announcing new delays!

Mr. Daniel Peterson is working on bringing those who have not yet seen the new Acorn some as-if-you-were-really-here photographs to our blog. But he is also a new uncle, so it may take just a little bit longer. You're used to that by now, though.

Something else that will take just a little bit longer is Acorn opening its doors on Saturdays. We were going to try for this weekend, but I don't think I will make it through the end of February if I don't take off two days in a row soon. It might not be in our best interest, but we decided to make March 3 our Saturday Grand Opening Day. So, for everyone with weekday commitments that don't include jaunts through the Pearl District, Saturday March 3 is your day. Come early while the parkings good!

Finally, the meatloaf sandwich I was serving at the Acorn last week is moving over to Half & Half tomorrow, for as long as it lasts (probably until a week from today, if we're lucky.) I know that some of you out there were upset to see it gone today, but that's why they're called 'specials.' The meatloaf is pretty special, but the tomato chutney served with it is, if I might brag, quite special. It's secret ingredient is tamarind. I found the recipe in an issue of "The Pleasures of Cooking," a food publication my mother used to subscribe to from the 80's. I have the whole collection and it's such a treasure. Most of the recipes are somewhat dated, even the 'exotic' ones, but it's a little bit like studying fashion and flipping through an issue of Vogue from the 70's. I had been making tomato chutneys here and there over the years but it never occured to me to use tamarind, and it's the flavor that bridges the tangy with the sweet. It's my "a-ha!" moment of the week.