Apples Take Three

The temperature is dropping, leaves are changing color and a favorite fall fruit is making its way from orchards to restaurant menus. Apple picking season has arrived. From sweet breakfast entrées to savory sandwiches and swanky cocktails, the apple proves it can fall quite far from the tree.

Jack’s Restaurant & Bakery
Old Orcutt, California
Apple Jack Omelette with apple honey sausage, topped with a cinnamon apple glaze; $10.75

Colombo’s Restaurant
Eagle Rock, California
Spinach, radicchio and goat cheese salad with a green apple balsamic vinaigrette; $8.95

Pow Wow
St. Catharines, Ontario
Chicken Apple Wrap: Herb chicken with smoked apple, roasted red peppers, asiago cheese, calabrese bread, scallion mayo, red pepper coulis; $10

Sarabeth’s West
New York, New York
Crisp potato waffle with chicken apple sausage, chunky apple sauce and sour cream; $12

Fish Bowl Restaurant
Langley, Washington
Fillet of Halibut: Caramelized apples with a mushroom & walnut caramel sauce; $26

Farmacia, Old Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Orchard Fruit Crisp: Local apples & sun-dried cherries baked under brown sugar streusel w/vanilla bean ice cream; $6

Dakota Restaurant
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Cinnamon Road Martini: Green apple vodka, calvados, Minnesota apple cider, cinnamon stick garnish; $12

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