alyx Abreu have created a brunch menu that is full of sweet & savory dishes, such as:

Fried Whole Belly Clams & Waffles - buttermilk fried clams, candied bacon, maple gravy
Santa Barbara Uni Benedict - Ossetra Caviar, saffron hollandaise
Smoked Salmon Benedict - red onion, capers, citron hollandaise
Scituate Lobster Benedict - spinach, saffron hollandaise
Steak & Eggs - fried oysters, flat iron steak, two sunny side up eggs, grilled toast
Smoked Bluefish Pate - furikake, espelette, chives, crostini
Everything Bagels & Lox - Chef Alyx’s house made bagels with cream cheese, heirloom tomatoes, chives
Pastry Basket with a rotating selection of Chef Alyx’s favorites such as chocolate croissants with coffee cream filling and cheddar scallion scones
Lemon Pancakes - rhubarb strawberry jam, blueberries, whipped cream
The Hangover Flatbread - spicy prosciutto, bacon, homefries, fried egg, sriracha

The brunch menu also offers items from The Banks lunch and dinner menus: New England Clam Chowder, Swordfish BLT (grilled swordfish, Berkshire pork belly, arugula, tomato, basil-lime mayo), Lobster Roll (brown butter bun, sea salt, chives, Old Bay potato chips, hot or cold), Prime Short Rib Burger (jalapeno jack cheddar, ITO, sesame bun, fries, lime aioli), Fish & Chips (IPA battered cod, slaw, French fries, remoulade) and The Chowda flatbread (creme fraiche, smoked bacon, clams, potatoes, oyster crackers).

Brunch will be served on Saturdays and Sundays, from 10:30am-2:30pm. 

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