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Outdoor Dining: Enjoy this weather!

A group enjoying the outdoor seating and Thursday Night Jazz at Ceres Bistro

 

A group enjoying the outdoor seating area with Thursday Night Jazz at Ceres Bistro
A group enjoying the outdoor seating area with Thursday Night Jazz at Ceres Bistro

In a city often known for brutal winter weather, we like to enjoy our summer weather while we can. One of the true summer joys in Worcester is dining outside at one of the great sidewalk cafes, patios or outdoor bars in the city. Meals always taste better al fresco and drinks always quench your thirst better in the open air. The Worcester dining scene is ripe with places to wine and dine while enjoying the best of what summer has to offer and, in true, lazy-days-of-summer style, we are making it as easy a possible for you to find great places in the city to eat outside!

Some of our favorites include: Armsby Abbey, BABA Sushi, Biagio’s Grill, Brew City Grill & Brew House, Ceres Bistro, Patsie Dugan’s, Flying Rhino, Grille 57 Steakhouse, In House Coffee, La Scala Restaurant, Luciano’s Cafe At Maxwell, Mezcal Tequila Cantina, Museum Café, NU Café, Nuovo Restaurant, Perfect Game, Pho Dakao, Red Lantern, Smokestack Urban Barbecue, Banner Bar and Grille, The Citizen Wine Bar, Via, Westside Steak & BBQ

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Sour Cream Coffee Cake with Parsnip Gelato & Candied Bacon

Sour Cream Coffee Cake with Parsnip Gelato and Candied Bacon

Sour Cream Coffee Cake with Parsnip Gelato and Candied Bacon

Sour Cream Coffee Cake with Parsnip Gelato and Candied BaconAfter starting with a Crisp Goat Cheese and Cream of Corn Teaser with Basil Jello and Freeze Dried Crisp Kernels as the first course before diving into the second course of Sweet Sour and Salty Tuna & Smokey Brined Pork Tenderloin the third and final course would need to be rich, but small, to cleanse the Worcester Foodies’ palate.

To accomplish this at Ceres Bistro, Chef Bill Nemeroff, opted for another duet with Sour Cream Coffee Cake, often a suitable choice for breakfast, with a parsnip ice cream topped with a piece of candied bacon. Although the moist and spongy Sour Cream Coffee Cake seemed to be the center of the desert, it was merely there to accompany the parsnip ice cream. Parsnip flavored gel at, on it’s own, is a tough sell, but it’s refreshing flavor was subtle, cleansing and interacted perfectly with the cream and sugar of the gelato base. While one can do no wrong with bacon, the candied effect seemed to be a bit much for the ensemble. The crisp crusted candied brown sugar glaze was a bit too salty both the coffee cake, but would have fared perfectly with matched with the gelato alone.

To wash this course down, a brandy and port flip was created. Both port and brandy are recognized for being the perfect after-dinner drinks, but the craft elegance of  this cocktail lay with the way that the raw egg yolk interacted with the body of the port and sublet flavor of the brandy. The perfect end to three diverse courses from Ceres Bistro.