Fortress Hills Eatery Welcomes Fall with Fantastic, Scrumptious Occasions
Fortress Hills Eatery, Clementine, is welcoming September with a full lineup of particular occasions and seasonal choices. All through the month, friends can expertise a patio wine tasting, dwell music, a Coastal Italian-inspired lunch, a one-night-only Dessert Salon, and a possibility to dine for a trigger throughout The Huge Give. Clementine can be introducing a brand new Ceviche of the Month that includes Carolina fluke.
CEVICHE OF THE MONTH
Clementine’s September Ceviche of the Month is a Carolina Fluke Crudo, that includes confit tomato and tomato juice, popcorn, chile oil, lemon and basil. The seasonal dish might be obtainable all through the month as a part of Clementine’s rotating menu.
LIVE MUSIC EVENING AT CLEMENTINE
Every month, on the third Thursday, Clementine comes alive with uncooked oysters shucked to order, wine flowing all through the night, and dwell music from native musician Chris Guerrero. With no cowl cost, this occasion taking place on Thursday, September 17 at 6:30 p.m. affords an easygoing midweek gathering the place friends can come early, keep late, and revel in nice meals, dwell leisure, and Clementine’s welcoming neighborhood environment. Friends could make reservations on Clementine’s web site right here.
COASTAL ITALIAN-THEMED THIRD FRIDAY LUNCH
Clementine’s month-to-month Friday lunch heads to the Italian coast in September with a four-course Coastal Italian menu served on Friday, September 18 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Friends can select amongst dishes together with Vitello Tonnato; fennel, blood orange and mackerel salad; Busiate con Pesto Trapanese with tomato, pistachio, garlic and basil; Linguine alle Vongole with Manila clams; lemon risotto with calamari; and roasted branzino with cherry tomatoes and Castelvetrano olives. Dessert alternatives embody tiramisu and ricotta beignets with limoncello anglaise. Friends could make reservations on Clementine’s web site right here.
THE BIG GIVE DINNER
On Wednesday, September 23 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Clementine will donate a portion of dinner gross sales to Nice Hearts Monte Vista as a part of The Huge Give, San Antonio’s 24-hour celebration of nonprofit giving.
The trigger is particularly significant to cooks John and Elise Russ, whose two youngsters attend Nice Hearts Monte Vista. Friends are invited to hitch Clementine for dinner and assist help a college neighborhood that’s near the Russ household. Whether or not becoming a member of with household, for a date evening, or with a bunch of pals, a portion of every dinner will go immediately again to Nice Hearts Monte Vista. Friends could make reservations on Clementine’s web site right here.
DESSERT SALON
On Wednesday, September 23 at 7:30 p.m., Clementine Pastry Chef Elise Russ will host an intimate Dessert Salon that includes a development of savory bites, plated desserts and wine pairings.
The night will start with gougères and Champagne, adopted by a three-year-aged Gouda course from Chef John Russ and a verjus soda and lemon sorbet palate cleanser. Pastry Chef Elise Russ will then information friends by a sequence of desserts together with a coconut, ardour fruit and vanilla bean verrine paired with ice wine; honey cheesecake with bitter cream ice cream and apricot; and chocolate crémeux with espresso semifreddo and hazelnut nougatine. The expertise will conclude with mignardises. Tickets at the moment are on sale right here.
Opened in 2018 within the Fortress Hills neighborhood of San Antonio, Clementine is a family-owned neighborhood restaurant serving seasonal, progressive eats in a contemporary and vigorous environment. Led by Chef John Russ, a 2023 James Beard Award Nominee for Finest Chef: Texas, and Pastry Chef Elise Russ, the menu options daring, globally impressed flavors by a rotating collection of small plates, beneficiant platters, produce-forward “sideboard” choices, and nostalgic, imaginative desserts.
