Chef Allen Unveils His New Menu
Quick. Glance at the new menu at Chef Allen's. What's the first thing that comes to mind? For us, we thought of Michael's Genuine Food & Drink — maybe it's just that the first word on the menu is "snacks," but the structure is similar. Once you get past the snacks section, you realize of course that the menus are completely different. But that's just the first thing that came to mind.
The most obvious difference between the old and new menus is the lack of a regular tasting menu. Perhaps the tasting menu had fallen out of favor with diners, or maybe it's a result of the economic slowdown; diners are less likely to splurge on a tasting menu. As far as prices go, Chef Allen has kept them very reasonable; the new streamlined menu likely helps to keep costs down.
The self-professed new focus is local, sustainable seafood, of which there's plenty on the menu. That said, there's also some non-local options like swordfish, Maine lobster and yellowfin tuna.
What do you think of the new menu?
New Chef Allen's Menu
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Comments
They got some Quayle-itis as they added an "e" to the word "potato" as in "Potatoe pancakes". Tons of other spelling errors too. Don't menu writers use spellcheck?
Posted by: L2M | August 4, 2008 05:18 PM