Sable Kitchen and Bar

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We went to dinner at Sable Kitchen and Bar in River North. We had first heard about this restaurant because the executive chef was on Top Chef a few years ago. We were going to go here back in February for restaurant week but had to cancel at the last minute.  The interesting thing about Sable is that all of the savory dishes can be ordered as a small or large portion.  We ordered small sizes so we could try more items.

Short Rib Sliders

Short Rib Sliders - with root beer glaze and crispy onions.  These were great - better than juicy burgers.  We just wished there had been more of them - we only got one each.

Lobster Roll

Lobster Roll - Maine lobster and toasted buttered roll.  It had a lemony taste to it and it was "lighter' because of less mayo in dressing.  This was good but rather small for the price.

Fettucini

House made fettucini with ramps, pancetta, peas, artichokes, farm egg yolk.  This came with the egg yolk on top which freaked Nick out but it makes it have a great presentation.  Once we mixed the egg into the pasta Nick was able to enjoy it.  It tasted great and all of the components went well together.

Fixins for the Pozole

Pozole Rojo - smoked pork belly, hominy, avocado, cilantro, tortilla strips, ancho chili broth, radishes.  This was the last of savory dishes we ate.  We were still quite hungry when this came to the table, but this was a fairly substantial and filling portion so it was more than enough.  (We almost thought they had brought us the large instead of small portion but it was the small portion after all.) This was the dish we liked the most. We have had pozole a few times before but never at a restaurant. They brought it out in a bowl and then had a dish with the avocado, tortilla and radishes in it that we could mix into the soup. We enjoyed the hot and cool ingredients as well as the interplay of the tender pork and crispy tortillas and radishes.

Pozole

Chocolate Souffle Cake

Dark Chocolate Souffle Cake with Peanut Butter sauce and salted caramel ice cream.  We couldn't pass this up, especially since Nick loves anything with chocolate and caramel in it. It was decadent and nice to have both the caramel and peanut butter together.

Final thoughts on Sable Kitchen and Bar:
Food - really good food, the sliders and lobster roll were a bit small but it was nice to be able to try more items with half portion sizes and prices. We really enjoyed the pozole and would definitely order it again.

Service - the service was pretty good; Nick felt they were bit slow to fill his water though
Atmosphere - we went on a Saturday night and this place was hopping. It was definitely the place to be.  The restaurant is also connected to a nice hotel.