Is there even one thing that I would change about this wedge salad to make it better? Nothing. Which is just so good, it improves on every single thing that can make a wedge salad so bad. I have already forgotten about the burger-the keynote item on the menu, which is great, but…it’s not the salad. You can get the perfect ratio of crumb to lettuce to dressing to bacon in every bite. You can casually snack on the piece of bacon. Artichoke, Shrimp and Crab Dip Artichokes, Shrimp, Crab, Pepper-Jack Cheese, Romano, Garlic Bread. But the best part is the one long, thick, platonic strip of bacon splayed over the top. Here, the salad comes as five gorgeous, seemingly hand selected cups of lettuce, drizzled but not glopped with a buttermilk dressing that’s flecked generously with herbs and big buttery breadcrumbs. And now he’s done it again with the wedge salad. He’s also the guy who convinced me that there is in fact good barbecue in New York (see: his other restaurant, Hometown Bar-B-Que). EXCEPT for the wedge at Red Hook Tavern, a cozy, casual spot in Brooklyn by Billy Durney. Reserve: The Wedge Salad is dressed in a sweet vinaigrette & loaded with antipasti (salami, provolone, mortadella and pepperoncini) this wedge salad marries fresh & hearty flavors in the most delicious way. Instead of crispy, salty, smoky pieces of bacon, we get weakly flavored bacon bits. 925 W Randolph St (at Sangamon St), Chicago, IL. Instead of a bright, clean buttermilk dressing, we get tasteless goop. Iceberg lettuce, bacon, tomato, blue cheese dressing (GF) More about Cork & Cap Restaurant. Instead of crunchy, watery lettuce, we get sad, plastic-y leaves. The issue I have with most wedge salads is that they…aren’t very good. This is Highly Recommend, a column dedicated to our very opinionated editors’ favorite things to eat, drink, and buy.
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