PHOTOS: Opening Night At Kensington Quarters
Very nearly a year after we first told you that Kensington Quarters would, at some point, be opening (and nearly two years after the enterprise first began to take shape), Michael Pasquarello and Bryan Mayer’s bar, restaurant, and butcher shop officially opened its doors last night.
You would never have known that the place is a new addition. A crowded bar of patrons sipping wine on tap and cocktails with names like “The Wishbone” and “The Cleaver,” a steady, busy dining room, and chef Damon Menapace calmly calling orders to his team behind the line in the open kitchen.
Yesterday, we brought you the menus. But for our first visit we tried a little bit of everything and, naturally, we brought a camera to share the experience with you.
The butchers, in their environment.
Beef hearts with celery root and cranberry.
Lamb sausage with kidney bean ragout.
Ravioli with lanchego and parsley.
Spelt & bacon with poached egg and root vegetable escabeche.
Lasagna with pig trotters, collard greens and mozzarella
Pork shoulder, potato torta, mustard greens.
Pear and lavender tart with chocolate almond cookie.
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