Swallow Goes 100% Mac & Cheese
Posted by Foobooz on December 1st, 2008
You may have noticed there’s an economic slowdown/recession/Great Depression 2.0 going on outside the window. Restaurants have noticed too and are beginning to take action.
Meal Ticket tips us off to how Swallow has revamped their menu from the bistro fare to a menu of various macaroni and cheese combinations, topping out at $12.
Check out the full menu after the jump and then consider our poll question.
Are you likely to check out Swallow's Mac & Cheese only menu?
- Yes (60%)
- No (40%)
Total Votes: 156
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How it works: Create any combo you like. Pick your size, type of cheese & some tasty ingredients to mix in.
Choose a size: sm $5 or lg $7
Choose up to 2 cheeses: american, asiago, cheddar, feta, goat cheese, gorgonzola (blue cheese), gruyere, monterey jack, mozzarella, parmesan, pepper jack
- Choose up to 3 ingredients: sm $2 lg $3
Meats: hot dog, seasoned ground sirloin, bacon, chicken breast, gyro, ham, tuna, shrimp
Vegetables: spinach, sauteed onions, shitake mushrooms, roasted garlic, broccoli, cauliflower, sweet corn, sundried tomatoes, scallions, kalamata olives, jalapeno peppers, peas
Herbs: basil, cilantro, thyme, rosemary, parsley
Additional ingredients or cheese: per item sm $1.5 lg $2.25
- Choose breadcrumbs: yes? no?
Jason & Cindy’s Suggestions:
Classic - american & cheddar sm $5 lg $7
4 Cheese - asiago, cheddar, gruyere, parmesan sm $8 lg $12
Cheeseburger - american, cheddar, seasoned ground sirloin sm $7 lg $10
Italian - mozzarella, sundried tomatoes, basil, roasted garlic sm $7 lg $10
Greek - gyro, feta, monterey jack, kalamata olives, spinach sm $7 lg $10
Southerner - gruyere, cheddar, bacon sm $7 lg $10
Mexican - cheddar, pepper jack, chicken breast, jalapenos, sauteed onions, cilantro sm $8.50 lg. $12.25
Californian - asiago, monterey jack, chicken breast, sundried tomatoes
sm $7 lg $10
Vegetarian - cheddar, broccoli, cauliflower, roasted garlic, sweet corn
sm $8.5 lg $12.25
Casserole - cheddar, tuna, peas, sauteed onions, mushrooms
sm $8.5 lg. $12.25Having a party? You should order a platter; that would make everyone happy. Our Party size feeds 10-15 (or one really hungry person). Starting at $40.
Sides:
mixed green salad $3
cornbread $1.5
slow cooked green beans $2
sweet potato fries $3
french fries $2
Homemade Desserts:
brownies $2
rice crispy treats $2
Beverages:
coke/diet coke $2
french press (for 2) $3
french press (for 4) $5
hot chocolate $2.5
aqua panna still water (1L) $4.5
san pellegrino sparkling water (1L) $4.5
san pellegrino limonata $2.5
san pellegrino aranciata $2.5
Swallow [Official Site]
Return of the Mac: Swallow Bistro’s cheeseified new concept [Meal Ticket]
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December 4th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Dear Owners of Swallow, the former failed bistro:
This is somewhat appalling that you two thought in some realm of small business that it was okay to do this to a fellow player in this game of struggling cafes and tiny eateries. A mac-n-cheese bistro? Really? I must point out that right down the walk, not even across a real street, there is a place that makes some fantastic mac-n-cheese (the best in the area), a wide array of down home dishes and sides (many more than you offer on your menu), and an ever changing, always delicious list of homemade desserts (including the unbeatable Elvis cake). Also, their menu tops out at about the same price as yours.
Don’t you two find it a little messed up to completely underhand another business on the walk and essentially steal their whole menu? Great idea and all, but why don’t you take it somewhere like 15th and Chestnut or 17th and Market where your shady business methods and dishonest “revamping” will really be appreciated by the fat cats that would want to gorge themselves on this novelty.
December 8th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
to disappointed – don’t worry, people didn’t go to swallow before, this change probably isn’t enough of a motivator to make me/them try it out. mac and cheese definitely does not mean enough to me and they didn’t even inlcude a fake healthy option (whole wheat pasta with lower fat cheese).