There are eight in all: crispy yellowfin, chicken with chipotle, braised veal tongue, and house-made chorizo.
But a French or American restaurant probably wouldn't accessorize braised veal shoulder with spaetzle, as Hartmanns did.
And the tongue in cheek is braised veal tongue and beef cheeks.
There's braised oxtail inside the ravioli, a duck ragout for chestnut cappelletti, braised veal cheek over farro.
On Thursday, the selections included foie gras oatmeal, smoked herring Caesar salad, braised veal cheeks, braised rabbit bucatini and blood pudding.
The other wonder was braised veal (fork tender and incredibly flavorful) accompanied by creamy, soft four-cheese polenta and red Swiss chard.
The menu is likely to include burnt wheat pasta with blood sausage and broccoli rabe, chestnut fettuccine with porcini and black truffle sauce, Adriatic fish soup with langoustines, razor clams and mackerel, and braised veal cheeks.
The contemporary American menu currently includes lamb three ways, slow-roasted loin and rack and confit shoulder; black bass with lobster stuffed endive; and braised veal shank for two.
WHAT WE LIKE Small plates: spinach and smoked faro salad, black trumpet mushroom risotto, braised short ribs, pan-seared salt cod cakes, crispy pork belly, braised veal cheeks, smoked short ribs, seared sea scallops, fresh yellowfin tuna sandwich.
RECOMMENDED DISHES Artichoke soup, mushroom soup, duck carpaccio, fritto misto, wild mushroom ragu, grilled beef tenderloin, braised veal with polenta, roasted chicken, grilled trout, grilled salmon, chocolate cake, creme brulee, fruit crostata, sorbets.
RECOMMENDED DISHES -- Lobster bruschetta, roasted octopus with potatoes, roast chicken with tasso and black-eyed peas, braised veal cheeks with celery root purée, duck confit, chocolate hazelnut cake, blueberry Bundt cake.
