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Sunday is good day because it’s still the weekend, but a little sour because it’s its last day. You can cheer up at Sonoma, from 11am to 2pm on Sunday Brunch, which features live jazz as you fill your belly with delicious food.
First you are given a complimentary cocktail in the form of a Mimosa or a Bloody Mary. You are then given the choice of a buttery croissant or golden raisin oatmeal. The main course is in the form of either The West Coast benedict omelet, which features tomato, avocado, spinach, ham, and hollandaise sauce, Short Stack blueberry pancakes, or Steak and Eggs. Finally, you have your choice of either warm bananas and caramel, or fresh fruit.
Your kids can also enjoy Sunday Brunch at Sonoma with a choice of either French toast sticks, Eggs in a basket, blueberry pancakes, or a cheese and ham omelet. All kids meals are served with a fruit bowl as well.
Desert at Sunday Brunch comes in the form of an ice cream cookie sandwich or apples with a caramel sauce.
The Sonoma Grille is a Pittsburgh restaurant that resides in the heart of the Cultural District. Aside from the jazz that is featured at Sonoma during Sunday Brunch, you should check out all of the other musical entertainment in what has quickly become Pittsburgh’s quality entertainment destination.
– by Nickolay Lamm
The Sonoma Mixed Grille, part of main course dinner menu available at Sonoma Grille has almost too many flavor-packed ingredients to count!
The main course features market fresh fish, filet mignon, a mushroom kabob, crab cake, organic tofu, Amish chicken breast, and seared tuna. The plate is accompanied with dipping sauces, which include wasabi jalapeno emulsion, tamarind ginger glaze, minted cucumber yogurt, spicy saffron, remoulade, and thai peanut sauce. The course also comes with your choice of either fettuccine tomato basil or Asian-style vegetable stir-fry.
The fish is fresh and packed with flavor. The filet mignon is lean and tender. The mushroom kabob’s aroma and taste adds to filet mignon’s mouthwatering appeal. The crab cake consists of crabmeat, eggs, milk, seasonings, and other ingredients that will give your taste buds a rush. The organic tofu has an interesting, yet appealing, texture. The chicken breast gives you Amish quality food. The seared ahi or yellowfin tuna is known for its rich color, buttery smooth texture, and mild flavor.
The Sonoma Grille is a Pittsburgh restaurant, located at the heart of the Cultural District in Downtown Pittsburgh. It features happy hour from 5 to 7 pm and half priced wine bottles on Mondays.
– by Nickolay Lamm
Cioppino is one of the many mouth watering main courses available at Sonoma Grille, a Pittsburgh restaurant located in the Cultural District of Pittsburgh. It is a fish stew that contains market fresh fish, mussels, clams, carrots, shrimp, celery, onion, tomato broth, and spices, all prepared in way that brings out the most of its many ingredients. A healthy piece of sourdough bread is included in the course as well with the catch of the day being the main ingredient in the soup itself.
The stew has its origins from various soups in Italian cuisine as well as San Francisco, with it first being made by Italian fishermen who resided in the northern part of San Francisco.
The stew has its origins from various soups in Italian cuisine as well as San Francisco, with it first being made by Italian fishermen who resided in the northern part of San Francisco. The stew was first made on the boats of fisherman and came on shore as Italian restaurants grew in popularity throughout San Francisco area.
Chip in! Chip in! Hence the name of the soup, Cioppino. When Italian fishermen were preparing their stew on the docks, the fishermen were all encouraged to “chip in” their Pacific catch into the stew. The fishermen had all kinds of catch to throw into the pot, which is why the Cioppino recipe has so many diverse ingredients.
Cioppino is the only stew available on the main course of Sonoma Grille’s dinner menu. Try it, you won’t regret it!
Sonoma Grille is a Pittsburgh restaurant located at the heart of the Cultural District of Pittsburgh.
