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Restaurant Brana        
Restaurant Brana

276 Alhambra Circle
Coral Gables, FL 33134

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Owner/Executive Chef Jeffrey Brana of Restaurant Brana in Coral Gables describes his menu as “modern with influences of old Florida.” His menu brims with freshly grown herbs, spices and even the type of oranges that Chef Brana remembers picking from his grandmother’s backyard growing up in South Florida. Fond of Florida’s natural bounty, Chef Brana showcases gourmet seafood, meats and vegetables that live up to the definition of traditional American cuisine. Although the menu changes seasonally, it includes regular standouts such as beef rib steak and Key West shrimp marinated in orange juice and Sicilian olive oil. Chef Brana, recognized as a “rising star chef” (StarChefs 2004) and his wife Anna, previously marketing manager of award-winning Norman’s Restaurant in Miami provide exceptional service and focus tremendously on creating cuisine that is suited to each customer’s liking.

This may just be the best restaurant in town. -The Miami Herald
If your idea of a good time is sampling extraordinary wines from small, domestic producers and dining on exquisite cuisine, much of it made with locally produced foodstuffs, Restaurant Brana is nirvana. -Fine Dining Review

menu changes continuously based on seaso::
Five Course Tasting Menu  60
Autumn Tasting Menu  95
Tasting menus available for the entire table only

appetizers::
Key West Pink Shrimp  16
With citrus, avocado, hazlenuts and smoked trout roe
Flounder  13
Cooked in lemon leaves with artichokes and harissa
Grilled Yellowjack  15
With porcini mushrooms, ramps and blis "elixer" double solera
"Loxahatchee"  12
Warm garlic soup with frogs' legs and celery
Risotto  14
With escargots and rabbit sausage

entrées::
Snapper  31
With clams, summer vegetables, pea sprouts and lily flowers
Black Grouper  33
With matsutake mushrooms, braised pine nuts and blue crab emulsion
Spiny Lobster and Veal Sweetbreads  31
With eggplant and piquillo pepper
Millbrook Venison with Flavors of the Molé
45
Tomato, almond, chile and cocoa with squash and their blossoms
Lamb Saddle  36
With Indian River honey, "native" spinach and huckleberries
Pot Roast 2006  38
Four Story Hill beef with root vegetables and potatoes cooked in duck fat

cheese::
one selection 5
a tasting of three cheeses 15

"Holy Springs"  
Goat's milk, firm, aged five months, sweet grass dairy, Georgia with roasted beet
"Green Hill"  
Cow's milk, soft, sweet grass dairy, Georgia with pluot
"Bartlett Blue"  
Cow's milk, semi-soft, Jasper Hill farm, Vermont with black mission fig

dessert::
Crème Caramel  10
With chocolate purée
Chocolate Mousse  10
With Jamaican mint ice cream and hazelnut powder
Hibiscus Flower Sorbet  7