Ortanique Pops Up in Coral Gables
Chef/restaurateur Cindy Hutson and longtime partner Delius Shirley of Coral Gables’ Ortanique on the Mile, which had a 21-year run in 2020, are popping up at MKT Kitchen in Coral Gables Thurs., Sept. 28 through Sat., Dec. 16. “Since we closed in 2020, fans, especially our diehard regulars, kept asking us if there would ever be a chance for them to have a favorite dish or get a little bit of that Ortanique magic,” says Shirley. “After much work, that time is now.”
The Ortanique pop-up will launch on Thursday, September 28 and will be available on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings until Saturday, December 16, 2023.Guests can choose from two seatings nightly, each limited to 40 guests with a two-hour time limit. Each seating features a prix-fixe menu priced at $98 per person, (including tax but excluding bar and gratuity). The three-course meal features a choice of appetizer, entree and dessert. A cocktail menu that includes Ortanique’s mojito, select beers and wines, will also be available.
Menu items may include Ortanique fan favorites, like Red Stripe steamed Mediterranean mussels; braised short rib with Caribbean butter beans and truffle gnocchi; West Indian Cornish game hen with Jamaican rice and peas and butterflied yellowtail snapper escovitch with malanga mash and Scotch bonnet pickled veggies.
The pop-up will take over the former QP Tapas space inside MKT Kitchen in Coral Gables at 1831 Ponce de Leon. Reservations are now available on a first-come, first-served basis. Call the pop-up hotline: (305) 458-8422.