– by Nickolay Lamm
Sonoma Grille, a Pittsburgh restaurant, features a treat that is going to make your mouth water! It is a twin strip cutlet that is spiced up with braised local cabbage, hough meat, apples, mashed potatoes, and a garlic sauce.
Veal Striploin, by definition is a boneless cut of meat that comes from the spinal cord of young cattle. Its meat is lean, has a light pink color, a delicate taste, and is finely textured. Veal is pretty much the same thing as beef, except for the fact that is has a finer texture and features a lighter color. Although it is similar, some people go so far as to say that a cut of beef and a cut of veal have nothing alike. Because veal is low in fat, special care must be taken during the cooking process to make sure that it is not become too tough. In its final cooked state, veal is often glazed with a sauce. This type of meat has been used in French and Italian cuisine since ancient times.
At Sonoma Grille, you can finish off your tasty Veal Striploin with a wine that comes from its award collection. Veal Striploin is just one feature of its many available courses, which include Potato Gnocchi, Char Su Duck, Filet Mignon, and other tantalizing choices.
– by Nickolay Lamm
Sonoma Grille, a Pittsburgh restaurant, gets its name from the famous Sonoma Valley, which is home to the very beginnings of the California wine industry. It contains some of the oldest wineries and vineyards in the state of California. It’s a popular tourist destination, with most of the wineries having some sort of program for visitors, who want to take a look at the process of wine making. Some of the wineries in Sonoma Valley have lived through both a pandemic of grapevine pests, as well as the impact of Prohibition.
Sonoma Valley is home to the prestigious Sonoma Valley Film Festival, which features local cuisine and wines from the Sonoma Valley wineries before every film screening. The festival has recently changed its name to the Sonoma International Film Festival due to the inclusion of foreign films.
Sonoma means “valley of the moon” to Native Americans because legend has it that the moon rose from the valley and sometimes rose up on multiple occasions in one night.
Sonoma Grille embraces the spirit of Sonoma Valley with its slogan: “A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine.” Its diverse wine list features red and white wines from some of the following categories: Merlot, Shiraz, Cabernet, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Viognier, and Riesling.
– by Nickolay Lamm
Californian cuisine has a strong focus on bringing together different ingredients that are bought locally, are fresh, and seasonal, with a lot of attention paid to the final presentation of the meal. Seasonal ingredients that are typical of such cuisine include fruits, vegetables, herbs, lettuce, figs, strawberries, and berries. Because the ingredients are used only at the best times of the year, the menus at Californian restraints change often.
The local and seasonal ingredients are prepared using techniques borrowed from many different kinds of culinary traditions including Europe, Asia, Mexico, and South America. Although this type of cuisine has its roots in France, its different from French cooking in that it makes it a point to serve up ingredients that are in season. The reason for the “variety” in Californian cooking is because California produces a host of different ingredients. Aside from variety, Californian cuisine also has a strong emphasis on producing meals that are good for you.
Due to its focus on fresh, as well as seasonal food, it is no surprise that Californian restaurants have an affinity for local/organic produce, which is made without the use of pesticides. Because there is so much focus on the quality of ingredients, diners often remark on how flavorful the food is.
Sonoma Grille, a Pittsburgh restaurant, has a variety of dishes that embody the spirit of Californian cuisine.
– By Nickolay Lamm
Filet Mignon is the most tender cut of beef that you can get. Because it does not come from a muscle that bears weight, it is very soft and not nearly as hard to bite through as typical beef. Most beef comes from tissue that is toughened through exercise. Filet Mignon, however, consists of tissue that is held in the back rib cage of the animal, which is not nearly as thoroughly used as the other parts of the cow. Aside from being less thoroughly used, it has a lot less fat content than other types of beef, which give it its silky smooth texture.
The actual word itself is French, with “filet” meaning thick slice and “mignon” meaning dainty, which is exactly what true Filet Mignon is, thick and dainty. This type of meat is known more for its buttery smooth texture rather than its flavor. Chefs, however, have a way of making it irresistible by injecting it with the perfect combination of ingredients…
Sonoma Grille, a Pittsburgh restaurant, offers Filet Mignon in a mouthwatering way. Its Grilled Center Cut Filet comes with Dill Scalloped Potatoes, Haricot Vert or green beans, Demiglace or a rich brown sauce, and Napa Cabbage Tzatziki or cabbage sauce.
