The chance to try Great Maple’s maple glazed salmon and maple bacon doughnut (choices on their $40 three-course dinner) is tempting, but I’m probably going to resist in favor of sampling the fried chicken and doughnuts ($16) on their regular brunch menu.
Fans of Great Maple will undoubtedly flock to its newly-minted location at Westfield UTC, where its photogenic 5,000-square-foot space with 1,500-square-foot patio sits on the perimeter of the mall along Genesee Avenue.
Great Maple (a “Modern American Eatery,” as it informs us), fits so nicely on the ground floor of the newly branded The Paseo (formerly The Paseo Colorado) — giving the ground floor a point, a direction, a central vector — that it’s hard to believe it hasn’t always been there.
Bacon plays a big role at Great Maple. So does maple. The pecan wood-smoked bacon in the salad is scrumptious, but it’s their maple chile bacon that graces things like mac & cheese.
Among the new array of eats coming to Westfield UTC is a fresh location of Great Maple, the modern American eatery that debuted in Hillcrest in 2013 but was first founded at Fashion Island in Newport Beach in 2011.
