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Amuse Restaurant (VMFA)

Amuse Restaurant (VMFA)

(Now Closed)
New American Restaurant$$$$
The Museum District, Richmond
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Lunch 3Dinner 3Prix-Fixe 5Brunch 3Cocktails 5
Soups & Starters‏
Creamy Parsnip Bisque
5.00
Spiced apple chips
Local Manakin Town Greens Salad
7.00
With roasted squash, pomegranate, feta cheese, candied pecans and sherry vinaigrette
Rappahannock Curry-Fried Oysters
9.00
Served over‏ cucumber-mint raita and garnished with pickled veggies
Cheese Plate
12.00
Daily selection‏ of local (or not so local) cheeses served with fruit and clover honey
Tuscan Kale and Potato Stew
5.00
With house made lamb sausage
Crispy Pork Belly Poutine
9.00
House fries, crispy pork belly, cheese curds and gravy
P.E.I. Mussels
9.00
Sauteed with surry sausage, garlic, white wine, and butter, topped with pecorino cheese and grilled toast
Entrees
Slow Roasted Pot Roast
14.00
With local exotic mushrooms, turnips, carrots, fingerling potatoes and rosemary
Braised Lamb Shank
15.00
Over polenta with san marzano tomatoes sauce, rapini and buffalo milk parmesan
Grilled Rock Fish
16.00
With shaved fennel, charred radicchio and blood orange vinaigrette
Pan Roasted Monkfish
15.00
With castelvetrano olives, san marzano tomatoes, fennel and roasted garlic cous cous
Pan Seared Scallops
15.00
Over French green lentils, yellow wax beans and harissa
Jumbo Lump Crab Cake “Sandwich”
15.00
Stacked between two fried green tomatoes, with applewood bacon, arugula and pimento cheese
Fried Chicken and Grits
14.00
Golden boneless chicken thigh with kimchi, grilled scallion oil and southern grits
Smoked Twin Oaks Tofu
13.00
With roasted cauliflower, baby leeks, fingerling chips and chermoula
Soups & Starters‏
Creamy Parsnip Bisque
6.00
Spiced apple chips
Local Manakin Town Greens Salad
8.00
With roasted squash, pomegranate, feta cheese, candied pecans and sherry vinaigrette
Rappahannock Curry-Fried Oysters
10.00
Served over‏ cucumber-mint raita and garnished with pickled veggies
Cheese Plate
14.00
Daily selection‏ of local (or not so local) cheeses served with fruit and clover honey
Tuscan Kale and Potato Stew
6.00
With house made lamb sausage
Crispy Pork Belly Poutine
11.00
House fries, crispy pork belly, cheese curds and gravy
P.E.I. Mussels
10.00
Sauteed with surry sausage, garlic, white wine, and butter, topped with pecorino cheese and grilled toast
Entrees
Slow Roasted Pot Roast
21.00
With local exotic mushrooms, turnips, carrots, fingerling potatoes and rosemary
Braised Lamb Shank
24.00
Over polenta with san marzano tomatoes sauce, rapini and buffalo milk parmesan
Grilled Rock Fish
27.00
With shaved fennel, charred radicchio and blood orange vinaigrette
Pan Roasted Monkfish
24.00
With Castelvetrano Olives, San Marzano Tomatoes, Fennel and Roasted Garlic Cous Cous
Pan Seared Scallops
27.00
Over French green lentils, yellow wax beans and harissa
Jumbo Lump Crab Cake “Sandwich”
26.00
Stacked between two fried green tomatoes, with applewood bacon, arugula and pimento cheese
Fried Chicken and Grits
20.00
Golden boneless chicken thigh with kimchi, grilled scallion oil and southern grits
Smoked Twin Oaks Tofu
20.00
With roasted cauliflower, baby leeks, fingerling chips and chermoula
(Lunch and Dinner)
Choice Of First Course‏
Local Manakin Town Greens Salad
With roasted squash, pomegranate, feta cheese, candied pecans and sherry vinaigrette
Tuscan Kale and Potato Stew
With homemade lamb sausage
Choice Of Main Course
Slow Roasted Pot Roast
With local exotic mushrooms, turnips, carrots, fingerling potatoes and rosemary
Smoked Twin Oaks Tofu
With roasted‏ Cauliflower, Baby Leeks, Fingerling Chips and Chermoula
Jumbo Lump Crab Cake “Sandwich”
Stacked between two fried green tomatoes, with applewood bacon, arugula and pimento cheese
Choice Of Dessert‏
Chocolate Peanut Butter Crunch Candy Bar
With buttery popcorn
Creme Caramel
With fresh‏ berries.
Soups & Starters‏
Creamy Parsnip Bisque
5.00
Spiced apple chips
Local Manakin Towne Greens Salad
7.00
With Roasted Squash, Pomegranate, Feta Cheese, Candied Pecans and Sherry Vinaigrette
P.E.I. Mussels
9.00
Sauteed with‏ surry sausage, garlic, white wine, and butter, topped with pecorino cheese and grilled toast
Tuscan Kale and Potato Stew
5.00
With house made lamb sausage
Rappahannock Curry-Fried Oysters
9.00
Served over cucumber-mint raita and garnished with pickled veggies
Cheese Plate
12.00
Daily selection of local (or not so local) cheeses served with fruit and clover honey
Entrees
Corned Beef Hash
14.00