– by Nickolay Lamm
Pinot Noir grapes are known to produce the finest wines in the world, but are also some of the most difficult to grow and make into wine. This, however, does not stop Pinot Noir from producing a plethora of flavors that dazzle many of its tasters, some of which declare Pinot Noir type wines to be like “sex in a glass”. Some of its more notable notes include tomatoes, plums, red berries, and cherries. The grape also produces a spicy flavor that can be characterized by mint, cinnamon, and sassafras. Aside from the many flavors that are produced, Pinot Noir is also very popular for its velvety texture.
Pinot Noir is grown is smaller quantities and, as such, fetches a higher price. It’s a grape that depends on very precise growing conditions: warm during the day, and cool at night.
Pinot Noir is best enjoyed with pork, ham, beef, lamb, or poultry. Because of its complex nature, it is a wine that can be enjoyed with a wide variety of foods. The drink has enjoyed an increase in popularity due to the movie Sideways, which features two men who travel through California’s wine country.
The Sonoma Grille, a Pittsburgh restaurant, features many types of Pinot Noir, such as the Mark West, Montoya, Lafond, and Pahlmeyer.
– by Nickolay Lamm
 Sonoma's Award Wining Wine List Merlot is one of the most popular wines in the world, with its red grape being the most widely planted in the Bordeaux region of France, which is known to produce some of the most expensive and prestigious wine. The wine has also enjoyed a drastic increase in popularity throughout the world, leading to it being the third most widely grown grape in the world.
The reason Merlot is so popular is because it has a more fruiter taste and a softer texture than cabernet sauvignon, with which it is often combined. Merlot fruit notes include blackcurrant, cherries, blueberry, plum, and other flavors. Other notes that are typical of Merlot include humus, tobacco, mushrooms, and other vegetable/earthy notes.
When choosing a Merlot red wine, keep in mind that the older the wine is, the less fruity it will be. When drinking it, hold the wine glass by the stem so that the heat from your hand does not get to the wine. Waiting around 2-3 minutes before taking your first sip and then swirling the wine will unleash the red wine’s full aroma and flavor.
Although alcohol often gets a bad rap, studies have shown that red wine can increase the amount of good cholesterol you have, prevent blood clots, lower blood pressure, and protect your arteries from bad cholesterol.
Sonoma Grille, a Pittsburgh restaurant, features an award winning collection of over 1000 wines, with 100 of them by the glass. Its Merlot wines include Canyon Road, Stonehedge, Frogs Leap, Northstar, and many others.
– by Nickolay Lamm
The next time you visit your local movie theater skip the long lines at the candy counter, you will not need that buttery popcorn. Instead take a trip to local Pittsburgh restaurant Sonoma Grille for some Popcorn Shrimp!
This batter-dipped shrimp will resemble your usual movie snack but have so much more flavor you won’t be able to focus on the movie. Sonoma Grille’s popcorn shrimp is served in a Caribbean Jerk seasoning that is, well, HOT! You may need a few glasses of water with this spicy treat. Traditionally, jerk seasonings contain allspice and Scotch Bonnet peppers – one of the hottest peppers alive! So if you can’t stand the heat, you might want to bring a friend who can.
This fiery delicacy is served up with a cooling toasted papaya seed dressing. The warm, tantalizing flavor of the toasted papaya seeds will cool your aching taste buds – and then make you want to give it a try again. It will be a circular pattern of tastiness with these favored tapas.
Sonoma Grille’s popcorn shrimp, and other delicious tapas, are served during their Happy Hour: Monday through Friday from 5PM till 7PM, and Saturday 6PM until 8PM, perfect movie time! And guess what? They are all just $5!
 By Liz Bey
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