From Hot Picked Okra to Shrimp and Grits: Southern Comfort Coming to Church Ave.

The Dogwood, the Southern Restaurant/Bar opening on Church Avenue next week has settled upon a menu, and the theme is Southern comfort.

That said, the standards are often accompanied by a condiment with a twist, such as the hot pickled okra for the cornbread toasts, and lemon verbena aioli along with the fish sticks. 

See the full menu below, so you can salivate mentally while counting the days until they open. 

Small Bites

• Deviled eggs, pickled shallots, chives
• Chipotle pimento cheese, cornbread toasts, hot pickled okra
• Corn pups, pickled jalepeño, honey butter
• Montauk porgy fritters, grilled pickled vegetables, lime aioli
• Fried green tomatoes, herb buttermilk
• Gruyere biscuits, smoked sea salt butter, cracked black pepper strawberry jam
• Cornbread and honey butter

Starters

• She Crab Soup — jumbo lump blue crab, roe, sweet corn bisque, aged sherry
• Blue Ridge Greens — cornbread croutons, soft boiled egg, shaved parmesan, caesar vinaigrette
• Appalachian Forager — dandelion and creasy greens, ramps, spiced pecans, blackberry vinaigrette
• Heirloom Tomatoes  — summer melon, meyer lemon 
• Fish Sticks  — NC wahoo, pole beans, lemon verbena aioli

Mains

• Berkshire Pork Chop — sautéed dandelion greens, grilled peaches, mustard seed glaze
• Fried Chicken —mashed potatoes, Vidalia gravy, tupelo honey
• Free Range Chicken and Dumplings —roasted seasonal vegetables, herb dumplings, orange blossom
• Shrimp and Grits — wanchese shrimp, geechie boy cheddar grits, ham hock collards
• Carolina Rainbow Trout — grilled potatoes, pickled ramp and white bean salad
• Summer Succotash — sweet potato, succotash, empire apple
• Rib Eye — roasted fingerling hash, brussel sprouts, blue demi
• Burger— b&b pickles, tomato, hand cut fries (add farmhouse cheddar, pimento, or blue cheese)

Sides

• Hand cut fries
• Brussel sprout hash
• Skillet mac & cheese
• Berkshire collards
• Geechie boy white grits
• Mashed potatoes and Vidalia gravy
• Roasted corn with chili lime butter
• Roasted root vegetables, thyme, BBQ glaze 
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Dessert

• Coffee and doughnuts — cinnamon sugar fritters, chocolate espresso ganache
• PB&J — natural NC peanut butter, local jam, cheesecake
• Salted pecan — chocolate ice cream, streusel
• Brandied peaches — drop biscuit cobbler, goat cheese, hazelnut ice cream
• Banana pudding— vanilla wafers, bourbon cream
• Cherry float — Cheerwine and vanilla ice cream