The Charles Street Restaurant Row Calendar - June 2007

The Charles Street Restaurant Row Calendar - May 2007

Happenings at the restaurant & local cultural events.

Updated Employment Opportunities - Job Openings

Updated Employment Opportunities - Job Openings
Jays, Neo Viccino, Viccino, & XS

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OFFICE STAFF
Full-time Office Staff wanted for taking catering orders and data entry.
To apply:
please fax resume with "ATTN Matt" to 410-783-1938 -or-
please email resume to Mnibali@viccino.com

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Catering Management
Jay’s Restaurant Group is now hiring managers for busy downtown Baltimore catering and carryout operation. Candidate must have at least 2 years experience in foodservice management. Must be available for early mornings, evenings, and weekends (approx 55-60 hours). Chosen candidate will be devoted, honest and hard-working with excellent work ethics and background. References and criminal record will be checked. Position offers excellent starting salary, health benefits
after 90 days, paid vacation after 1 year, and 401K retirement plan after 2 years.
To apply:
please fax resume with "ATTN Jim" to 410-783-1938 -or-
please email resume with "ATTN Jim" to Viccinoweb@hotmail.com

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Cook & Prep/Counter
Now hiring for foodservice positions of Cook and Perp/Counter person for upscale Cafe in high profile building on Hopkins E. Balt. campus. Hard-working, responsible, and friendly outgoing personality a must. Hours are Mon. thru Fri. 6:30 AM - 3:30PM. Experience and references will be checked. ServeSafe certified a plus. Please send resumes & inquiries to cafe@jhsph.edu or call 410-955-3342 to set up an interview.

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DELIVERY DRIVERS wanted. Must be reliable, have vehicle & proof of insurance. Base salary plus tips & commission. Excellent earning potential.
Apply in person after 2pm & ask for Ronald or apply send resume to Viccinoweb@hotmail.com
To Apply:
In person, please speak with Ronald after 2pm -or-
please call 410-685-3861 and ask for Ronald after 2pm -or-
please fax resume with "ATTN Ronald" to 410-783-1938 -or-
please email resume with "ATTN Ronald" to Viccinoweb@hotmail.com
Jay's Deli & Catering, 1309 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

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Neo Viccino Bar & Grille is hiring Wait Staff/Servers, & Line Cooks
Must be reliable & devoted to the team.
To apply, fill out an application at 1307 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21201
or online at www.Viccino.com

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XS is hiring Servers, Bussers, Runners, Baristas, Line Cooks & Kitchen Staff.
Must be creative, reliable, hardworking & devoted to the team.
To apply:
fill out an application at 1307 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21201 -or-
Email resume to Info@XSBaltimore.com -or-
online at www.XSBaltimore.com

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Jay's Deli & Catering is now hiring grill cooks. Experience required.
To apply:
In person, ask for an application -or-
please fax resume with "ATTN Jim" to 410-783-1938 -or-
please email resume with "ATTN Jim" to Viccinoweb@hotmail.com

Baltimore Restaurant Week 2007 @ Neo Viccino - July 30th-August 5th

Neo Viccino will be offering a three-course prix-fixe dinner for $30.07 as well as a three-course prix-fixe dinner for $20.07 (tax & gratuity not included) July 30th through August 5th.

More info & the menu will be posted here as well as at www.BaltimoreRestaurantWeek.com

Employment Opportunities - Job Openings - Jays, Viccino, & XS

OFFICE STAFF
Part-time Office Staff wanted for taking catering orders and data entry.
Potential for full-time employment.
To apply: call 410-685-3861 and ask for Matt,
or email resume to Mnibali@Viccino.com

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JAYS CATERING seeks MANAGER for high volume downtown deli & catering company.
Previous food service management experience required. Must be honest, dependable, & hard-working. References & background check required.
Good starting pay + potential for benefits.
To apply, fax resume with "ATTN: Jim" to 410-783-1938

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DELIVERY DRIVERS wanted. Must be reliable, have vehicle & proof of insurance.
Base salary plus tips & commission. Excellent earning potential.
Apply in person after 2pm. Ask for Ronald.
Jay's Deli & Catering, 1309 N.
Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
410-685-3861
www.JaysDeli.com

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Neo Viccino Bar & Grille is hiring Wait Staff/Servers.
Must be reliable & devoted to the team.
To apply, fill out an application at 1307 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21201
or online at www.Viccino.com

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XS is hiring Servers, Bussers, Runners, Baristas, Line Cooks & Kitchen Staff.
Must be creative, reliable, hardworking & devoted to the team.
To apply, fill out an application at 1307 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21201
or online at www.XSBaltimore.com

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PASTRY CHEF / BAKER wanted. Must have experience & references. Must be creative and devoted.
Fax or email resume to 410-783-1938
Pquick@viccino.com

Dining Out for Life @ XS & Neo Viccino - Thursday April 26th, 2007

DINING OUT FOR LIFE - 2007

XS & Neo Viccino will be a restaurant partner for Dining Out for Life on Thursday April 26th, 2007. We will be contributing 20% of all lunch and dinner sales to Moveable Feast.

On April 26, 2007, thousands of people in the Greater Baltimore Metropolitan Area will participate in one of the most rewarding dining experiences of the year. Moveable Feast's Dining Out for Life event will raise tens of thousands of dollars, thanks to the generosity of community-minded restaurants, sponsors, and those who dine out with their families and friends that day to help our neighbors in need.

By simply eating out at one of the participating restaurants, at least 20 percent of proceeds that day will go to help feed hundreds of men, women, and children right here in our community living with HIV/AIDS, and other life-challenging conditions such as breast cancer.Mark your calendars now for Dining Out for Life 2007, which will take place on Thursday, April 26.

