Breuckelen, the new seasonal-local-yadayada restaurant in Cobble Hill’s former Café on Clinton space, started serving lunch this week, including a burger topped with aged Cheddar and smoked cipollini marmalade, and a cauliflower soup spiced with ras el hanout. At $16, that burger’s not cheap — but it’s also not available at dinner, which makes it one of the more interesting menu items in a fancy-burger-bereft neighborhood. (Henry Public doesn’t open till the sun sets, except on Saturdays). Chef-owner Andrew Karasz, who honed his cooking chops at Eleven Madison Park and Django, is serving up meals “as locally sourced as possible,” including herbs from the boxes in the mini-patio out behind the restaurant. Those “got beat up in that hailstorm,” Karasz reports, remarking that he plans to expand to a roof garden for the spring. The lunch menu, after the jump.
SPICED CAULIFLOWER SOUP
RAS EL HANOUT, MAINE CRAB, TOASTED ALMOND, CILANTRO
10
ROASTED BEET SALAD
LOLLA ROSSA LETTUCE, GOAT CHEESE, HAZELNUT, BLOOD ORANGE VINAIGRETTE
12
BABY ARUGULA
FRISEE, BOSC PEAR, PARMESAN, SHAVED PROSCIUTTO
13
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WILD MUSHROOM RISOTTO
TRUFFLE AND BABY PEA LEAVES
14
SPICY SAUSAGE RIGATONI
CRUSHED TOMATO, OREGANO, AGED PECORINO
15
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GROUND BRISKET BURGER
SMOKED CIPPOLINNI MARMALADE, AGED CHEDDAR, SHOESTRING FRIES
16
GRILLED ORGANIC CHICKEN PAILLARD
AVOCADO, SMOKED BACON, MANCHEGO
ORGANIC BIBB LETTUCE, SWEET MUSTARD VINAIGRETTE
15
MARKET FISH
CHEF’S PREPARATION
18
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MEYER LEMON CREPES
POMEGRANATE SYRUP
8
COOKIES AND SPICED HOT CHOCOLATE
CHOCOLATE CHIP, PEANUT BUTTER, OATMEAL RAISIN
8
TRIO OF ICE CREAMS
PUMPKIN, BLACK MISSION FIG, COCONUT
8
Breuckelen, 268 Clinton St., nr. Verandah Pl.; 718-855-8110
