Thursday, July 9, 2009

'Olu'olu i lalo a la sola! (cool down at sola!)


Ingredient of the Month: Beets

Finally summer is in full swing. The temperature is heating up and the sun is shining. Stay cool with beets. Chef Carol Wallack is featuring healthy and delicious beets on sola's monthly prix fixe menu. Beets are tasty by themselves or used in an entree or salad.

Facts About Beets

* Beets are sometimes used to make homemade wine
* One cup of beets contains about 75 calories
* Greeks used to use just the leaves of beets as medicine

Drink of the Month: Lemon Basil Mojito

In the summer, what's better than cocktails or ice cream or sorbet? Well, cocktails and sorbet! This month sola is featuring the perfect summer drink, a Lemon Basil Mojito. This mojito includes 10 cane rum, ginger, lemongrass, soda, with a float of lemon basil sorbet. The perfect way to welcome the warm weather!

What's Going On At Sola?


Triple B Night!

Burgers, Beer and Bacon, oh my! Indulge yourself every Thursday with sola's Burger, Beer and Bacon Thursdays! Every Thursday beginning at 5:30 p.m., Chef Carol Wallack features her burger, a unique beer and a special appetizer infused with sola's house-made bacon. Some specials include Bacon brittle ice cream with apple bread pudding, Morimoto Soba Ale and sola's burger which is normally only available during lunch. This mouth-watering burger is wagyu "kobe" beefdripping with cambazola cheese, house- made bacon, caramelized onions and arugula squeezed between a chewy pretzel roll.

Prix Fixe Menu

With the economy the way it is at this time, every penny counts. Make your cash go a long way with sola's Prix Fixe menu!

Every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Chef Wallack and Chef de Cuisine Alex Shalev offer an affordable Three-Course Prix-Fixe Menu available for dinner, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
The menu is priced at $30 per person and for just $15 more you can add a wine pairing, selected by our own wine connoisseur, to complement each course.

July's featured ingredient is Beets.