Winter Chef's Table at Cosmos Restaurant

Taste the elevated flavors of winter at this themed Chef's Table hosted by Chef Taylor O'Brien of Cosmos Restaurant in coordination with The Great Northern Festival. The team has partnered up with Vikre Distillery out of Duluth to offer an amazing four course menu, each dish infused with local, botanical spirits and paired with a coordinating cocktail. Learn all about the winter flavors from our expert Chef while you dine, and enjoy an engaging demonstration from the team at Vikre Distillery to learn about their unique spirits.

The dinner will be located in the private dining room located off of Cosmos Restaurant, on the fourth floor of The Lofton Hotel.

Ticket pricing: $100 per person

Menu:

1

Warm Vikre spruce gin

Braised beet salad

Spiced apples, lemon inspired Chevre, toasted walnuts, all on a bed of kale and shaved radicchio with a honey thyme vinaigrette and pine bud syrup.

Refreshment

Warm Spritz

Cedar gin, gentle heat, apple peel, soda

2

Vikre Aquavit

Wild mushroom & barley soup

Hen of the woods, thyme, brown butter, porcini toast

Refreshment

Vikre Aquavit

Served chilled over an ice sphere

3

Vikre Hay and Sunshine Blended Whiskey

Slow braised beef cheeks

Celery root, potato puree, roasted winter squash, smoked onion jus

Refreshment

“Apricity”

Vikre blended whiskey, 3 drops cinnamon hinted maple syrup, expressed orange peel, served warm or neat

4

Vikre Aperitivo Classico

Warm orange olive oil cake

Toasted almond, rosemary sugar, whipped mascarpone

Refreshment

Cold-Weather Negroni Sbagliato

Aperitivo, cedar gin, sparkling wine, ice sphere

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