Restaurant Roundup: New restaurant temporarily closed, menu additions
May 19, 2022
The new Roots of Brasil has been closed since last week’s derecho damaged HVAC equipment on the side of the building at Eighth and Weber. The unit is connected to the kitchen hood, so the restaurant can’t reopen until it’s working. Co-owner Mark Gillespie said they hope to be back in operation June 1.
22Ten Kitchen Cocktails has several new additions to its menu. Try the coconut-breaded calamari with a pina colada sauce and spicy mango aioli or one of two new flatbreads: Sicilian chicken or braised beef. There’s a new Chop Chop salad with roast turkey and a chili lime vinaigrette. New steak options include a New York strip with three-cheese ravioli and the Butcher’s Box, which offers house-cut ribeye, New York strip or sirloin options. Signature dish additions include maitake bibimbap, pork marsala, seafood alfredo and dill-crusted walleye.
R Wine Bar & Kitchen has added three new items on its menu. The shrimp cocktail features tiger shrimp cooked with parsley, lemon, garlic and bay leaf and is served with housemade cocktail sauce. Pollo Alla Pizzaiola is a chicken breast served with fettuccine, pomodoro sauce, melted mozzarella, olive oil, smoked salt and black pepper. The Chilean sea bass is poached and served with crispy pancetta and apple fennel sauce with wild rice and roasted local mushrooms.
After a social media outcry from fans, the Mexican Pizza is back on the menu at Taco Bell. The restaurant chain dropped it along with four other items in November 2020. The Mexican Pizza is made up of two crispy flour shells, layered with beans, pizza sauce, seasoned beef, tomatoes and a melted three-cheese blend. There is also a vegetarian version without the seasoned beef.
Remedy Brewing Co. is celebrating Queen Bee Day on Saturday in honor of its iconic beer made with South Dakota honey. This year, there also will be four limited edition varieties of Queen Bee on tap: lemon lavender, peach cobbler, chai tea and hibiscus rose. There’s also a special menu from The Saucy Boyz: the Queen Bee Burger, a hot honey pork wrap, bourbon honey beef skewers, shrimp flatbread and a strawberry apple honey salad. The party on the back patio includes vendors from 1 to 5 p.m. and the Guilty Pleasures Orchestra from 7 to 10 p.m. The brewery is open from noon to midnight.
Here’s a special dinner with an adventurous six-course menu. Tarquin Argentinian Restaurant is hosting an Argentinian Hunter’s Dinner at 6 p.m. Monday. Meats include venison, walleye, frog’s legs, wild sheep and rabbit. Each course of the $100 dinner is paired with an Argentinian wine. Limited seats are available; reservations can be made by calling 605-271-2027.
Fiero Pizza has added a cauliflower crust to its offerings. It joins a potato-based, gluten-free, vegan crust that’s also available for an additional charge. Unlike the downtown pizzeria’s traditional rectangle-shaped crust, the gluten-free versions are round.
A plant-based food truck that’s planning to open this summer is offering free samples Friday to get feedback on its menu. Dirty Birds will be at WoodGrain Brewing Co. at 7 p.m. with three varieties of its cashew-based mac-and-cheese.
Mitchell-based food truck Schroeder’s Snak Shak makes a few appearances in the Sioux Falls area every summer and several are coming up in the next few days. Schroeder’s signature item is lamb chislic. It’s also known for its hamburgers and steak bites because all its meat is locally sourced, said Eva Schroeder, who owns the business with her husband, Alan. Dessert items include fried Oreos and funnel cakes. Friday, the trailer will be at Discovery Elementary on 22nd west of Sertoma from 4 to 7 p.m. Find it Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 605 Antiques, 3201 S. Shirley Ave. They’ll be back in the area May 27 at Valkyrie and The Beast in Tea.
The Good Earth Summer Concert Series kicks off Sunday, and there’s a food truck at the state park every time. The concerts begin at 4 p.m., and you’ll need to have a state park sticker on your vehicle or pay the daily entrance fee. Here’s the calendar.
Chef Schindler’s Gourmet Desserts is the new supplier of desserts for Kaladi’s Bistro and Camille’s Sidewalk Cafe locations. Zachary Schindler is providing his signature cheesecakes; cakes such as carrot, chocolate and Italian cream bundt; and desserts such as pots de creme and lemon bars. Schindler does custom orders and has an online bakery. Kaladi’s previous dessert provider, Berdene Whipkey of Berdene’s Homemade Desserts, is scaling back to making custom orders and doing some events, the restaurant said in a post on social media.
Donate a pint of blood Wednesday and get a gift certificate for a free buffet at Pizza Ranch on 41st Street. The Community Blood Bank Bloodmobile will be at the restaurant from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:30 to 5 p.m. Follow this link to sign up for an available time slot.
Changes in hours, service
Kane’s Baked Goods & Cafe is updating hours starting next week. The food truck that’s based in a parking lot on the northeast corner of 10th and Minnesota will be open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Sunny’s Pizzeria at 26th and Walts has tweaked hours. To make it easier for people to pick up a pizza on the way home from work, it opens a half-hour earlier on weekdays – at 4:30 p.m. Lunch hours of 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. remain the same. And Sunday’s hours now match Saturdays: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
If you’re a fan of Phnom Penh Restaurant, you might want to stop in before Memorial Day. The restaurant on North Minnesota Avenue that serves Cambodian, Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese foods will be closed May 30 through June 8.
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