We like to give you a sneak peek to what is going on in the kitchen so each season we will post a recipe and a wine that we think is especially delicious. We hope that you enjoy them and if you are ever interested in other recipes or have a culinary question for Chef Chizmar please do not hesitate to email us through this site.


What's the scuttlebutt this month:

Join us for Bolete's First Annual Lobster Bake. It's our 1st annual Bolete Lobster Bake and we couldn't be more excited about it! Granted, we tend to get excited about a lot of things; bacon, the first day of spring, road-side BBQ, but this lobster bake is really something special for us and something we've been wanting to do for our guests for a long time. Not only is it a nod to our Boston roots, but it also gives us the chance to celebrate the bounty of New England's plentiful coast. So sit back, relax, and let us bring the shore to you. We'll bring the lobster bibbs as long as you bring your appetite.

What: Bolete's 1st Annual Lobster Bake

When: Saturday, July 31

Where: Bolete Restaurant

Why: Who doesn't love a good Lobster Bake?!

How Much: $65 for Three Courses. Gratuity and Tax not included.
$25 all-you-can-drink Bar Pass. Choose from a specially selected list of beer, wine and our house-made sangrias. **OPTIONAL guests will be more than welcome to order a la carte from our regular wine and cocktail menu.

Please contact us to make your reservation for Bolete's 1st Annual Lobster Bake.

Also, please be advised that we will require a credit card number in order to hold your reservation. All guests will have 72 hours to cancel their reservations in order to avoid a cancellation charge of $65 per person.

Featured Recipe. Coming Soon

Featured Wine. We are in love with the 2007 SpiceRack "Punchdown" Sonoma Coast Syrah. Susan and Jonathan Pey are the winemakers that bring us this beautiful 94% Syrah 6% Grenache blend. The "Rodger's Creek" vineyard is located on the thin sandy soils and gusty winds next to David Ramey's famed syrah. It is matured in 100% French neutral oak, sustainably farmed and shines with "dark shades of fruit, suggesting fig, sage, leather and stone with a little Rhonish violet and white pepper" Yum!!!! It is named "Punchdown" for the number of times that the cap is punched during fermentation. It is delicious and available during our frugal foodie hour.


Other things going on here at Bolete:

Please see our press mentions to see all the exciting things that happened to us this year (our television debut, our Food Network bit, a Three Bells review and more).

As we look to our third year we are excited to grow continue to make our guests happy to return to us again and again. We are excited about the upcoming holiday season, and want to make sure you know the days that close to let our hardworking crew enjoy time with their families.

Frugal Foodie is going to continue into the forseeable future — so make sure you remember the first and last hour we are open Tuesday through Friday you can have oysters for $1, a three course $35 prix fixe menu and half off all wines under $100.

I have decided that since I have no time for a book club, I will try suggesting great books that I am reading, have read about food and the food world that we love and live in. Please feel free to send us suggestions through the site, we love learning about new finds.

On the lighter side and in honor of the demise of the beloved Gourmet Magazine, I highly recommend "Garlic and Sapphires" by Ruth Reichl. I also loved "The Fourth Star: Dispatches From Inside Daniel Boulud's Celebrated New York Restaurant". It is the reality of a dedicated chef and his crew — none of the drama of "Kitchen Confidential" but all of the reality. It is great. I look forward to your suggestions.


Favorite Culinary Finds in the Valley and beyond:

Ocean, Easton, PA — make sure to ask for our great friends Chip and Devin, and now new chef Nate Leonard, also a great friend of ours, when you head in for this modern-style tapas restaurant. A great night scene that serves late (1 am on the weekends!!!), as well as having a great wine tasting the first Thursday of every month. While you are in that neck of the woods make sure not to miss...

Sette Luna, Easton, PA — our favorite little place for Monday dinners. At this Italian gem you can get some of the best pizza that we have ever had (Josh's Bianca is a must!!!). Their cocktails and wine list are superior and on Mondays they do half off all bottles. They also have great little tables for outdoor seating when the weather warms up.

We have just started to discover Philadelphia, a city that is entirely new to me and mostly to Lee, having been out of the area for so long. We had a great birthday meal (almost a year ago now) at James. We had some of the best pasta we have ever had. We also quite enjoyed our lovely evening at Osteria (Marc Vetri's more casual venue). I am also a real sucker for a bistro and had a great day drinking rose champagne and eating oysters and charcuterie at Parc on Rittenhouse Square. I am open to suggestions, so send them in.