Urban Solace is taking shape

Urban Solace is taking shape. The New Orleans-themed building, located on 30th Street where the old North Park Deli was is quickly looking like the rendering at right. Visit their site and you can see a slide show of the progress.

The "new American comfort food" restaurant will include outdoor and balcony dining. While their menu is still being tweaked, we've seen a preliminary food line-up and it has our stomachs growling! Some items we've seen? Pan roaster black mussels, warm spinach and bacon salad, braised short-rib Joe, Monte Cristo, Wisconsin cheddar mac n' cheese, cinnamon brined pork chops, roasted veggie pot pie. Oooh, and for dessert: a peanut butter and chocolate crème brulée. Work is progressing quickly, and if all goes as scheduled (and we know how these things go), they'll open around the end of July.