Colorado Springs café has reimagined concept and new chef
Till Bistro and Bar, 616 S. Tejon St., has opened. It was formerly simply Till, an upscale, fine dining restaurant. With the new name and concept has come a new chef, Hunter Huffman. He has introduced a menu with dishes that are reasonably priced and taste exceptional.
On a recent visit, I picked shishito peppers ($7). They arrived in a hot cast iron skillet, perfectly blistered and tossed in balsamic glaze with a topping of crunchy toasted almonds. It was a fantastic bite. I went with the steak frites ($28) for an entree. It was a generous serving of grilled New York strip steak topped with flavorful herb compound butter, with an arugula salad and fat wedges of steak fries. Because I love beets, I added a plate to my order.
For $9, I got roasted ruby slices of the root veggie served on whipped goat cheese, topped with paper-thin crisp carrot chips. It was all delicious.
Check it out. Hours are 5 to 10 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. Half price bottles of wine on Sundays. Details: 719-470-6040, tillsouth.com.
Festive desserts
The French Kitchen, 4771 N. Academy Blvd., is taking orders for yule logs for the holidays. For $49.99, you get a 11.5-inch log that serves eight to 10. Select from five flavors: chocolate buttercream, coffee buttercream, grand marnier buttercream, hazelnut whipped cream and vanilla raspberry whipped cream. There are variety boxes of three yule log slices for $14.99. For Thanksgiving, order before Nov. 12, and for Christmas or New Year’s Eve by Dec. 10. Comes frozen and requires eight to 12 hours to thaw in refrigerator. Details: 719-528-6295, tfkcc.com.
Whiskey dinner
Homa Café + Bar, 415 S. Nevada Ave., will have an Axe and the Oak Distillery dinner at 6 p.m. Dec. 7. Kick off the festive season with a five-course meal prepared by the eatery’s executive chef, Brian Blasnek. Cost is $69 plus tax and tip. Details: tickets at Coaltrain Fine Wine, Craft Beer and Spirits, 719-475-9700.
Test market
Colorado Springs Subway restaurants are one of five markets to test the new Hero Bread sandwich rolls. Subway is the first quick service restaurant brand to offer 1-net-carb rolls by Hero Labs. In addition to having only 1 gram of net carbohydrates, the bread has zero grams sugar, 12 grams of protein, 26 grams of fiber and 100 calories in a 6-inch roll. Visit subway.com.
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Hunter Huffman is the executive chef at Till Neighborhood Bistro and Bar. The new menu includes shishito peppers (right) and steak frites.
Yule logs can be ordered for the holidays at The French Kitchen.
Colorado Springs Subway restaurants is a test market for the new Hero 1 net carb bread.
teresa.farney@gazette.com