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3200 Darnell St. Fort Worth, TX 76107

817-840-2157

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Dallas Observer
Recommended
Best Appetizer
Award Winner 2004

Cuisine(s): Eclectic, New American

Hours: Sun,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat 11am-2:30pm

Price: $$
Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover

Attire: Casual

Features: Banquet Facilities, Catering, Kid Friendly, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible
Serving: Brunch, Lunch

Reservations: Accepted, Recommended for Large Parties

Parking: Lot Available

Description

This brisk and beautifully stark cafe, tethered to The Modern Museum of Art in Fort Worth, skillfully frames a simple menu flung with international influences in Southwestern flare. It's a comfortable respite from the head-scratching cryptic of modern art.

Sunday Brunch at Cafe Modern

11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. every Sun.

Enjoy a delightful menu in a beautiful setting.
Cafe Modern Happy Hour

4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. second Fri. of every month

Enjoy half-priced wine, beer and appetizers from 4 to 7 p.m. Fridays at the Modern Museum of Fort Worth's Cafe Modern.

2004 | Best Appetizer

The appetizer is traditionally a thing you eat before the headliner. You know, salad, foie gras, fried calamari, frog legs in aloe vera. But sometimes appetizers can be meals instead of just tongue-whetters or fodder for the grazing trough. This is what Café Modern's smoked mozzarella-stuffed risotto cake is. It's a bronzed baseball--with the bronzing provided by panko bread crumbs--resting in a bath of "light tomato sauce." This alone makes it a museum piece. But when you add that... More »

Avant-Gorge

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, May 20, 2004

It's like Oz's wizard before the curtain is pulled: This picture, anchored at the end of a foggy-gray arching hallway, is a huge head glowing bright green, floating on a wall, tufts of hair reaching up into the air manically like flames stoked wit... More »
EU Brew

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, December 11, 2003

While (some) restaurants are evacuating Deep Ellum--East Wind Vietnamese Restaurant and the much-rumored but unconfirmed flight of Sambuca Jazz Café to the former Salve! space on McKinney Avenue--some battle-hardened mavericks armed with taps and ... More »

Dinner Menu

Appetizers

$8.75

Artichoke Bruschetta
with marinated artichokes, roasted red peppers and house-made ricotta

$12.75

Shrimp & Crab Mary Rose
with cucumber-dill jelly

$11.50

Lettuce Wraps
char siu pork tenderloin served with crisp veggies and lettuce leaves with spicy almond and garlic soy dipping sauces

$9.25

Horseradish Whipped Latte Da Goat Cheese
with pickled baby vegetables and spicy texas pecans

Soup And Starter Salads

Cup $4.50
Bowl $6.50

Cowtown Market Vegetable Soup
with basil pistou

Cup $4.50
Bowl $6.50

Soup Of The Day

$4.95

Café Salad
mélange of local greens with grape tomatoes, brazos valley parmesan cheese, lemon juice and olive oil

$7.25

Spring Salad
bibb lettuce with golden beets, pickled carrot and buttermilk-dill dressing

Entrees

$26.50

Grilled Wild Halibut Chermoula
with apricot couscous, haricots verts and spicy harissa

$22.25

Braised Lamb Shank Ragu
with papperdelle pasta, spinach and lemon

$27.75

Surf & Turf
petit beef filet and crab cake with buttermilk mash, haricots verts and sauce girondine

$24.50

Grilled Tenderloin
with freshly grated horseradish crème fraiche, garlic butter roasted potato and steamed asparagus

$19.75

Daily Fish Special
chef’s sustainably selected seafood prepared to highlight the specific qualities of today’s fresh catch

$16.50

Le Cirque’s Classic Spaghetti Primavera
a mélange of vegetables over a bed of pasta with cream, tomatoes and herbs

$17.75

Ginger Sake Grilled Chicken
with steamed jasmine rice, edamame stir fry and tamari jus

$15.75

Hoisin Noodles
savory ground pork with asian spice over rice noodles. topped with crunchy vegetable garnish

$17.75

Grilled Paneer Skewers
house-made indian cheese marinated and broiled with coriander. served with springquinoa salad, and an indian vegetable samosa

Dessert

$8.00

Frozen Spring Berries
with callebaut white chocolate ganache

$8.00

Butterscotch Bliss Sundae
with butterscotch-pecan ice cream, bananas and banana marshmallow sauce

$7.00

Chocolate- Coconut Mousse
with coconut tuile

$7.00

House-made Vanilla-yogurt Panna Cotta
topped with sake poached apricots

$6.00

Strawberry-rhubarb Sorbet
with buttery shortbread cookies

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Cafe Modern

3200 Darnell St. Fort Worth, TX 76107

817-840-2157

Description

11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. every Sun.

4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. second Fri. of every month

2004 | Best Appetizer

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, May 20, 2004

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, December 11, 2003