Parigi for Dinner

I had been wanting to go to Parigi for a long time, mostly because it is a Ben Poremba restaurant, and because it's Italian food. I even drive by it since it's in the Clayton area! My parents have even been there! Luckily, they were nice enough to "let me" take my Dad there for his birthday.

Patience and I got to the restaurant early so we could have a little happy hour on our own...

Cocktails!

...with some Arancini (risotto balls) to start off. They're filled with Teleggio and Peperonata!)

Arancini

We also started with fresh made bread with olive oil while we waited for our meal...this came in handy for sopping up the sauce later!

Fresh made bread

We had a VERY hard time making a selection...there were Sea Scallops and Striped Bass on the menu! But we all went with Italian dishes.

I was in a "risotto mood" and got the special of the night.

Risotto Special

Patience went with one of her favorites: Lasagne Bolognese! Look at all those layers!

Lasagna Bolognese

Linda had the Brodetto, an assorted shellfish and fish stew, which reminded me a lot of Chiappino.

Brodetto

As for my Dad... well, he cleans his plate pretty fast...so all I know is that there several beef and lamb dishes on the menu so there is something for everyone.

And we can't have a birthday without something to stick a candle in. Patience and I had to do most of the work on this Pistachio ice cream and Bread Pudding!

Pistachio ice cream on top of bread pudding

A great place for a special occasion!

Of course we needed a to go box! Did you see the size of that Lasagne!

Resources:

Parigi = https://www.parigistl.com/

Photos by Patience Scanlon

Parigi Jewish Deli Breakfast Popup

Unfortunately, this restaurant has closed.

I was SO stoked when I saw that Ben Poremba was putting on a Jewish deli pop up for brunch! Not only are these all my favorite foods, but I was happy to finally check out his new restaurant Parigi. It is high on my list for dinner as well.

The paper menu was placed in front of us as we sat down and I thought that was nice to share a thank you note. Unfortunately, it took the server's help to explain that we had to flip it over to see the actual menu! hehehe

Thank you note

AH! Much better! One of everything please!

Menu

Ok, we really didn't order one of everything, but we sure tried! We started off with a Breakfast Cocktail (think baking spices) and a Mimosa (it's huge).

Patience ordered coffee and a Breakfast Cocktail

My mimosa

You know we had to have a bagel and lox (Smoked Salmon Plate) and I believe there was homemade schmeer! All the "fish appetizers" came with cucumber, capers, red onion to top the bagel. Plenty of lox to heavily cover each side of my bagel...but that was just warm up!

Smoked Salmon Plate with cucumbers, capers, and red onion

Here is a beautiful completed bagel...so pretty I could cry!

Bagel with smoked salmon, cucumber, capers, and schmeer

Adorable blintzes... with jam on top. One for each of us so no fighting!

Blintzes

Patience loves egg salad so that was an easy pick. I didn't realize it was also available at Olio!

Olio's Famous Egg Salad

Then we saved another favorite for last, matzah ball soup! We each got two small "sinkers"!!!

Matzah Ball Soup

I know there is a second one coming up THIS Sunday, December 18th, and I hope he'll do more throughout the year. There weer so many things we didn't get to try like latkes, chopped liver, Beef Tongue, and white fish all were calling to me.

And you better come hungry if you dare to order one of the sandwiches!

I could eat this food everyday for breakfast!!

Resources:

Parigi = http://www.parigistl.com/

Photos by Patience Scanlon