Sable Kitchen & Bar

To continue restaurant week, Mae and I dined at Sable Kitchen & Bar in River North adjacent to Hotel Palomar.  Reservations here are very hard to get and we were lucky to have found one during the week. Sable's head chef, Heather Terhune, competed on Bravo's Top Chef Season 9 and I was obviously excited to eat the tasty food. The food is described as American gastro pub of small plates perfect for sharing. Our food was delicious and rich, a good pairing for a cold night and the dessert was amazing! In addition to great food, their drinks were delightful, which reminds me of the speak easy style.

We started with Wisconsin Cheese Curds and Chicken Confit Poutine of house made fries, chicken gravy, fresh herbs, Wisconsin cheese curds in roasted shallot butter. Main plates of Veal meatballs in a gorgonzola walnut cream sauce; a Lobster roll; Short rib sliders in a root beer glaze and crispy onions; Grilled Pork Belly with smoked butternut squash puree, maple gastrique and crispy kale; and House made duck juniper and pistachio sausage with sweet potato-corn hash and foie gras butter. Then ended dinner with Dark chocolate soufflé cake with peanut butter sauce and salted caramel ice cream and Butterscotch Pot de crème with brown butter pecan shortbread and candied orange. The butterscotch was amazing, a must try!!