Braised Oxtail fontina grits, apple gastrique, fried leeks, cilantro
Smoked Baby Pork Loin whipped plantains w coconut, butternut squash hay, pineapple rosemary demiglace
Butter Poached Monkfish fried green tomatoes, pine nut couscous, pink lemon pearls, white wine syrup
Flan
Chocolate Satin Cake
Pear-Apple Tart
30, or w/ red or white sangria 35
Full Tapas Menu Also Available
as is wine, beer, and Jim-Gerale
New Art Exhibit: Faces & Places, works by Gary Masline Showing Thru 2014
Thursday, October 30th 5PM till 9PM
Chef Ross is whipping up a special menu, we’ll pass out Tapas hors d’oeuvres and Sangria, and we’ll be serving dinner till 9!
Gary Masline is a painter who works exclusively with oils on canvas. A resident since 1979 of the Capital District, his paintings have been included in juried exhibitions across New York State, receiving awards at the Mohawk-Hudson Regional Exhibition, the Arts Center of the Capital Region’s “Fence Select Exhibition”, and from Albany Center Gallery. In 2010, the Albany Institute of History and Art, America’s oldest art museum, named Gary one of “Tomorrow’s Masters Today”, and in 2001 he won the readers’ poll for “Best Visual Artist” in “Metroland”, the Capital Region’s weekly arts and entertainment newspaper.
Gary paints with the understanding that art is meant to provoke a response, and his hope is to stimulate a dialogue with viewers responding to his use of color, light, and even body language, to establish image, illusion, or icon. The vibrant palette and intense light of the American Southwest have affected his work, and Gary believes the Southwest is one of the earth’s centers of spiritual energy, which animates artistic awareness. Realizing that a painting can feign a reality which the viewer may never have experienced or seen, Gary asserts that people can nonetheless be profoundly affected by southwestern images serving as emblems or totems, with the symbols or gestures in paintings generating highly individual “stories.”
Gary Masline’s previous creative incarnation was as a screenwriter, and he reasons that painting is a consistent development stemming from that history. If one thinks of Gary’s paintings as consisting of line/drawing, pigment/color, and story/narrative, his work reveals him still “making films”…now just one frame at a time.
Gary currently is a member of the board of directors of the Upstate Artists Guild, and formerly served on the board of Troy’s Fulton Street Gallery. His studio is in Troy. Trained as a lawyer, Gary in 2010 retired from a longtime position as assistant counsel and press spokesman for a governor’s investigatory commission. He lives in East Greenbush with his wife Sharon.
A Cubano and a Cortado
That’s a Cuban Sandwich with Cuban Coffee, to you Anglos
Walking the streets of downtown Troy today, and I happened to look down. I saw these beauties: someone planted them to make the City look good, to bring a smile to a passerby’s face. And it worked!
Relax, slow down, enjoy life while you can.
So tell me where the flowers are, and be precise. The winner gets to RELAX over a tasty lunch with us— on us.
Carmen Updates Window Boxes
As Wednesday’s cold front was rolling in, Jim was winter proofing and Carmen was cleaning and redecorating the window boxes. Check them out— hearty mums, gourds and baby pumpkins.
Get Your Leaf Peeping In Soon!
By which we mean, breakfast any time, PLUS our lunchtime menu!
—Which is why we are showing you a picture of French Toast with Fresh Fruit and Real Whipped Cream
Cubano Sandwich by popular demand— pork, ham & Swiss w/ mustard & pickle on Cuban bread
Picadillo
Though for a real treat, come in and see what’s on our Specials Board.
Friday Tapas Specials 10/10Beef Stew slow cooked in a tomato herb broth
Herb Stuffed Pork Loin marinated, served over mashed sweet potatoes
Pan Seared Rainbow Trout over saffron rice & pea purée
Have you tried the Apple Crisp? Fan-Tastic!!
Flan
Raspberry Chocolate Layer Cake
New Art: Gary Masline—Faces & Places Showing Thru 2014Gary loves Santa Fe, and it shows.
You may have seen Gary’s work around the area, he’s widely known. We like the way his paintings start to tell a story, then leave the rest for you to figure out. Look for an artist’s reception toward the end of the month.
Shows @ 6 & 8, $5 cover each
Mundo Nuevo – 10/24
Elizabeth Kasius & Heard– 11/21
The Nellies – Victorian Stroll
Mundo Nuevo – 12/19
What wonderful blend of savory and spicy will we bring this year? You’ll have to come and see! It’s all good, all for the homeless, AND you walk home with a handmade bowl, courtesy of area potters and volunteers.
A unique event to support the growing fight against the issue of hunger.
Anonymous Donor Puts Up Long Green for Bike Racks
Ride with the Mayor: noon Thurs. 10/2 from Monument Square
A heartfelt donor came back from health problems by riding a bike, and wanted to give something back at the same time as he showed others a key to health— exercise.
