Niche

Gerard Craft is the chef and owner of Niche in Benton Park. He is one of the top ten chefs on the Food and Wine Magazines Best New Chefs in America List. This award is open to anyone who has been a chef for five years or less. While talking to Gerard he said he found the place on the internet while living with his wife in Salt Lake City. My favorite dish at the restaurant was the Pork Loin. The first thing I ate on the dish was the pan fried grits. The instant I ate them the flavor of Lucky Charms entered my mouth but later I found out there was white chocolate in the grits, so that made sense. The food was great and I could see why he won this award.


Dia's Cheese Bread

















White Anchovies




























Toast, tomato jam

Chicken Liver Terrine























Citrus-date compote, mixed greens

Pan Fried Brandade
















Egg, arugula, mustard greens

Black Fin Tuna

Watermelon, basil, black olive vinaigrette

Pork Loin

Pan fried grits, corn, mustard greens, peach, sherry vinegar jus

Seared Scallops

Roasted mushrooms, sunchoke-potato puree, greens, brown butter

Roasted Chicken

Warm potato salad, smoked bacon, green beans, watermelon

Roasted Baby Beets

Feta, pistachios

Greek Yogurt Pudding

Rhubarb, pistachio shortbread

Tollhouse Pie

Ice cream, caramel, hot fudge

Cherry Upside-down Cake

Toasted almond ice cream