Brick & Mortar is the work of Chef Jason Ruhe and Hope Montgomery, a husband-and-wife team who run the kitchen and dining room together in downtown St. Petersburg. The menu is a la carte, split between shared plates and mains, and shifts with the season rather than holding to a fixed lineup.
Shared plates include a carpaccio of beef tenderloin with house ravioli and handcut truffle fries, while mains lean on house-made pasta and Gulf ingredients: braised short rib over housemade "fat" noodles, pasta alla amatriciana with house-made pancetta, fresh cavatelli with roasted mushrooms, a bouillabaisse built on coconut and spicy red curry broth with Gulf shrimp and PEI mussels, pan-seared branzino, and a house-ground B&M burger.
Ruhe and Montgomery opened Brick & Mortar after years of catering and consulting together, making it the first restaurant to come out of that partnership before they went on to open other concepts in the area.
Shared plates include a carpaccio of beef tenderloin with house ravioli and handcut truffle fries, while mains lean on house-made pasta and Gulf ingredients: braised short rib over housemade "fat" noodles, pasta alla amatriciana with house-made pancetta, fresh cavatelli with roasted mushrooms, a bouillabaisse built on coconut and spicy red curry broth with Gulf shrimp and PEI mussels, pan-seared branzino, and a house-ground B&M burger.
Ruhe and Montgomery opened Brick & Mortar after years of catering and consulting together, making it the first restaurant to come out of that partnership before they went on to open other concepts in the area.