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      Our Menu

      • Lunch
      • Dinner
      • Brunch
      • Weekends Only

      (GF) Gluten Free | If you have food allergies, please alert your server before placing your order. Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase the risk of foodborne illness.

      Shared Plates

      Fried Green Tomatoes

      $12.00
      Heirloom tomato and bacon salad, garden ranch.

      Smoked Arctic Char

      $14.00
      Crispy garlic and shallots, lemon zest, natty light mustard, condiments, firecrackers.

      Crab Cake (GF)

      $21.00
      Camellia bean salad, dill cream.

      Deviled Eggs

      $9.00
      With Benton ham, crumbled toast.

      Pimento Cheese Ball

      $12.00
      Housemade pimento cheese, firecrackers, lorena’s house seasoned potato chips, celery.

      Tinned Fish Board

      MP
      IYKYK, Various accoutrements, firecrackers & Lorena’s house seasoned potato chips

      Salads & Soups

      Add: Grilled Chicken +$7.00 | Shrimp +$8.00 | Arctic Char +$12.00

      Grilled Caesar Salad

      $14.00
      Grilled baby romaine, smoked oyster Caesar dressing, crispy manchego croutons, charred lemon, grated cured egg yolk.

      Tarragon Chicken Salad

      $21.00
      Fresh fruit, almonds, crispy lettuce, deviled egg, sweet garlic Zinfandel dressing, grilled wheat bread.

      Soup & Salad

      $14.00
      1/2 local farm salad and cup of soup.

      Chicken & Dumplings

      Cup $6.00 | Bowl $12.00

      Berries & Blue Cheese (GF)

      $16.00
      Rubbed kale, mixed greens, fresh berries, point reyes blue cheese, candied peanuts, sweet garlic zinfandel dressing, balsamic drizzle.

      Grilled Chicken & Farro Salad

      $21.00
      Kale, mixed greens, grilled seasonal vegetables, garden ranch.

      Tomato & Garlic Soup (GF)

      Cup $5 | Bowl $10

      Fried Oysters Salad

      $24.00
      Heirloom cherry tomatoes, crispy onions, iceberg, mixed greens, olives, smoked paprika, 1000 island.

      Local Farm Salad (GF)

      $14.00
      Ingredients change daily, green goddess dressing.

      Bibb Salad

      $15.00
      Bibb lettuce, roasted garlic, feta, basil oil, pimento oil, pine nuts

      Black Pepper Clam Chowder (GF)

      Cup $7.00 | Bowl $14.00

      Sandwiches

      Choice of: House Seasoned Potato Chips, Blue Cheese Potato Salad, Red Beans & Rice, Mac & Cheese or Side House Salad.

      Egg Salad Sandwich

      $14.00
      Sliced Tomato, Crispy Lettuce, Soft Sourdough Bun

      Cast Iron Akaushi Burger (Pronounced Ah-ka-OO-shi)

      $16.00
      Martin’s Dutch sesame potato bun, natty lite mustard, and Duke's mayo spread, Cooper sharp white cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickle, sweet onion.

      Fried Bologna

      $15.00
      With pimento cheese spread, house seasoned potato chips, thick-cut sourdough.

      BLT

      $17.00
      Lorena’s bacon, crispy lettuce, heirloom tomatoes, Duke’s mayo, thick-cut sourdough.

      Grilled Veggie

      $15.00
      With black olive mayo, extra sharp white cheddar, grilled zucchini & squash, fresh local vegetables, wheat bread.

      Tuna Melt

      $17.00
      Swiss cheese, toasted wheat bread.

      Roast Beef Short Rib Po Boy

      $16.00
      With green tomato chow chow • Cooper sharp white cheese sauce.

      Po Boy

      $18.00
      Choice of fried oyster, fried or blackened shrimp or fried catfish, dressed with lettuce, tomato, dukes.

      Lunch Plates

      Fried Catfish

      $17.00
      Pickled green tomato tartar sauce, mac and cheese, cole slaw.

      Red Beans & Carolina Gold Rice (GF)

      $15.00
      Pork belly, Andouille.

      Gulf Shrimp & Grits (GF)

      $19.00
      Roasted sweet peppers, Worcestershire butter sauce.

      Short Rib Pot Roast (GF)

      $19.00
      Mashers, roasted veg.

      Chicken Fried Chicken

      $17.00
      Mashed potatoes, herb brown gravy, cole slaw.

      (GF) Gluten Free | If you have food allergies, please alert your server before placing your order. Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase the risk of foodborne illness.

      Shared Plates

      Fried Green Tomatoes

      $12.00
      Heirloom tomato and bacon salad, garden ranch.

      Smoked Arctic Char

      $14.00
      Crispy garlic and shallots, lemon zest, natty light mustard, condiments, firecrackers.

      Crab Cake (GF)

      $21.00
      Camellia bean salad, dill cream.

      Deviled Eggs

      $9.00
      With Benton ham, crumbled toast.

      Pimento Cheese Ball

      $12.00
      Housemade pimento cheese, firecrackers, lorena’s housemade potato chips, celery.

      Tinned Fish Board

      MP
      IYKYK, Various Accoutrements, Firecrackers.

      Salads & Soups

      Grilled Caesar Salad

      $14.00
      Grilled baby romaine, smoked oyster Caesar dressing, crispy manchego croutons, charred lemon, grated egg yolk.

      Local Farm Salad (GF)

      $12.00
      Ingredients change daily, green goddess dressing.

      Farro Salad

      $14.00
      Kale, mixed greens, grilled seasonal vegetables, garden ranch.

