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Flora

190 Massachusetts Ave.
Arlington, MA 02474
781-641-1664

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Located in the heart of East Arlington, Massachusetts, Flora Restaurant has been a favored local dining destination since 1996. Housed in the renovated Arlington Five Cent Savings Bank - the restaurant makes use of the 1920's brick and granite exterior as well as the dramatic barrel vaulted ceiling, two story windows and original mahogany vestibule.

Against this elegant backdrop, chef-owner Bob Sargent serves a menu of simple, heartfelt American classics reinterpreted with French and Italian influences. He builds his dishes - and the menu - around local foods (especially seafood and farm-fresh produce) whenever he can.

Flora features Private Dining Rooms available for all size parties, a cool bar open during dining hours and a Sunday Buffet Brunch that can't be beat. Flora is also just a block away from the Capitol Theater, making it the perfect spot for a pre-theater dinner or after-movie dessert.

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Community Servings' LifeSavor 2012
The Langham Hotel once again hosts Community Servings' annual benefit gala, LifeSavor, now in its 20th year.

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Roasted garlic flan with sautéed spinach and goufrette potatoes
 
 
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Brioche
1. noun A soft, yeasty French bread enriched with butter and eggs.
Confit
1. noun Meat (usually goose, duck or pork) that is slowly cooked in its own fat and preserved with the fat packed around it as a seal.
Coulis
1. noun A thick puree or sauce.
En croute
1. noun A food that is wrapped in pastry and baked.
Foie gras
1. noun Expensive, silk-textured goose or duck liver that has been enlarged by a process you don't want to read about if you're going to eat this dish.
Poivre
1. noun French for "pepper."
Porcini
1. noun Smoky, meaty wild mushrooms.
Risotto
1. noun Italian dish made from rice cooked by intermittently adding small amounts of stock or broth. Other ingredients are added as required.
Spaetzle
1. noun Tiny flour-and-egg noodles or dumplings.