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Lemaire’s menu is heavily local and seasonal, but it’s not particularly low-calorie. We suppose you could skip the creamy mac n’ cheese … but it’s so good, why would you want to? The menu offers a number of small plates, which you can combine to form a lighter meal, and at least one vegetarian option is available. Lemaire doesn’t serve many fried dishes, as the menu highlights the ingredients’ flavors, rather than focusing on heavy butter and sauce accompaniments. When we visited Lemaire in the summer, a few guilt-free options included the local summer tomato and fresh mozzarella salad, sustainably-raised loch duart salmon and warm blackberry cobbler with housemade basil ice cream.