Jeff Kraus & Adam Allison to offer pop-up dinner Thursday at Caffe Boa

👨‍🍳👨‍🍳 Well-known East Valley chefs Jeff Kraus (left) of Crêpe Bar and Adam Allison of Handlebar Diner and Brightside Burgers will collaborate on a pop-up dinner from 4-8:30 Thursday at Caffe Boa in Ahwatukee.

The menu

1st course: Freeform lobster lasagna, sauce thermidor, whipped ricotta, spinach, roasted tomato, mozzarella, ‘‘corner piece’’ tuille, lemon.

2nd course: Seared New York strip, pizzaiola sauce, salsa verde risotto, porcini and portobella mushrooms, arugula, Frankie’s 457.

Dessert: Coffee cherry churned zabaglione with olive oil bombolini.

Did you know?

Kraus and Allison are opening a farm-to-table restaurant called Tortoise & Hare in downtown Mesa this year.

If you go

📌 Caffe Boa, 5063 E. Elliot Road, Ahwatukee (map), 480-893-3331. Pop-up dinner is $60 per person. Reservations recommended due to limited seating.