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Open House at Vertical Bistro: Taste New Menu Items, Beers & Cocktails for $25

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Invitation

If you live in Pasadena or the surrounding San Gabriel Valley, it will be worth your while to drop into Vertical Bistro tomorrow night between 7 – 10 PM. Chef Laurent Quenioux has some new dishes up his sleeve that he would very much like to share with you. And for $25, you can taste a few of them as well as wash them down with some new beers and/or cocktails.

Not a bad open house for the locals.

Make sure you RSVP to the appropriate email address below to reserve your spot. I expect there to be some real tasty French bites awaiting you tomorrow inside the newly renovated Vertical Bistro. There is even a new “library” for you to check out. Now there’s bookshelves in this wine bar thanks to the new addition, which is a 60-seat dining room. The space now overlooks historic Raymond Avenue. This open house sounds like a great opportunity to try the renovation on for size.

 

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

7 – 10 PM

Cost: $25

Menu

RSVP: alis@breadandbutterpr.com

Vertical Bistro
70 N. Raymond Avenue (upstairs)
Pasadena, CA 91103
626.795.3999

Drago Centro Does $25 Prix Fixe – And Fast

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Photo credit to MyLastBite on Flickr

Do you work in downtown LA? Are you running out of quick, interesting lunch options? Drago Centro has come up with a solution – set to change regularly according to season and intermittently featuring some favorite menu items straight out of Chef Celestino Drago’s kitchen. It will run you $25 for an appetizer, entree and dessert – while clocking your entire lunch at under 30 minutes.

Peep the current prix fixe offering – and taste this plus all the offerings to come:

  • Le Lattughe Miste
    mixed baby lettuces, shaved parmesan, red wine vinaigrette
  • La Coda
    braised oxtail, soft polenta
  • Il Tiramisu
    individual tiramisu

Got a little time? Chef de Cuisine Ian Gresik has also introduced some new things to Drago’s menu, like L’insalata di cappesante (seared scallops, butter lettuce, lemon poppy seed dressing); L’insalata tritata (Italian-style chopped salad, turkey, bacon, gorgonzola) and La pizza ai funghi (forest mushrooms and béchamel). Smaller portion signature pastas include: Le pappardelle al fagiano (pappardelle, roasted pheasant, morel mushrooms); Il risotto con zucca e pancetta (risotto, butternut squash, pancetta, taleggio cream) and I garganelli (garganelli, pork sausage, parmesan, fennel seeds).

On the run or not, it might be a good time overall to visit Drago Centro to see how they’ve revitalized their menu. And while you’re there, you might as well sample Michael Shearin‘s absolutely wonderful cocktail menu (they will be $12 and not $8 but well worth it)!

Lunch: Mon – Fri, 11:30 AM – 2 PM
Complete lunch menu

Dinner: Mon – Sat, 5 – 10:30 PM
Sun 4 – 9 PM

Drago Centro
525 S. Flower Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
213.228.8998

@dragocentro