Pecans add a tasty crunch to many sweet and savory dishes, as these restaurants demonstrate. As a bonus, they’re full of antioxidants and the healthy kind of unsaturated fats.
Craft
New York, NY
Pear-Cranberry Strudel, spiced pecans and buckwheat honey ice cream; $11
Buttermilk Channel
Brooklyn, NY
Pecan Pie French Toast, bourbon, molasses and toasted pecans; $10
Nightwood
Chicago, IL
Spit-Roasted Half Chicken from Slagel Farms, pecans, dates, radicchio and apples; $24
Sauce
San Francisco, CA
White Peach & Candied Pecan Salad, watercress and sweet gem lettuce, strawberry vinaigrette dressing; $9
Blue Water Grill
New York, NY
Pumpkin Pancakes, cranberry maple syrup, toasted pecans, cinnamon sugar; $12.50
The Front Porch
San Francisco, CA
Pecan Crusted Catfish with bayou dirty rice, yellow wax and romano beans and jalapeno hushpuppies; $17
Tavern 17
Philadelphia, PA
Fresh Fruit Waffle Flight, caramel banana/pecans, spiced apple/raisin & blackberry compote; $10
2223
San Francisco, CA
Chocolate Bourbon Pie, pecan crust, caramel; $7
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