Our anonymous donor put up $1000 for bike racks for Troy. “Troy has none!” he moaned. “Get some already! You want people should just flop their bikes on the sidewalk? What is this, third grade!???!?”
The details were quickly dumped on Andrea Davis, who doesn’t have enough to do already. She is hunting down matching funds so we have more reach with this generosity, plus figuring out who and how and all the other questions.
Here’s the skinny— We need 50 people to ride their bike to work or school for a week, starting with the PreRamble Festival on September 27. Email Andrea at diyRestoreit@gmail.com to register, or stop by the Transport Troy table at the Farmer’s Market. You’ll get a chance for a free kayak paddle at the PreRamble when you sign up. Plus a 45 minute ride with Mayor Lou Rosamilia on 10/2!
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Upstate Kayak Rentals will bring their boats to the Troy Boat Launch at Ingalls Ave for the PreRamble 2. Rent a boat for $10 an hourStoryHarvest: Finishing up with Free Concerts at Freedom Square
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Free concert featuring Nation Beat plus Alex Torres and his Latin Orchestra
Chef’s Consortium prepares healthy food for a free community meal
How many different ways can you say free in one story? But it’s all wonderful and all free!
Help out w/ food donations: have extra fruit or veggies from your garden? Bring them to the Sanctuary for Independent Media, 3361 6th Ave N. Troy, Fri., 9/26 noon-4 or Sat. 9/27 from 8am-noon.
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And this Desayuno (breakfast) is sure fit for a Rey (that’s king!
Two Eggs Over, topped with Pico (diced pickled peppers, but that’s another story for bedtime) on Veggie Hash, with sides of Croquettas and Fried Green Tomatoes.
Then jazz it up with a Cuban Coffee— a Cortado!
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Cubano Sandwich by popular demand— pork, ham & swiss w/ mustard & pickle on Cuban bread
Picadillo
Though for a real treat, come in and see what’s on our Specials Board
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Gambas al Ajillo Grilled Jumbo Shrimp in a garlic and wine sauce over cous cous
Braised Beef Short Ribs over mashed potatoes
Pernil Pulled Pork over saffron rice w/chimichurri sauce
Mejillones en Salsa Verde Mussels sauteed in a garlic-parsley green sauce
About the only way you hear these guys is to hire them for your party (hey, we don’t mind!) or come to Carmen’s when they play. Shows @ 6 & 8, $5 cover each
now for tonight’s news from the happeningest bistro on First and Adams:
Tilapia over saffron rice w/ garlic-wine sauce
Cubano Sandwich by popular demand— pork, ham & swiss w/ mustard & pickle on Cuban bread
Picadillo
Pernil Pork, slow roasted for 14 hours…served with arroz con gandules…that’s herbed rice with pigeon peas
Desserts tasty & traditional
Flan
Key Lime Pie
Triple Chocolate Cake
Sensemaya– 9/19
Mundo Nuevo– 10/24
Elizabeth Kasius & Heard– November TBD
The Nellies– Victorian Stroll
Mundo Nuevo– 12/19
by Metroland Staff on July 24, 2014 ·
But you already knew we made the best Cuban food!
In addition to the six— yes, count ’em, six— 2014 Metroland Reader’s Poll wins, Carmen just snatched the prize for Best Cuban.
We know there was never a Best Cuban before but they created the category just for us. We’ll call that a win!
And that was before we had all these garden fresh tomatoes on hand–Imagine what we’ll be doing with them all week!
Best Cuban: Carmen’s Cafe
See the hidden wonders
of gardens you’ve only imagined
Friends of Prospect Park
Thursday, May 22 from 4-7:30
Refreshments & Rest Stop at Carmen’s Café
After-party starts at 5:30 at Carmen’s,
w/ prix fixe menu plus wine, beer and sangria
Friday November 16th— Annie & The Hedonists—Acoustic blues, swing, and folk!
…A band with a great lead singer and tight harmonies, covering an eclectic mix of acoustic music, torchy blues, standards, bluegrass, gospel, labor ballads, early jazz, …A wild ride across the vast acoustic music landscape Greg Haymes, Times Union
Annie and the Hedonists blew the place away Ralph Hunt, Heartland Music
Annie Get Your Fun! Tom Keyser, Times Union
Cafe open from 5–10pm with music in two live shows from 6–7:30 or 8–9:30 5$ Cover.
Call 518 326 2064 for reservations
~ Tapas Specials for Friday, November 16 ~
Fried Marinated Chicken Breast
w/Arroz con Gandules—Rice w/Pigeon Peas and Plantains
Guiso de Mariscos-Hearty Fisherman’s Stew
over saffron rice
Grilled Flank Steak w/Yucca fries and veggie
Eggplant stuffed with asparagus, manchego cheese
and tomato-lime sauce over saffron rice
~ Dessert Specials ~
Flan
Mango-Lime Cheesecake
~ Specials for Sat & Sun, Nov. 17 & 18 ~
Steak and eggs, served with home fries and toast
Pumpkin cream cheese mouse served over pancakes/Short Stack
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