With buttermilk‏ biscuits, poached eggs and hollandaise
Crispy Pork Belly Poutine
13.00
House fries, crispy pork belly, sunny eggs, cheese curds and gravy
Local Mushroom and Goat Cheese Quiche
12.00
Fluffy and light with pea tendril pesto
Cornbread Waffle
11.00
With spiced apples, maple syrup and crispy applewood smoked bacon
House Cured Salmon
14.00
With shaved fennel, yellow wax beans, castelvetrano olives and squid ink vinaigrette
Jumbo Lump Crab Cake “Sandwich”
15.00
Served between two fried green tomatoes, with crisp applewood smoked bacon, arugula and pimento cheese
Fried Chicken and Grits
14.00
Golden boneless chicken thigh with kimchi, grilled scallion oil and southern grits
Specialty Cocktails, Hollywood‏
The Queen's Folly
11.00
Why eat cake when you can sip on it? Choice of grey goose vodka or bombay sapphire gin, crème de cassis, dolin blanc, vanilla-lemon meringue
Silver Screen
9.00
You’ll finish this one before the credits start to roll espolon silver tequila, lillet blanc, grapefruit and lime juices, thyme salt rim
Sunset Boulevard
10.00
Watch the‏ setting sun from the best lounge on the boulevard tanqueray gin, campari, dolin blanc vermouth, passionfruit juice, lemon twist
Lion's Roar
12.00
And now‏ for our feature presentation ld overholt rye, dolin dry vermouth, luxardo maraschino strega, angostura bitters, black peppercorn spray
Classic Vesper
12.00
Shaken, not stirred at mr. bond’s request stolichnaya vodka, plymouth gin, cocchi americano, trio of citrus-brined olives
Homemade Butterbeer Soda
6.00
Magical libation for wizards or muggles alike
Jack and Rose Cocktail
10.00
Set sail on an unsinkable maiden voyage laird’s applejack, cocchi rosa, canton ginger, lemon juice, old fashioned aromatic bitters
Spaghetti Western
9.00
American whisky sour, produced with European direction bulleit bourbon, liquor 43, lemon juice, cocchi vermouth di torino, peach bitters
The Emerald City
12.00
Follow the green fairy down the yellow brick road green chartreuse, grande absente, mint bitters, champagne, rose’s lime, lemon twist
Sir Alfred's Silhouette
11.00
Hitchcock’s heated snifter of apple brandy &port calvados coquerel sop, taylor fladgate port, benedictine
The Heavyweight
13.00
Technical knockout. Not for the faint of heart don julio anejo, muddled brandied cherries and orange, house made falernum, byrrh quinquina, bitters
Bacon Bloody Mary
10.00
Spicy tribute to america’s favorite brunch beverage absolut vodka, bacon, pickled beans, pepperoncini
Champagne Cocktails
The Dream Girl
9.00
St. germain elderflower and passionfruit juice
Lady Marmalade
9.00
Aperol and grapefruit juice with burlesque bitters
The Wicked Witch
9.00
Midori melon liqueur and dolin dry with blackberry
Ms. Monroe Added Nothing to Her Bubbles
170.00
She only drank dom perignon champagne, 2003
Scarlett's Royale
9.00
Langlois père et fils crème de cassis and lemon twist
Ginger Sparkler
9.00
Canton ginger liqueur and crystallized ginger
Liquid Kryptonite
9.00
Pernod and lime juice with rock candy
Coffee‏
Illy Espresso (Regular or Decaf)
Blanchard's “Swiss Water Brazillian” Decaf Coffee
3.50
Rum and Hazelnut Coffee with Fresh Whipped Cream
9.00
Blanchard's “Dark as Dark” Regular Coffee
3.50
Café Latte or Cappuccino
5.00
Aperitifs, Digestifs, Scotch & Spirits
Cocchi Americano
Cocchi Americano
Cocchi Vermouth Di Torino
Byrrh Quinquina
Lillet Blanc
Cointreau Taylor
Green Chartreuse
Yellow Chartreuse
Lemoncello
Grand Marnier
Fernet Branca
Benedictine
B&B Disarrono
Frangelico
Bailey's Creme
Kahlua
Trinity Absinthe
Rosa Grande Absente
Pernod
Strega
Galliano
Fladgate Port
Macallan 18 Yr
Oban 14 Yr
Balvenie 12 Yr
Glenfiddich 12 Yr
Kelt Cognac
Courvoisier
Amaretto
Chambord
Yvette
Pimm's No. 1

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Amuse Restaurant (VMFA)
205 N Boulevard (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA))
Richmond, VA 23220
United States
At: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA)
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Amuse is a seasonal, farm to table driven restaurant, located on the third floor of the museum.
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(804) 340-1580
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@amusevmfa
Features
Reservations
Yes
Credit Cards
Yes (incl. Discover & Visa)
Outdoor Seating
No
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Parking
Street, Private Lot
Restroom
Yes
Food & Drink
Menus
Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, Dessert, Happy Hour
Drinks
Beer, Wine, Full Bar, Cocktails
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