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WARM SEAFOOD SALAD
w/ fresh baby shrimp, cuttlefish, octopus, pistachio, Taggiasca olives, tomato confit, EVO & lemon
SUMMER RAVIOLI
w/ ricotta, spinach, melted Verona tomatoes, EVO, micro basil & Parmigiano Reggiano
NATIVE STRAWBERRY & RHUBARB
SHORT CAKE
w/ lemon basil sorbet
SAUTÉED DIVER SEA SCALLOPS
w/ “summer” vegetable risotto
John Mariani recently stopped into Bricco and had this to say…..
“In essence, Bricco is a distillation of Grant’s sentiment and his experience in working both traditional and modern Italian cuisine, and, if a Friday lunch packed to the rafters with locals was any indication, Bricco is pleasing an awful lot of people. I am a new convert myself. I told Billy Grant to cook as he wished and was rewarded with a first course of grilled cuttlefish, Portuguese octopus, and sea scallop, all impeccably cooked, with a simple salad of arugula, tomato confit, olives, olive oil and lemon–perfection!”
To read more from John – go to – Virtual Gourmet
Bread service at Grants will be available only upon request. A chickpea spread will be served instead of butter, but if butter is desired, you may request it as well. Flour prices have gone “through the roof,” Billy tells Hartford Courant writer Greg Morago.
“We’re having to be creative and flexible. We’re watching portioning. We’re concentrating on more economic cuts. We’re saving a little bit here and there,” said Grant, the chef/owner of Grants and Bricco Restaurants in West Hartford. “At the same time, we can’t compromise on what we’re doing.”
BG Catering is working on a new “boxed lunch” concept, which will be marketed to surrounding businesses. The lunches will include choice of a great sandwich–including two or three vegetarian options, one of Frannie’s fabulous bar cookies, a piece of fresh fruit, a side salad of some sort, and a drink. Stay Tuned!
Grants Restaurant is proud to be the exclusive retail outlet in Greater Hartford for Connecticut’s own Red Bee Honey. Red Bee ®, a small bee farm is located in the historical Bradley Tool section of Weston, Ct. Their charming red cottages were once the home of NY City ballerina Gelsey Kirkland who partnered Mikhail Baryshnikov. Here they create the purest Artisanal honey, bee pollen and pure, sustainable skin care products. The products are handmade in small batches using only plant based ingredients to insure the finest quality and they absolutely do not use pesticides, alcohol, paraffin waxes or preservatives in any of our products.
The raspberry and blueberry honeys are in limited supply, since those particular bushes only bloom for a short time each year. The wildflower honey is more readily available, and has a light floral taste. We place the honey in a small ramekin on the cheese plate, in addition to “sugared” almonds, and a few dates–nice and simple.
The pastry chefs have been researching some new dessert ideas, and will start to implement soon. Right now we’re serving a lovely almond shortcake with native strawberries and rhubarb, and handmade “Red Bee” honey ice cream.
PRICES:
Creamed 16oz – $13.00
Spreadable honey with a lovely texture!
All honey will crystallize in time and
our creamed honey is whipped to a delicate grainy texture and spreads like butter. Delicious on biscuits and toast with cinnamon.
Flavored Wild Raspberry 11oz – $13.00
Extra light amber honey, fruity
with a hint of raspberry.
Enjoy with Brie or goat cheeses
on baguette, tea and pound cakes.
Blueberry Blossom 11oz – $13.00
A light amber honey, fruity in flavor with a
smooth and buttery texture.
Drizzle over fruit salads, yogurt and granola.
Unpasteurized and unheated.
Wildflower 11oz – $13.00
Dark amber, rich and full bodied with a hint of caramel.
Enjoy on pancakes, waffles with blue cheeses,
pecans or figs. Our most requested honey!
Unpasteurized and unheated.
Natural Honey Comb – $18.00
A perfectly filled frame of honey!
A rare and special treat direct from the bee hive.
Celebrate! West Hartford is this Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th, and Grants will again be participating this year. Stop by and enjoy these mouth-watering treats:
* BBQ Pork Sandwich
* Grandma’s Ravioli with sage butter and slow cooked tomato and truffled fries with parmesan and chive
* Beverages include Snapple and Iced Tea
June 14 and 15, 2008
West Hartford, Connecticut
West Hartford’s 22nd annual celebration
Free Admission – Rain or Shine
Celebrate! West Hartford is a highly attended, annual tradition that promotes, embraces and celebrates community life. Attracting well over 30,000 people each year, Celebrate! also provides festival attendees with a wide range of wholesome family activities – an award winning juried arts & crafts show, great food, entertainment, games, rides, a certified 5K road race – as the saying goes, “something for everyone”. The event offers civic, service, sports, schools and charitable organizations a way to increase community awareness and an opportunity to raise funds for their worthy causes.
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