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Diners start off with several amuse bouches , such as a creamy duck-liver lollipop, then go on to a choice of two menus of esoteric small-plate dishes: "Very Close," which in May featured seasonal ingredients, such as white asparagus with herbed milk and vineyard leek roots; or "Further Away," which mixes in more exotic foods, such as goose liver with "wood nuances of oak and acacia." reinstoff.eu

Let's Eat!

Recently his empire launched a Rolling Stone Restaurant and Lounge in Los Angeles, which doesn't exactly scream "anti-establishment," with its small-plate fusion menu and blue-cheese popovers with caramelized shallot butter.

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

The Grape's elegant small-plate portions also didn't impress some customers, Mr. Sergio recalls.

Dreams Come True. Or Not.

Chizakaya: The Lakeview Japanese-focused pub hasn't revealed its menu yet for restaurant week, but we expect it to include the type of exotic, small-plate dishes that have attracted fans since opening last summer.

Audarshia Townsend: Chicago Restaurant Week Is On Its Way!

Vegetables, pork, lobster and fruit are small-plate attractions in this restaurant.

Jay Weston: Why Bazaar's Spanish Chef Got a James Beard Award

And from orange to rhubarb, I love all the bitters this small-plate Italian spot uses.

Boston: Culture Pop

Photographs by Eirik Johnson for The Wall Street Journal From orange to rhubarb, I love all the bitters this small-plate Italian spot uses, says Jill Medvedow.

The Brainy New England Metropolis

But France's rigid and proud tradition may be why chefs in other countries, such as Spain and Britain, dominated in the latest restaurant styles such as the rule-breaking creation of molecular gastronomy, and why French restaurants began to seem formal and staid when consumers flocked to small-plate meals.

Let Them Eat Foie Gras! French Food Fights Back

Locavores will be able to soak up some of these locapour wines with small-plate dishes designed by Roof Terrace executive chef Joe Gurner, showcasing local ingredients of course.

Wine: Locapours have 2 reasons to drink

It would be a real shame to lose this in favor of another small-plate New American restaurant, or an upscale lounge selling rigorously fussy recreations of Prohibition-era drinks at $12 a pour.

Jimmy Askew: Moe's Closes