As seasons change, so does the produce, and with that, restaurant menus. But a longer summer than usual is something Pittsburgh area chefs have taken notice of.<\/p>\n
\u201cSummer lasted longer this year and we set dates and put dates on menu changes and usually by the fall menu changes the tomatoes are gone and we\u2019re scrambling to have our tomato salads,\u201d Bill Fuller, president of Big Burrito Restaurant Group, said. \u201cBut for like three weeks after our change date, the local farmers were like \u2018we\u2019ve still got a lot of tomatoes.\u201d<\/p>\n
With several restaurants under the group\u2019s umbrella, including Kasbah, Eleven and the Alta Vias, and marketing plans set for many of them, there\u2019s less room for adjusting menus on the fly. But they also don\u2019t necessarily need to, because a longer summer \u201cdoesn\u2019t really change consumer taste.\u201d<\/p>\n
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