off-menu

I've dined at restaurants where you can order a surprise "chef's menu," or something incredibly customized, but I haven't found any restaurants that truly honor off-menu items that meet these criteria although I must acknowledge Hidden Menu for doing their best to spread the good word around town; respect.

Nate Pollak: The Secret Menu -- If You Have to Ask, You'll Never Know Nate Pollak 2011

Even at my restaurant there are a handful of regular customers who order off-menu items that we gladly honor, yet they haven't exploded by word of mouth yet, despite some attempts.

Nate Pollak: The Secret Menu -- If You Have to Ask, You'll Never Know Nate Pollak 2011

In a conversation with some of the folks that built and opened this eatery, I learned that Nopalito came about because some of the kitchen crew at big-sister restaurant, Nopa, prepared off-menu items for each other pre- and post- shifts.

Nate Pollak: The Secret Menu -- If You Have to Ask, You'll Never Know Nate Pollak 2011

I've dined at restaurants where you can order a surprise "chef's menu," or something incredibly customized, but I haven't found any restaurants that truly honor off-menu items that meet these criteria although I must acknowledge Hidden Menu for doing their best to spread the good word around town; respect.

Nate Pollak: The Secret Menu -- If You Have to Ask, You'll Never Know Nate Pollak 2011

Stephen Schwarzman, the chairman and co-founder of the Blackstone Group, enjoys an off-menu chocolate soufflé at the Four Seasons restaurant in New York.

Aiding Paris Institution 2011

Even at my restaurant there are a handful of regular customers who order off-menu items that we gladly honor, yet they haven't exploded by word of mouth yet, despite some attempts.

Nate Pollak: The Secret Menu -- If You Have to Ask, You'll Never Know Nate Pollak 2011

Ask nicely and they may make you the off-menu Blue Blazer, a hot-toddy-style drink that involves pouring flaming liquid from one metal cup to another.

Los Angeles 2012

The bar scene's kept afloat by taps pumping crafts and hard-to-find OG's like Coors Original Banquet Beer, plus cocktails from mint juleps to spiked cherry limeades, while raising thirst levels're late night bar snacks including State Fair Frito Pie, housemade corn nuts, and off-menu pulled pork-filled baked bacon cups, though if your friends see, it don't expect it to protect your hog.

Thrillist: Mable's Smokehouse And Banquet Hall: BBQ, Beers & Bands At A Brooklyn Banquet Hall Thrillist 2011

I've dined at restaurants where you can order a surprise "chef's menu," or something incredibly customized, but I haven't found any restaurants that truly honor off-menu items that meet these criteria although I must acknowledge Hidden Menu for doing their best to spread the good word around town; respect.

Nate Pollak: The Secret Menu -- If You Have to Ask, You'll Never Know Nate Pollak 2011

In a conversation with some of the folks that built and opened this eatery, I learned that Nopalito came about because some of the kitchen crew at big-sister restaurant, Nopa, prepared off-menu items for each other pre- and post- shifts.

Nate Pollak: The Secret Menu -- If You Have to Ask, You'll Never Know Nate Pollak 2011