The team behind O'Bryonville's successful rustic Italian kitchen and winebar, Enoteca Emilia (2038 Madison Road), has announced they'll be opening an as-of-yet unnamed Southern restaurant in the former (and adjacent) eat well cafe/What's for Dinner? space.
Restaurateur Margaret Ranalli and Enoteca's executive chef Adam Cobb plan to reimagine the classic “Southern joint." According to a recent press release, the Culinary Institute of America-trained Cobb envisions the restaurant will be an eatery and bar reminiscent of his experiences moving throughout the Carolinas as a Southern minister’s son.
“This is a tribute to many things: Southern grandmothers, tow-behind barbecues, church picnics, low-country boils and all things bourbon," he says in the aforementioned release. "The food will be simple and soulful; but above all, it will be incredibly satisfying."
The menu will feature in-house, bourbon-bottled cocktails and picnic packages for convenient takeout and dinner will spotlight fried chicken, beer-braised brisket and low-country classics like shrimp and grits and roasted oysters. The restaurant's daily brunch will feature Southern eggs Benedict, breakfast biscuit sandwiches and French toast.
Ranalli says the full-service restaurant is slated to open in July. Keep up with news at facebook.com/EnotecaEmilia.
