· Tinto is now offering a Basque-inspired Sunday brunch menu. For $25, you get a first and second course, a side, and dessert. You could start with a Cured Salmon Plate with egg salad, cornichon, chive cream, tomato and toasted bialy, followed by Revuelto de Hongos, made of shirred eggs with porcini and royal trumpet mushrooms, goat cheese espuma and truffle butter, with a side of Pipérade, and finish it off with Brulee of Grapefruit with crème fraiche gelato and olive oil espuma. Wash that back with an Iraty, a fizz of muddled lemon, aperol and bourbon for $10, and that’s not a bad way to start the week. Standard brunch fare like Cheese Mixto, Brioche French Toast, Heuvos Benedictos, and Grits also available.
Tinto, 114 South 20th Street. 215-665-9150.
· Lacroix is offering a $24 three-course meal special all week, including selections of Butternut Squash-Miso Soup, Orzo Macaroni & Cheese, or an Ultimate Hamburger with provolone and salami, and daily deserts.
Lacroix, 210 W. Rittenhouse Square. 215-790-2533.
· And just a quick note: Cantina Dos Segundos is offering a traditional preparation of Tacos al pastor. The process involves marinating pork for a full day, then roasting it over an onion on a spit with a pineapple skewered at the top. As the pork slow-cooks, the pineapple juice drips and makes a carmellized glaze. Then it’s all sliced off into tortillas with radish and lime. We’ve got to try this.
Cantina Dos Segundos, 931 N 2nd Street. 215-925-4471.
· And don’t forget Tria’s Beaujolais celebrations, mentioned yesterday.








“We’ve got to try this.”
Try it at Los Taquitos de Puebla, they’ve been making it there for quite a while now and it beats Cantina’s version with a stick.