Valentine’s Day provides a mid-week love-in the Fourth Estate Restaurant
The Fourth Estate will offer a special fixed price dinner menu to celebrate Valentine’s Day Tuesday, Feb.14. Dinner is served in two seatings, at 5:30 p.m. or 8 p.m. for $110 per member couple.
Choices include warm and comforting beef short ribs and the always fun whole lobster. Vegetarians can feast on heart shaped cheese ravioli. Desserts include a variation on bananas foster with caramelized pineapple and peppermint meringue topped with chocolate ice cream.
Diners may start the evening with a complimentary Bellini or just plain bubbly. The whole menu is below and also available at www.press.org.
A special selection of wines will be available for $25 a bottle; a champagne upgrade is only $40 a bottle.
Reservations are requested at 202-662-7638 or www.opentable.com. A limited number of tables will be available for walk-in diners. The Fourth Estate validates parking in the evening after 5 p.m. at the 24 hour PMI garage, 1325 G Street, between 13th & 14th streets, next to Epiphany Episcopal Church.
First Course
Soup of the day
Baby spinach salad with heart-beets, oranges, blue cheese and toasted pecans
Silver dollar baby shrimp cakes with creamed wasabi dipping sauce
Duck, bacon and pickled jalapeno poppers with tamarind mango sauce
Entrees
Blackberry-red wine braised bone-in beef short ribs, mashed potatoes, green beans almandine
Seared gulf coast albacore tuna in parmesan cream, fettucine and steamed broccolini
Split broiled Lobster with sriracha fries, purple cabbage slaw and lemon butter
Grilled one-half brined chicken, chimichurri sauce, shaved asparagus and scallion hash browns
Vegetarian heart shaped cheese ravioli, wilted greens and avocado cream sauce, fried sage
Dessert
Peppermint meringue with chocolate ice cream
Warm caramelized pineapple and bananas, ice cream with butterscotch sauce & toffee walnuts
Three cheese sampler, spicy lavash, chocolate date truffles and tangerine smiles
Chocolate Overload: chocolate ice cream, brownie, fudge sauce and chocolate sprinkles