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New Alibi Menu Small Plates Make Big Splash BY RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN Those baby sandwiches called Sliders are hot menu items, making appearances across America in restaurants that range from country clubs to Country & Western. Now add Wilton Manors’ Alibi to the list. In this latest incarnation, the Alibi Sliders versions come in trios, dished up on a single platter and housed within fresh Challah buns. Grilled Chicken ($10), with cranberry compote, grilled cheese, red onion, and lettuce; Pulled Pork ($10), with chipotle mayo ($10); traditional Beef Burger ($10), American cheese, bacon, jam and chipotle mayo ($10); and Grilled Mahi Mahi ($11), with Monterey Jack cheese and pineapple sauce. These babies are moist, succuAhi tuna tartare, scallions, seaweed salad, and lent, and hearty, with the Grilled Chicken easily the sesame seeds, lightly laced with a powerful wasabi most exciting with its subtle fruit undertones. sauce and soy reduction on crispy wontons. The addition of Sliders to Alibi’s extensive café Coconut Shrimp ($9.50) that’s been dredged in menu is a move by the bar and grill to lighten their coconut and fried crunchy crisp. The chili sauce recipe line-up that has traditionally been heavy on that accompanies the dish is horseradish hot, and burgers, for which they were both famous and counters the coconut sweet flavor with a dynamic award winning. Keeping with that theme, the asflare. Or try the Mozzarella Moons ($8) for true sortment of salads has been lightened as well. The decadence. It doesn’t get richer than three moonsize is still a bowlful, though available in large and shaped pieces of mozzarella cheese, flash fried and small sizes. served with roasted tomato sauce. The most creative use of ingredients is preOne doesn’t often find Fried Pickles ($7) on a sented in a salad labeled the Island House ($10 menu. But they’re at Alibi’s and they are a hit. Forlarge/$6 small), which combines bleu cheese, dried get what you might know about Fried Green Tostrawberries, sliced seasonal fruit, sunflower seeds matoes. Alibi’s Signature Fried Pickles are a sweet/ and plantain chips over delightful mixed greens. sour delight, served with ranch dressing. And don’t Coupled with a Balsamic vinaigrette dressing, the think you can eat just one. Impossible. flavor-combination is a surprisingly light and sweet Our all-time dish continues to rank at the top experience that is a popular choice for those watchof the new menu: Alibi’s Famous Chicken Chili ing their waistlines. ($4). This is a thick, not-too-spicy bit of heaven that The typical Garden Salad ($3.50) and the tradicomes with a quartet of multicolor chips as garnish. tional Chicken Cobb ($12 large/$7 small) with an It’s housemade, it’s white meat, and it’s um-um assortment of dressings is less exciting, but no less good. filling. Ditto: the Iceberg Wedge ($8 large/$5 small). Tacos come in pairs with dinner or singles a For those less worried about calories, particula carte. The Alibi way , available as Pork larly those with large appetites, a sensa($10/5), Chicken ($10/5) and Mahi Mahi tional Grilled Sliced Steak ($12 large/$8 ($11/6), with soft grilled flour tortillas. small) is unique for its matchbook Add any cheese, caramelized onions, potatoes, red onions, chopped tomaGEORGIE’S ALIBI sautéed mushrooms, sautéed peptoes, scallions, and mixed lettuce. Eat 2266WILTON DR, now and worry later. It’s that good. WILTON MANORS, FL 33305 pers, bacon, avocado or chicken chili for $1 each. And with a mouth as full Need smaller fare? The Starters 954-565-2526 as your stomach, don’t forget to tell Menu is the place to graze. The Ahi them Guy Magazine sent you. Tuna Nachos ($15) features sushi grade
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