GREEN HARVEST DINNER

sola is going green with Green Acres Farm

Go green with us on Monday, August 11th at 6:30 p.m.
as we host our first-ever Green Harvest Dinner with Green Acres Farms!

The dinner will be five courses featuring Hawaiian fish, local meats and poultry highlighted with fruits, vegetables and herbs from Green Acres Farms.
Each course will be complemented with organic, sustainable and biodynamic wines from the Pacific Northwest.

The dinner is $85 and reservations can be made by calling 773-327-3868 www.sola-restaurant.com

Brent and Beth Eccles have been farming on their property in North Judson, Indiana, for the past 10 years. Beth's father farmed conventionally in the same region, specializing in Asian vegetables for the Chicago commercial market. Brent and Beth still concentrate on Asian specialties, but grow chemical-free on their farm.

'Aukake wela hahana a la sola!' (August is hot at sola!)

Ingredient of the Month-Peaches

August is the hottest month of the year. A great way to cool off is by sinking your teeth into a juicy peach!

Chef Carol Wallack thinks so, too. Sola is featuring Seedling Farms peaches this month.

Peaches are great to have as a healthy snack or to sweeten your favorite dessert!

Facts about Peaches

* To ripen peaches, store in a brown bag at room temperature. Ripe peaches can be stored in the crisper bin of your refrigerator for up to five or six days.
* The principal peach-growing state is California. World production totaled about 5.5 million metric tons annually; the United States and Italy were the leading producers but here in the midwest we also have fantastic peaches.
* Peaches are high in Vitamin and a good source of Vitamin C.

Prix Fixe Menu

$30 per person
Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Chef Wallack and Chef de Cuisine Shalev are offering a Three-Course Prix-Fixe Menu available for dinner beginning at 5:30 p.m.

The menu is priced at $30 per person and highlights a featured ingredient, which will change each month. What a great way to save and splurge at the same time!

This month's menu will feature peaches!

Savor the fresh flavors of grilled peaches in a baby arugula salad or satisfy your sweet tooth with a blueberry and peach tart, vanilla-ginger frozen yogurt and maple blueberry syrup.

Would you like to see your favorite ingredient featured on sola's prix-fixe menu? You can send your own suggestions for Chef Wallack to consider for an upcoming menu. Just send an email to sola.

Drink of the month Hawaii-"Effen-O"

Next time you come in, go all out and order the Hawaii "Effen-0" cocktail! This delicious drink, perfect for summer, is a mix of Effen black cherry, cointreau, lime & pomegranate juice.

First Annual Green Harvest Dinner

Monday, August 11th
6:30 p.m.

Sola's Chef Carol Wallack & Chef de Cuisine Alex Shalev together with Green Acres Farms will host a 5-course "farm" dinner at sola featuring in-season fruits, herbs and veggies grown on their farm.

The menu will mainly highlight unique Asian ingredients such as bok choy, Japanese eggplant, beautiful Swiss chard, heirloom tomatoes, Thai basil, Japanese zucchini and melons, Asian greens and wild watercress. The freshest local meats and poultry along with, of course, Hawaiian fish and complementing vegetables will be paired with organic, sustainable and biodynamic wines from the Pacific Northwest.

The dinner will be $85 excluding tax and gratuity. Reservations are required by calling sola at 773.327.3868.