Celebrated Chef Enzo Fargione Breaks Ground For His New Tasting Menu Restaurant Elisir

ELISIR RESTAURANT
Enzo Fargione's

Chef Enzo Fargione is pleased to announce that works for his newest upcoming restaurant ELISIR are underway in the East end part of downtown Washington, D.C. Penn Quarter

ELISIR forecasts its opening by June 2011 and will features Fargione's distinctive hands-on approach and personalized vision and interpretation of his acclaimed modern Italian cooking that earned him the 2008 Esquire Magazine "One of the best 4 chefs to watch in the USA"

Chef' Fargione's ultimate goal is to create a unique and creative tasting "Culinary Journey" offering two menus of 8 and 12 courses highlighting his creativity and constant search for taste, presentation and concept. The restaurant will also offer a limited, but very detailed a la carte menu which it will change seasonally.

ELISIR means ELIXIR in English: a mix of flavored liquids containing alcohol and it was used in medieval times in Italy as welcoming beverage for important guests when visiting court.
Elisirs were commonly made from grappa or other in house made distilled spirits.

Chef Fargione has retained the renowed architectual firm Grupo 7 to design and create a first class fine dining restaurant with stylish contemporary, but elegant d�cor with typical European flares

ELISIR will accommodate approximately 80 patrons in the dining area, 20 patrons at a bar, and 25 in a private room.

The Restaurant will incorporate 3 glass fronted wine cellars, fine wood millwork, porcelain tile and carpet floors, pendant lighting and custom metal details.

The kitchen will be partially open and enclosed with high circular glass panels, featuring a plating station, which will highlight the work of Chef Fargione in the observation deck and monitored by recording HD cameras for dinner service with live feed and broadcasts

A complete renovation is underway with new layouts for walls, floors, bar, lighting, millwork, and decorative accessories.

The kitchen will be fully redesigned to accommodate the new culinary concept and appropriate level of service.

The Restaurant, initially, will be open 5 days a week for ELISIR BISTRO LUNCH and 6 days a week for formal Dinner service.

At lunch time, the bar will accommodate the faster pace customers with a customized menu of approximately 15 options for those on a time frame.

The wine list will feature extensive selections from Italy, California, Virginia and a few French pearls and multiple wine pairing programs will be available as well as wine flights service for each customer under the Dining Director and the Sommelier's supervision