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Introducing the new summer menu at District American Kitchen & Wine Bar! Spend summertime with friends enjoying simple and fresh comfort foods prepared with a twist, that quench your thirst with a selection of American wines and local brews.

The restaurant’s new summertime menu showcases products as well as seasonal herbs from its very own rooftop garden. A way to satisfy your taste buds as the heat increases, is to cool off with some minty selections including: Three Melon Salad with Chocolate Mint, Strawberry Short Stack, Grasshopper Whoopie Pies, Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich Trio with Mint Ice Cream, and Chocolate Mint Martini. Each simple treat was inspired by Chef de Cuisine Jay Bogsinske or Pastry Chef Winnona Herr.

“Mint is a great herb for summer,” Herr says. “It’s easy to grow, can sustain many climates, and tolerates the intense Arizona summertime heat. We pick the mint as it takes over our garden, producing abundant amounts that we can then incorporate into our summer menu selections.”

Different varieties of mints grown on the rooftop garden are: chocolate mint, pineapple mint, spearmint, peppermint. Mint is not only a breath freshener but it releases stress and brings comfort.

This summer menu is only available for a limited time; until the end of September 2011.

WHERE: District American Kitchen & Wine Bar (Located at the northwest corner of Third Street and Van Buren in Downtown Phoenix)

              320 N. 3rd Street Phoenix, AZ 85004

WHO:      Chef de Cuisine Jay Bogsinske and Pastry Chef Winnona Herr

District is open daily for breakfast, lunch, dinner and happy hour. For restaurant reservations, call (602) 817-5400 or go to www.districtrestaurant.com.