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Eat Cetera: Smoked Mushrooms To Meat Filled Mondays To Food Truck Frenzy

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John Del Signore

Published May 17, 2011

Modified May 17, 2011

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Licorice Scented Lamb LoinMeat Filled Mondays: Got a bad case of the Mondays? That's nothing the taste of flesh can't fix. In response to a growing trend of “Meatless Mondays," Chef Christian Ragano at New York Central in Grand Central Station will be offering "Meat Filled Mondays" starting May 23rd. Ragano, a talented chef who has a tattoo of a pig across his chest, will come up with a different menu each week, featuring meat like beef cheeks, ostrich, buffalo, elk, rabbit, quail, and steak. It costs $65 a seating, and while next week's menu hasn't been announced yet, you can get a sense of what you're in for with last week's offerings. First Course: Honey Glazed Quail Arugula, Beluga Lentils, Lardoons, Reisling Foam. Second Course: Pan Roasted Lamb Loin Chickpeas, Fava Beans, Spinach, Rhubarb. Third Course: Roasted Elk Loin Braised Romaine, Morels, Blueberry Mostarda. Dessert was Grandma’s Chocolate Cake, which we can only assume was made with choice cuts of grandmother moose, which is the most tender. 109 East 42nd Street, (212)-883-1234

 

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Published May 17, 2011

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Click through on the photos for the details on Meat Filled Mondays at New York Central, the limited-edition Smoked Mushroom Madness at Fatty 'Cue, this weekend's Taste of Tribeca, Marc Forgione's new Spring menu, and Monday's lunchtime "Food Truck Frenzy," brought to you by Zagat.

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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.

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