All this talk of fried chicken, biscuits, and pies got us to thinking about another new southern comfort destination, and how no one seems to have published the dinner menu at Peels. Earlier, Zagat gave us a look at the breakfast menu and its build-a-biscuit gimmick, but now that dinner service is under way, bloggers seem to have been remiss in fawning over the prandial offerings. (Which might be why the Freemans offshoot isn’t yet completely mobbed during the evening — even during Fashion Week.) Let’s fix that now, shall we? We for one are glad we won’t have to get country hams shipped up from Tennessee’s Loveless Café anymore. Should give us some money to spare for $50 steaks, and cocktails such as the mint-chocolate julep (made with cocoa-nib-infused rye and vanilla syrup).
Appetizers
Spiced Smoked Almonds - 5
Plancha-Seared Montauk Squid - 8
Padron peppers, lime, and cilantro
Market Vegetables & Trout Spread - 12
RTadish, heirloom carrots, cucumber, and smoked trout
Shrimp & Grits - 13
Fried egg, shrimp, lasso bacon, and grits
Andouille Corn Dogs - 9
With Creole mustard
Cured Meats 6 each, 16 for a section of three
Burgers Ozark Ham
Loveless Café ham
House-cured Canadian bacon
Local Cheese - 16 for a section of three
Daily selection from Saxelby Cheese mongers
Entrees
Fresh Fried Chicken - 20
Fresh kill, free-range birds, corn, and watermelon
Maine Diver Scallops - 24
Market vegetables and green tomato jam
Crispy Pulled Pork - 24
Sauteed squash, eggplant, and pork jus
Cornmeal-Crusted Catfish - 19
Jalapeno stone grits, hush puppies, and tartar sauce
Succotash - 15
Green beans, okra, roasted tomatoes, cornbread
East Coast Line-Caught Swordfish - 25
Charred lemon, heirloom tomatoes, and basil
Cheeseburger - 12
Grass-fed beef, cave-aged cheddar, pickles, and French fries
Dry-Aged Steaks
Ribeye - 40
16 oz, grass-fed Piedmontese beef
T-bone
24 oz. grass-fed Piedmontese beef, on-the-bone
Rib Steak - 50
32 oz. grass-fed Piedmontese beef, on-the-bone
Garden Party
Romaine Holiday - 10
Buttermilk ranch dressing and bacon
Red Quinoa Salad - 9
Quinoa, cucumber, tomato, and red onion
Baja Salad - 11
Tomato, avocado, cojita, jalapeno vinaigrette
Soups - 8
Chilled Smokehouse
Roasted Jersey beefsteak tomatoes, onion and mint
Poblano Corn
Roasted sweet corn, pickled carrots, and onions
Chilled Cantaloupe
Pickled watermelon rind
Sides - 6
Sauteed mustard greens
Stone-ground grits
Charred braised fennel
French fried potatoes
Mixed green salad