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Promontory Adds Lunch in Wave of Expansions by Hyde Park Restuarants

By Sam Cholke | July 7, 2015 6:38am
 The Promontory added a lunch menu Monday including a vegetarian sandwich of crispy potato masala, creamed spinach, maitake mushroom, cashews and LaClare chèvre.
The Promontory added a lunch menu Monday including a vegetarian sandwich of crispy potato masala, creamed spinach, maitake mushroom, cashews and LaClare chèvre.
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HYDE PARK — The Promontory is adding lunch service, making it the latest Hyde Park restaurant to expand its offerings.

The expansion is the latest in a wave of new ventures and expansions for established restaurants in the neighborhood and may signal that Hyde Park may have finally comfortably shifted into a higher gear in dining.

On Monday, the Promontory, 5311 S. Lake Park Ave. West, started offering a lunch menu for the first time from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The new courses include a fried chicken sandwich on challah bun, with house-made buttermilk ranch, turmeric pickle relish and smoked bacon. There is a more brunch-style option of French toast on multigrain bread with strawberry royale, chocolate cremeaux, malted mint whipped cream and toasted hazelnuts. There is also a vegetarian sandwich of crispy potato masala, creamed spinach, maitake mushroom, cashews, and LaClare chèvre.

The expansion is the latest in a series of new endeavors from neighborhood chefs.

Those in-the-know might have already spotted the hand-lettered signs for taco night at Zaleski and Horvath, 1323 E. 57th St. From 6-11 p.m. on Fridays only the restaurant, better known for its morning coffee and lunch-hour sandwiches, stays open late to serve four varieties of tacos, burritos and kale bowls.

During the academic year, the dinner is often also available on Saturday nights, making it a solid alternative when there are lines the neighboring Medici.

A10, 1462 E. 53rd St., has moved into specialty four-course dinners on Wednesday nights centered around one fruit or vegetable from a local farm. The Tour the Garden series kicked off on July 1 with a $35 dinner devoted to fennel grown by Planted Chicago and continues on Wednesday with a beet dinner featuring produce from Nichols Farm and Orchard in Marengo, Ill.

A10 has also expanded to selling its fresh-made pasta directly at the 61st Street Farmers Market, 6100 S. Blackstone Ave. from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays.

Small grocery store Open Produce at 1635 E. 55th St. is also in the final stages of getting its liquor license approved and will soon offer wine and beer from Midwest breweries.

With the neighborhood’s established restaurants expanding their options and new venues like Packed on their way, it may be a sign that Hyde Park’s food scene is up and coming.

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