Act quick for Mother's Day, graduation at Cardinal Spirits, Hilltop in Spencer and FARM
Still time for graduation weekend reservations at Cardinal Spirits
Cardinal Spirits has a four-course special menu available May 5 and 6 for Indiana University graduation weekend with a few seats still available. The menu is sharable, with a cocktail party feel that includes, of course, a cocktail.
A shared appetizer is the first course with several choices, followed by another choice: burrata with spinach, shaved fennel, toasted almonds, lemon-white balsamic vinegar served with crostini; warm flatbread with alfredo, roasted red pepper, confit tomato, arugula, balsamic and bacon; or pork and sausage meatballs and marinara with provolone and parmesan cheese with warm Italian bread.
Third course is a choice of jumbo shrimp cocktail; chimichurri-topped braised beef short rib with garlic olive potato puree; or sautéed oyster mushrooms with seared polenta points. Dessert options are Piccoli Dolci chocolate tart, peanut butter mousse, toasted marshmallow; Affogato, created with Chocolate Moose vanilla ice cream, Songbird Coffee Liqueur and espresso beans; and Valencia ice cream made with vanilla ice cream, Valencia Triple Sec sauce and orange zest.
Cardinal Spirits is at 922 S. Morton St. For reservations, go online to www.cardinalspirits.com or call 812-202-6789.
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Hilltop Restaurant to host Mother's Day meal
Hilltop Restaurant, at 2434 U.S. 231 just north of Spencer, will host a Mother's Day meal from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 14. The special menu will include a choice of entrée, salad, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, corn, yeast rolls and orange marmalade, drink and dessert. The entrees are fried chicken, meatloaf, jumbo shrimp or coconut shrimp, turkey and stuffing, or chicken Kiev. All are served family style. Cost is $23.99 for adults, $12.99 for youth ages 5-10 with children age 4 and younger sharing for free. The cost does not include tax or gratuity. Call 812-829-3891 for reservations.
Mother's Day brunch at FARMbloomington
FARMbloomington will have a pre-fixed two-course meal available for Mother's Day brunch, which will run 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 108 E. Kirkwood Ave. Cost is $25 per person.
The first-course options are chilled Spanish gazpacho; roasted tomato basil bisque; Greek yogurt parfait with sesame and coconut granola; Gramma Kolb's hot cereal with steel-cut oats, dried cherries and candied pecans; spring fruit salad with dragon fruit, melon, grapes, and pineapple drizzled with ginger and honey syrup; and the Good Life salad with local greens, cherry tomatoes and red onions.
Second-course options are The Gardener's Breakfast of tofu scramble, roasted home fries, sautéed greens, roasted tomatoes and pico de gallo; Now Forager with mushrooms, soft scrambled eggs and biscuit; steak and eggs served with home fries; Upper East Sider of scrambled eggs, smoked salmon, sour cream, fennel salad and a biscuit; The FARMhand with scrambled eggs, home fries with a choice of bacon, ham or cheddar sausage; an oven bake with egg, artichokes, tomatoes, potatoes and three cheeses; and Hoosier poutine with fries, Kielbasa gravy, cheese curds and scrambled eggs.
FARM also has walk-in availability for graduation at the bar and, depending on the weather, may have street terrace openings Thursday night through Sunday night. A special a la carte graduation menu will be available.
Hive now is open for breakfast
Beginning in May, Hive will open at 8 a.m. Monday through Friday with a breakfast menu available, in addition to the coffee and bakery options that it already offers. The breakfast menu includes an "egg sammich," with an egg and white cheddar cheese on a challah roll; avocado toast with sliced radish and microgreens on wheat toast; an egg-n-muffin with a choice of meat or veggie sausage; buttermilk and corn flour pancakes; and a Cuban breakfast dish with eggs, black beans, rice Cotija, pico, avocado salsa and cilantro.
Hive is at 2608 E. 10th St. For more, go to www.hivebloomington.com.
The Bowl closes 'forever'
From social media posts, it looks like The Bowl, a Bloomington restaurant that's most recent iteration served Korean food at 2800 E. Buick Cadillac Blvd., is closed. In an April 18 Facebook post, it says the restaurant is "closed forever," and that other restaurants with the same name may open at some future time but will not be the same. The post states, "But we can not coming back."
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