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The Essential 2215 1st Avenue North
2215 1st Avenue North, Birmingham, AL
All Day Menu
Starters
Sourdough Bread
Rodolphe le Meunier - real nice french butter$7.00Arancini
Crispy rice balls with mozzarella, fontina, and Calabrian chili sauce$8.00+Caesar Salad
Local lettuces, garlic breadcrumbs, and parmesan with house made caesar dressing$14.00Mushroom Toast
V - Roasted local mushrooms, creme fraiche, thyme, and grilled sourdough$16.00
Beet Salad
robiola bosina, muscadine gelee, apple balsamic, olive oil$16.00
Roasted Sweet Potatoes
on whipped tahini, topped with salsa macha and pickled raisins$14.00Basque Peppers
'Basque Style' stuffed peppers filled with poached yellowfin tuna, topped with paprika mayonnaise and a relish of pistachio, picholine olives, parsley, and shallot. 4 pc$16.00Side Fries
$5.00
Pasta
Spaghetti Cacio E Pepe
V - 'cacio e pepe,' whole wheat flour, miso butter, parmesan brodo, zanzibar peppercorns$22.00
Agnolotti
V - herbed ricotta and goat cheese filled, honey nut squash with sun-dried tomato butter$24.00Rigatoni Bolognese
House-made chorizo from Bear Creek pork, tomato, creme fraiche, and Manchego$26.00
Gemelli
Sunflower seed pesto, burrata, shiitake mushroom XO sauce$24.00Cappelletti
$26.00
Entrées
Five Grain Salad
V - farro, barley, wheat berry, whipped feta, lettuces, walnuts, crispy quinoa, avocado$22.00Cheeseburger
two smashed dry-aged Bear Creek beef patties made with sharp American cheddar cheese, Russian, dijonaise, shrettuce, pickles, caramelized onions, housemade bun with fries$24.00Half Chicken
GF - Joyce Farms chicken with ginger and guajillo marinade, cooked under a 'brick,' peanut-lime gremolata, fries$34.00Bistro Steak
Steak from Bear Creek with confit fingerling potatoes, arugula, and pearl onion balsamic sauce$40.00Seared Scallops
refried 'masoor dal' lentils from Rancho Gordo, blistered shishito peppers, and coriander carrot salsa verde$40.00
Drinks
Soft Drinks & NA Cocktails
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Seared Scallops
$40.00
refried 'masoor dal' lentils from Rancho Gordo, blistered shishito peppers, and coriander carrot salsa verde
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