The Comfort Brothers are “conversant” in multiple cuisines and believe that all food, prepared well, is “comfort” food. The nature of our business “the virtual restaurant” as well as our own nature, precludes us from being confined to a particular cuisine. We also believe strongly that the comfort factor of a meal does not diminish in proportion to the heightening of its elegance. Different types of events and occasions call for different foods and different styles of preparation and service. From shrimp and grits to champagne risotto, from barbeque sauce to white wine bèchamel, from smashed potatoes to chipotle sweet potato puree, from cherry cobbler to pots de creáme au chocolat, Comfort Brothers’ food is as fancy as you prefer. The “comfort” we provide lies in the totality of your private restaurant experience. You get comfortable. We’ll take care of you.

For more of an idea about the food, feast on some examples of menus we’ve served:

“Spanish Fiesta” 24 Guests

Tapas

• Chorizo Sausage and Apples
• Spicy Tuna Salad
• Spinach and Potato “Tortilla”
• Roasted Peppers and Eggplant
• Squid Salad
• Serrano Ham Manchego Cheese
• Sliced Rustic-Style Breads

Beverages (Served Throughout)

• Red and White Wine Sangria

Entrèe

• Crunchy Crusted Roast Pork Shoulder
• Classic Paella w/ Saffron Rice, Chicken, Shrimp, Sausage, Clams and/or Mussels, Tomatoes and Peas

Desert

• Classic Arroz con Leche (Spanish Rice Pudding)

“Holiday Staff Appreciation Dinner” 8 Guests

Snacks

• Homemade Chips, Christmas Salsa, Holiday Guac

Soup

• Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper Soup with Crab “Snowflakes”

Salad

• Winter Green Salad with Cranberry Vinaigrette

Entrèe

• Herb-Crusted Beef Tenderloin
• Garlic and Chive Smashed Red Potatoes
• “Red Pepper Ribboned” Green Beans
• Snowflake Rolls with Pimento-Rosemary Butter

Desert

• Warmed Cherry Cobbler with Minted Whipped Cream

“Richmond Does Derby Day” 14 Guests

Salad

• Kentucky Fried Oyster Salad

Palette Cleanser

• Mint Julep Sorbet on the Half Shell

Entrèe

• Grilled Shrimp “Jockey” Atop Bourbon-Glazed Boneless Pork Chop Blue Crab and Sweet Potato Hash Whole “Colonel” Corn Bread

Desert

• Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie
• Fresh Berries

“Light Comfort” 2 Guests

Salad

• Salad of red potato and roasted corn, sweet peppers, red onion and avocado, white bean puree With lemon vinaigrette

Second Course

• Saffron Risotto Cake with Crawfish Etouffee

Entrèe

• Poached Halibut filet In a Hot and Sour Broth

Desert

• Sliced Pear, Mango and Strawberries, Select Cheeses, Lemon Honey

Museum Friends: An American “Palette of Color and Taste” 10 Guests

With Cocktails

• Chesapeake Blue Crab Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes
• French-Influenced Atlantic Salmon Rillettes

Salad

• Italian-Influenced Arugula Salad

Entrèe

• Wild-Caught Mid-Atlantic Rockfish swimming in a Hot and Sour Broth with Rainbow Vegetable “Slaw”
• New American Red Potatoes and Toasted Maize
• Roasted Red & Green Pepper Corn Bread

Dessert

• Newly “Acquired” from Sotheby’s London Cafè: A Classically American Bread Pudding with a decidedly French Influence of White and Dark Chocolate, Raspberries and Mint