This was a completely unexpected array of texture and flavor. The Tico Nicoise is constructed with tuna crude, white anchovies, crunchy haricot vert, cilantro, and avocado. A Pineapple Margarita & More’chata (rumchata, agave, coffee liqueur, milk, cinnamon stick). We had to start with a cocktail, because well, brunch. Conceived by Chef/Owner Michael Schlow and designed by David Manfredi of Elkus-Manfredi Architects, Tico is a new and exciting style of restaurant American at its core, yet influenced by Schlow’s travels and love for Spain, Mexico and South America.” A place that doesn’t take itself too seriously, Tico has a fun, sexy atmosphere, delicious and unpretentious food, amazing cocktails, cold beer, lots of tequila, cool music and great people watching. I was lucky enough to try the Smoked Salmon Tostada, Pistachio French Toast, Grilled Cheese with Proscuitto Cotto, Lobster Posole, Tico Nicoise and Mini Funnel Cakes. Scroll down to check out these beautiful bites and a full menu featured here. Some of the highlights of the new menu include a Sa lmon Tostada, a Latin-inspired take on a smoked salmon pizza with citrus cream cheese and avocado mousse a Ric e Milk Bloomed Chia Bowl with housemade horchata and seasonal fruits M ini Funnel Cakes with strawberry mango salsa and Thai basil as well as a B reakfast Cacio e Pepe with duck egg made with toasted video noodles, parmesan and Manchego with carmelized onions. After all, this restaurant was also on the Washingtonian’s list of 100 Best Restaurants of 2014.We had a fabulous time dining at Tico and indulging in their new brunch menu created by Chef Rodrigo Perez. If that’s what you’ll be hangry for on New Year’s Day, you won’t be disappointed. Think about it as a super upscale Big Mac. It is comprised of two thin patties, pickles, onions, and special sauce for an affordable price. I went there for my birthday brunch back in August, dead set on demolishing one of the best burgers in DC according to the Washingtonian staff. Le Diplo is having a pre-fixed NYE dinner she-bang which I’m sure will be elegant and classy, but they are also having their usual nom-worthy brunch the following day. & last but definitely not least, the Hibiscus Margarita, which is one of the best margs this girl has ever enjoyed Reservations can be made at !reserve/cfwu.” Click on the blog link for the full menu! Here’s some menu items that I’ve enjoyed:īacon Cheeseburger with fried egg and special sauceĬinnamon Raisin STUFFED French Toast (it’s stuffed with some sort of delectable cream cheese filling) The special brunch will be $37.50 per person and will include all you can eat from the Pajama Disco brunch menu, bottomless mimosas and bloody Mary’s, and a special throwback disco soundtrack. The restaurant will offer hangover cures from their popular brunch menu like Duck Confit and Green Chile Hash, Kitchen Sink Breakfast Burritos, Stuffed French Toast, Spicy Mexican Fried Chicken, and more. This restaurant serves American food with Spanish, Mexican, and South American flavors within the funkily-decorated walls displaying artwork by Schlow’s wife.Īccording to BadWolf DC’s blog, “On New Year’s Day, Tico will offer a “Stay In Your Pajamas Disco Brunch” with bottomless mimosas and Bloody Mary’s. But this isn’t really a surprise coming from owner Michael Schlow, a Top Chef Master and James Beard Foundation award recipient. This relatively new restaurant, right by the also relatively new Trader Joe’s, is already a proven hit- it was just listed on the Washingtonian’s 100 Very Best Restaurants of 2014. One of them is even having a New Years Day Brunch special! I have dined previously at both of the below establishments in need of some greasy lovin’, and left feeling a big MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. What I’m definitely looking forward to, and what is most certainly not overrated, is a gluttonous, hangover-curing New Year’s Day Brunch! Lucky for you, me, and a great friend who turns a year older, there are a plethora of delicious options in DC that will definitely deliver. I for one usually feel that New Years Eve is slightly overrated in general.
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