Tonight was my first time at Frame! A friend and I went for the Val's Pizza pop-up. Originally we…read morewere scheduled to go for Khana last week, but due to the weather, we emailed Frame and asked if we could go today instead.
First off: definitely book a reservation here, I didn't see too many walk-ins but I think they did have one or two open tables. Depending on what event/pop-up you attend, your price may vary, but ours was $25 per person, which was deducted from our bill at the end of the night, and a $3 processing fee.
We started off with drinks - I had the Basil Vodka Collins and my friend got the Fig Vespa. We actually ended up switching drinks because hers was much sweeter than mine, and I prefer sweet drinks. We had seen photos of focaccia on Val's IG page but unfortunately they didn't offer that; they did have breadsticks, so we got that, but I was not super impressed with them.
HOWEVER. This gets its own line ... the breadsticks came with TOMATO BUTTER, and I'm not even sure what was in it, but it was freaking delicious. And this comes from someone who hates tomato soup/cold tomato products.
For pizzas, we split a White Pie, with prosciutto added, and the VP special. I thought the VP special was fine but not fantastic ... it had hot honey on it and I couldn't really taste it, which was disappointing, because honey on pizza is usually very good. The White Pie, though, was great, and I highly recommend adding the prosciutto.
We finished with the handmade chocolate cannoli which was surprising - both in texture and flavor - and very, very good. The menu says it has chocolate ricotta, marscapone, lemon, and cinnamon sugar, and its shell was very delicate and more like a churro than any cannoli I've had before, although my friend says cannolis are supposed to have more delicate shells.
Overall, everything was very good, although it was a bit of a pricey night - after the $25 deposit we each paid, our bills were $20 each, so after tip it ended up being about $29 (+ the $25), for a total of $54 each. However, that was with breadsticks, dessert, two pizzas, and one alcoholic drink each, so I guess it's not too terrible.
Some general Frame tips, since as Tiffany (other Yelper) pointed out, the menus change weekly/monthly:
1) Frame doesn't have its own parking lot - you can park either on the street to the right of it, OR you can park in the Mabel Grey parking lot next door (that's what we did, at least - not sure if MG allows it, technically!).
2) Check the website for all of the upcoming pop-ups, as they are all pretty different.
3) They do cooking classes there too, and I was wondering where they were holding them - until I was waiting in line for the bathroom, and someone left, opened a door which looked like a painting, and I saw one was being conducted in that room! Completely different vibe than in the regular Frame part where we were sitting (low/romantic lighting in ours, fluorescent lighting in theirs, haha), so that was pretty interesting.
Overall, very nice experience at Frame, and I hope to return for either a cooking class or another pop-up!