Centro, the Market Street bistro that looks like Miami Beach, is keeping the Great Plates love alive with a spin on the city's successful promo. Starting this week, chef Patty Stella lays down a three-course discount meal that should revive those ladies who used to lunch, but have gone into hiding w/ a can of beans in the basements of Belvidere. (You know who you are). For $9.50 the mid-day crowd can fortify themselves w/soup or salad (Centro nabbed 2nd place at WinterFest 09's soup comp. btw) baked orecchiette pasta and sausage tossed with ricotta tomato sauce and topped with Parmesan cheese. Yes please! Sinful chocolate mousse with fresh berries will send you back to the office w/ a spring in your step. Or, if you throw in a signature cocktail or two at the squiggle bar, home for a catnap. And you thought the three-martini lunch was dead. Centro's Great Plates runs Wed.- Fri. from 11:30 to 3 p.m.
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