small-plates

London seems to be leading the way, with restaurants like Dehesa, a small-plates restaurant in Soho that specializes in Italian and Spanish food and wine.

Does 'Ethnic' Food Exist? Bruce Palling 2011

In the coming weeks, the small-plates menu will be expanded with more substantial fare.

Clever Cocktails 2011

The menu at the stylized pawn shop-slash-restaurant sticks to the small-plates formula Chris Santos established at Stanton Social, but is "a little more sophisticated in its style," the chef said.

Beauty and the Bacon 2011

Cocktails are $14 and, soon, the small-plates menu will be expanded with more substantial fare.

Classic Cocktails 2011

This is why tapas bars and small-plates restaurants -- spots whose menus don't differentiate between appetizers and entrées -- are so popular.

Andrew Knowlton: Should Restaurants Stop Serving Entrees? 2010

Rodriguez, meanwhile, briefly served foie gras at De La Costa, his small-plates restaurant in Chicago, despite the citys ban.

The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

Rodriguez, meanwhile, briefly served foie gras at De La Costa, his small-plates restaurant in Chicago, despite the citys ban.

The Foie Gras Wars Mark Caro 2009

Another approach is the small-plates menu, which allows the customer to eat less and pay less.

People Still Have to Eat Nina Zagat 2008

I enjoyed this NYT article about how restaurants and some diners are tending towards a tapas or small-plates model--even though, like so many style articles, it has a strong whiff of "duh" about it.

"Extinction of the entrée." bradamant 2007

And a rabbit lasagna, off the small-plates menu but entree-size nonetheless, simply sat on the plate, rubbery, the rabbit close to tasteless, depressing.

NYT > Home Page By SAM SIFTON 2011