Every time you dine, please be sure to thank them for supporting Moveable Feast and making a difference in the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS and those in treatment for breast cancer.

For more information on Dining Out For Life, call Moveable Feast at 410-327-3420 x35

<3 Valentine's & Chinese New Year Week (Feb 14th-18th) <3 The Special Menus - XS & Neo Viccino

Baltimore Sun Review of Neo Viccino - New Name, New Look, Still Good Food

Long, low lines help to give Neo Viccino's dining area a clean, contemporary look. (Sun photo by Amy Davis) New name, new look, still good food
By Elizabeth LargeSun Restaurant Critic
Originally published on October 9, 2005

Neo Viccino is the old Viccino Bistro's solution to the problem most of the restaurants in the Mount Vernon cultural district face: How do you fill the tables when the theaters and concert halls are dark?

In spite of its funky location and bistro label, Viccino's was basically a fine-dining, traditionally Italian restaurant when it opened a decade ago. The chef was Christopher Cherry, who had worked at Tabrizi's and the Polo Grill. The food changed somewhat over the years, but it was still a bistro in name only.

Now, after substantial renovations, Neo Viccino has opened with a new, contemporary look; a new, casual menu; and a new label: Bar & Grille, which is no more an accurate description of the place than bistro was.

That sounds a little harsh, but I actually mean it as a compliment. The business of eating is still more important than the business of drinking. The new lounge furniture in front is separated from the bar in back by the clean-lined, minimalist dining area: pale wood tables, booths in black leather and seating for 65. The room is long and narrow, with a low ceiling; but shiny new hardwood floors, white walls, and small photographs for art create the illusion that there is more space than there really is.

The food is geared now to neighborhood folks and University of Baltimore students, but it's still not bar and grill food. True, pastas, pizzas, salads, and sandwiches dominate the menu. But there are entrees that work just fine for more serious meals, such as the duck breast with ginger plum sauce. Their prices are lower than they were because portions are smaller. Nothing on the new menu costs more than $20, which is pretty impressive when you consider that it includes lamb chops, sirloin steak and sushi grade tuna. And two side dishes come with each dinner.
Instead of bar food like wings and crab dip, the kitchen places a lump of crab the size of the Hope diamond and a slice of ripe avocado on each of three crostini, with an aioli made with lime and a jolt of chipotle pepper.

Little purses are another detour from bar food. Fashioned out of puff pastry, they are full of soft, smoky gouda, a little caramelized onion and sun-dried tomato. The kitchen edges them with a roasted red pepper sauce, which adds a sharp counterpoint.

The sun-dried tomatoes work in the beggars purses, but, with the fried green tomatoes, they are only a distraction from the main business at hand, which is to consume the firm green rounds with their crunchy coating with as much of the smooth aioli as possible.

Order the fresh-dough Pizza Viccino, and you get one of those kitchen-sink concoctions that actually manages a harmonious balance of crust, grilled chicken, spinach, onion, tomato, feta, mozzarella, and ricotta. There are so many elements each bite tastes a little different, but that's part of its charm.

Pasta primavera is perfectly respectable, but doesn't deliver the small surprises of the pizza. It's simply vegetables tossed with penne and a pink cream sauce, which tastes fine but isn't as visually appealing as some of the food.

If you are lucky, the special will be fillet of grouper, firm and white, its almost sweet taste set off by the lime-scallion butter. It lies on a bed of wilted spinach and frisee, and crisp little shoestring potatoes curl invitingly around the main event.

Flavorful, fork-cuttable chunks of pork tenderloin are sauteed with meaty portobello mushrooms. The faint sweetness of the dark balsamic vinegar sauce brings out the best in the pork. It's not a lot of meat, but it's more than enough food with two sides, which could be - among others - couscous, grilled vegetables, steamed broccoli or a fine, fresh health slaw made without mayonnaise.

The old Viccino's signature dessert, banana cannelloni, is still on the menu. It's more Asian than Italian, with the banana nestled in a spring roll wrapper and deep-fried. The result is a crisp, flaky skin and hot, soft fruit, a nice contrast to the ice cream and chocolate sauce.

Neo Viccino also has a berry tart with pastry cream and a thick cookie crust, but my favorite is the triple chocolate truffle cake, for once not overwhelmingly chocolately, but balanced between chocolate and yellow cake, chocolate and white chocolate mousse. It was wonderfully fresh, and had that virtue of a great after-dinner dessert: It seemed light, even though you knew it wasn't.
If you liked the food when it was Viccino's Bistro and don't demand huge portions, you'll like the food now that it's Neo Viccino. (What's not to like, when prices are actually lower?) And if you weren't eating there before because it didn't have enough style, check out the clean-lined contemporary renovation.
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Neo Viccino Monday Extended Happy Hour & College Night

Mondays @ Neo Viccino
5pm to 11pm

$10 Large Pizzas

$6 Pitchers of Draft

$2.50 Bottles

10% off anything on the regular menu with a student ID

The Jays, XS, Viccino Blog is off and Running!

We are a go for the XS, Viccino, Jays Blog. We plan to have up-to-date information, news, events, and menu specials posted here. You will also want to join our RSS feed.
More things to come. Thank you.

Jays Restaurant Group
1309 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-685-3861
fax: 410-783-1938
catering@jaysdeli.com
www.jaysdeli.com

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XS - coffee - sushi - cocktails

1307 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
410-468-0002
info@xsbaltimore.com
www.XSBaltimore.com

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Neo Viccino

1317 North Charles Street

Baltimore, MD 21201

410-347-0349
Pquick@Viccino.com
www.Viccino.com