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Urban Plates: solid menu with affordable prices

March 29, 2022 Mad Hungry Woman Leave a Comment

Can you believe this is the first time I’ve ever visited an Urban Plates? Well, it’s true! And as a first timer, I wanted to take the most advantage in discovering what it has to offer. The menu is pretty extensive, but simple enough to maneuver. Once you pick a protein, it’s pretty much a matter of pinpointing how you’d like that prepared. The menu is packed with great choices for salads, sandwiches, as well as plated meals, which include a protein and a cacophony of great sides to choose from.

Starting off with Tomato Basil Soup ($5.75) – I always like soup if it’s offered, although it is the only soup on the menu, it stands proud and strong on its own. Drizzled with a fragrant pesto, the soup is hearty, with a nice tart finish.

Moving on, Cage Free Chicken Club ($13.50), is a solid sandwich, offering crusty grilled rustic bread stuffed with an herb marinated (antibiotic- and hormone-free, never frozen) chicken, bacon, organic tomato, pickled onion, organic artisan lettuce, garlic aioli, and white cheddar cheese. My son tells me this is his favorite sandwich at Urban Plates!

I wanted to try a salad, so I opted for Crispy Chicken Tender Salad ($13.95), which I’m told is a recently added menu item. The salad is absolutely delicious with mixed greens, tomato, hard boiled egg, among other things. My favorite is the corn, lending a lovely hint of sweetness to all the other ingredients. The chicken tenders were crispy on the outside and relatively moist on the inside. A slice of grilled rustic bread accompanied. This is a very generous portion and also, very tasty indeed.

If you’re looking for something more substantial and low carb, the Chimichurri Gilled Grass-Fed Steak ($18.75) is a definite winner. Grass-fed and grass-finished steak is grilled medium rare, and drizzled with house-made chimichurri sauce (always ask for extra sauce!) served with two sides of your choice. I picked cauliflower and vegetable rice, as well as rainbow carrots and golden beets, both absolutely delicious!

I think Moroccan Chicken Braise ($12.50) was possibly my favorite! Cage-free antibiotic, and hormone-free, never frozen chicken, is slow cooked with squash, yellow onions, preserved lemons, marinated olives, turmeric, fresh ginger, spices and cilantro. I would’ve preferred a little more preserved lemons, but overall, it was so fragrant and flavorful I couldn’t stop eating it. Served with a side of white rice, perfect to sop up all the delicious sauce!

Urban Plates is also running an “Everyday” special which offers up six of their menu items priced at $11, perfect for those on a budget. Included are: Beets + Avocado Bowl, Grilled Cage Free Chicken sandwich, Grilled Portabello Mushroom sandwich, Three Up (choose any three sides), Curry Tofu & Vegetable Braise, and my favorite… Moroccan Chicken Braise.

It is comforting to know that in these times of inflated pricing everywhere, you can still expect a solid, good meal, with reasonable prices.

To find an Urban Plates near you please click here.

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This blog is a journal of mostly my eating adventures, but also, other things I'm passionate about, including travel, the arts, and also, necessities to complete my life. Centered predominantly in and around Orange County, CA, some will extend to Los Angeles, San Diego and beyond. I am constantly searching for delicious food to eat and fun things to do, nothing is out of bounds. Sometimes it doesn't end well, but I can definitely say, it will always be an interesting journey.

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