LAST CALL

It’s the hour when everyone’s drunk

and the bar turns marvelous, music
swirling over the red booths,
smoke rising from neglected cigarettes as in each glass
ice slides into other ice, dissolving;
it’s when one stranger nudges another
and says, staring at the blurred rows of pour spouts,
I hear they banned dwarf tossing in France,
and the second man nods
and lays his head on the bar’s slick surface,
not caring if he dies there, wanting, in fact, to die there
among the good friends he’s just met, his cheek
in a wet pool of spilled beer.
It’s when the woman in the corner gets up
and wobbles to the middle of the room,
leaving her blouse draped over a stool. Someone is buying
the house a final round, the cabs are being summoned,
and the gods that try to save us from ourselves
are taking us by the neck, gently,
and dropping us into the night; it’s the hour
of the blind, and the dead, of lost loves
who come to claim you, finally, holding open
the swinging door, repeating over and over
a name that must be yours.

— Kim Addonizio
from Tell Me, BOA Editions
COCKTAILS
Young American 11
HOUSE PUNCH 5
made daily; while it lasts
Campari, lemon, vermouth, Bénédictine, tonic

Heir Apparent 11 BARTENDER’S CHOICE mp

Clear Creek pear brandy, lemon, honey, allspice, sparkling wine tell us your dreams

God’s Plan 12
vodka, Spanish ingredients, cantaloupe, lime, clover honey
NORTH LIGHT ALE 5
Old Kan, 13 oz draft
Kojo 9
gin, oloroso, Velvet Falernum, lemon ROTATING BEER & CIDER mp

Old Cuban 11
aged rum, lime, mint, sparkling wine

Honest Mistake 11
vodka, Chareau aloe, Aperol, ginger, lemon

Penicillin 13
NON-ALCOHOLIC
Scotch, lemon, ginger, clover honey Topo Chico Sparkling Water 4

Action Item 12 Ginger Beer 5

blanco tequila, lime, Cynar, Brahmin tea
Mexican Coca Cola 4
Woodford Old Fashioned 12
Ginger Mint Lemonade 5
seasonal ingredients
Mocktail 6
Rum Old Fashioned 13
aged rums, Averna, bitters Cereal Milk Horchata 6
add booze 5
Little Italy 12
Rittenhouse Rye, amaro, Italian vermouth
WINE SNACKS
BUBBLES Cava Brut Nature German Gilabert, Spain, NV 11 / 38
Malvasia Pét-Nat Onward, California, 2017 12 / 48
Za’atar-Spiced Nuts 5 (vg, gf)
Rosé of Gamay St. Romain Sérol, France, 2017 62
Blanc de Blancs Raventós i Blanc, Spain, 2016 58 Warmed Picholine Olives 6
citrus, garlic, árbol chile (vg, gf)

WHITE Pinot Blanc Skylark, California, 2017 9 / 18 (500ml)

Whipped Radish Butter 7
Moschofilero Troupis, Greece, 2016 11 / 37
crostini, herb salad (vt)
Chardonnay Wenzlau, California, 2014 14 / 56
Chenin Blanc Chateau de Brézé, France, 2017 42 Avocado 6
capers, lemon, crispy garlic, olive oil, herbs (vg, gf)
Viura Azul y Garanza, Spain, 2017 38 (liter)
Verdicchio Tavignano Misco, Italy, 2016 42 Deviled Egg 8
blue crab, bacon (gf)

ROSÉ Rhone Blend Dme. de la Fouquette, France, 2017 11 / 37

Patatas Bravas 8
Sancerre Guillerault-Fargette, France, 2017 52
aioli, brava sauce (vt, gf)

RED Garnacha Mascanosa, Spain, 2016 9 / 18 (500ml) Monterey Bay Sardine 8

Pinot Noir Danjean-Berthoux, France, 2016 14 / 56 crostini, romesco, pickled onion

Bobal Bodegas Mustiguillo, Spain, 2016 11 / 44

Cannonau Mura Cortes, Italy, 2016 12 / 50
Tempranillo Azul y Garanza, Spain, 2017 48 (liter)
Cabernet Sauvignon Battle Family, California, 2015 180
Rhone Blend Pas de l’Escalette, France, 2017 70

• vt = vegetarian; vg = vegan; gf = gluten-free

• Consuming raw or undercooked seafood, shellfish, meat, eggs, or unpasteurized
milk may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
PLATES
Avocado Toast 10
levain, radish, arugula, sesame seeds, charred lemon (vg)

FOR KIDS
Hummus Toast 9
levain, soft egg, everything spice, chili oil (vt)

Little Gems 12
grapefruit, avocado, pumpkin seeds, cucumber,
crème fraîche (vt, gf)
Grilled Cheese Sandwich 7
Shaved Brussels 13 side of fruit (vt)

Pepato, apples, thyme, hazlenuts, apple-cider vinaigrette (vt, gf)

Hummus & Veggies 7
hummus, toast, mixed veggies (vt)
Baby Beets 12
harissa, Idiazábal, fennel (vt, gf) Meatballs & Bread 10
sauce amatriciana
Whole Roasted Cauliflower 14
preserved meyer lemon, garlic confit, rouille (vt)

Ricotta Meatballs 15
sauce amatriciana, toast

Flat Iron Steak 22

Valdeón blue, sherry gastrique, bravas, kale, pearl onions (gf)

Gulf Shrimp 20
black garlic aioli, sea beans, leeks, trumpet mushrooms (gf)
WHILE YOU’RE HERE...

CHECK OUT OUR BOOK

AND RECORD SHOP
Our bookshelves have been specially curated for North Light by
our favorite writers, artists, and musicians. We rotate curators
through the shelves and add more regularly.

Lisa Brown Pico Iyer Kay Ryan

Maureen Corrigan Wendy MacNaughton George Saunders
Dana Gioia Greil Marcus Patti Smith
Andrew Sean Greer Samin Nosrat Rebecca Solnit
Daniel Handler Michael Ondaatje Ayelet Waldman
Kaui Hart Hemmings Robert Pinsky Jim White
Juan Felipe Herrera Michael Pollan Tobias Wolff

OUR RECORD STORE IS ORGANIZED INTO 9 DRAWERS,

EACH FOCUSED ON A DIFFERENT ARTIST AND 3 DEGREES OF
THEIR CONNECTIONS, COLLABORATIONS, AND INFLUENCES.
For example, 3 degrees of Aretha Franklin includes 50 or so
records of soul, R&B, and gospel by various artists, as seen
through the lens of the Queen of Soul. Other drawers are
focused on the worlds of the Beatles, Grandmaster Flash,
Robert Johnson, Iggy Pop, Dolly Parton, Duke Ellington,
and Rogue Wave.