      Black Pepper Clam Chowder

      Cup $7.00

      Tomato & Garlic Soup (GF)

      Cup $5.00

      Chicken & Dumplings

      Cup $6.00

      Bibb Salad

      $15.00
      Bibb lettuce, roasted garlic, feta, basil oil, pimento oil, pine nuts.

      Fried Oysters Salad

      $24.00
      Heirloom cherry tomatoes, crispy onions, iceberg, mixed greens, olives, smoked paprika 1000 Island.

      Berries & Blue Cheese (GF)

      $14.00
      Rubbed kale, fresh berries, Point Reyes blue cheese, candied peanuts, sweet garlic zinfandel dressing.

      Entrées

      Louisiana Tea Brined Maple Leaf Farms Duck Breast

      $29.00
      Duck confit and sweet potato dumplings, bacon fried riced confetti cauliflower, grilled bok choy, smoked tea jam, goat cheese.

      Creekstone Farms Prime Teres Major

      $33.00
      Chicory rubbed, red eye jus, water chestnut carolina gold rice, crawfish beignets, comeback sauce, tobiko.

      New Zealand Venison Flank Steak (GF)

      $31.00
      Served medium rare, blue cheese, Jimmy Red grits, campari tomato salad.

      Akaushi Double Burger

      $24.00
      8 oz. Pan-seared, caramelized onions, dijon-mayo, cheddar-gruyere black truffle cheese, soft sourdough bun, served with house made french fries.

      Pan Seared Arctic Char

      $28.00
      Corn bread “Maque Choux”, dill cream.

      Smoked Half Chicken (GF)

      $28.00
      Charred corn, watermelon & feta salad, roasted marble potatoes.

      Mac & Cheese Stuffed Hot Fried Quail

      $28.00
      Steen’s cane sugar miso butter, collard cornbread waffle, pickle slaw.

      Mussels of The Moment

      $25.00
      Changes often, ask your server for details about Bar Harbor mussels.

      Fried Chicken Dinner

      $24.00
      Mashed potatoes, herb brown gravy, Benton ham, green beans.

      Thin & Crispy Delacata Catfish (GF)

      $24.00
      Greens, pork, marsh hen mills pimento cheese middlins, potlikker broth, pickled green tomato tartar sauce.

      Dry Aged Duroc Pork Rib Eye (GF)

      $32.00
      Smoked tillamook cheddar and cooper sharp white stuffed baked potato, vanilla peach compote, seared tomato and sweet onion, balsamic drizzle.

      Short Rib Pot Roast

      $26.00
      Mashers, crispy onion, roasted veg.

      Charleston Avocado Brown Rice (GF)

      $18.00
      Grilled baby bok choy, blistered campari tomatoes, zucchini, baby carrot, lemon olive oil drizzle.

      Gulf Shrimp & Pork Belly (GF)

      $26.00
      Marsh hen mills grits, roasted sweet peppers, worcestershire butter sauce.

      A LA CARTE

      $7

      Mac & Cheese

      Mashed Potatoes

      Pimento Cheese Middlins'

      Jimmy Red Grits with Blue Cheese

      Collard Greens

      Green Beans

      Shared Plates

      Pickled Okra Fritters

      $12.00
      Comeback sauce.

      Deviled Eggs

      $9.00
      With benton ham, crumbled toast.

      Fried Green Tomatoes

      $12.00
      Heirloom tomato and bacon salad, garden ranch.

      Pimento Cheese Ball

      $12.00
      Housemade pimento cheese, firecrackers, Lorena’s BBQ potato, chips, celery.

      Salads & Soups

      Grilled Caesar Salad

      $14.00
      Grilled baby romaine, smoked oyster caesar dressing, crispy manchego croutons, charred lemon, grated cured egg yolk.

      Chicken & Dumplings

      Cup $6.00 | Bowl $9.00

      Vegan Creamy Tomato Basil

      Cup $8.00 | Bowl $8.00

      Berries & Blue Cheese

      $16.00
      Rubbed kale, fresh berries with mixed greens, point reyes blue cheese, candied peanuts, sweet garlic zinfandel dressing, blueberry balsamic drizzle.

      Black Pepper Clam Chowder

      Cup $7.00 | Bowl $10.00

      Brunch Plates

      Available until 3pm

      Chicken Fried Rib Eye 8 oz

      $24.00
      Breakfast baked potato, black pepper gravy.

      Steak & Eggs 6 oz

      $28.00
      Creekstone prime teres major, hollandaise, breakfast potatoes, 2 fried eggs.

      Fried Oysters Benedict

      $21.00
      English muffin, smoked turkey greens, poached egg, pickled hollandaise.

      Short Rib Pot Roast Benedict

      $16.00
      English muffin, arugula, roasted veg, poached egg, hollandaise.

      Shrimp & Smoked Cheddar Unicorn Grits

      $18.00
      Conecu sausage, poached egg, Worcestershire butter sauce.

      Chicken Fried Chicken 6 oz Cutlet

      $16.00
      Black pepper gravy, breakfast potatoes, 2 fried eggs.

      Lorena Breakfast

      $14.00
      2 fried eggs, crispy smashed potatoes, sausage, bacon, biscuit, buttermilk gravy.

      Sandwiches

      Choice of: House BBQ Potato Chips, Blue Cheese and Bacon Red Potato Salad, Side House Salad

      Grilled Veggie

      $12.00
      With black olive mayo, extra sharp white cheddar, grilled zucchini, squash, onion, eggplant, fresh tomato, avocado, shredded carrots, local sprouts, grain bread.

      BLT

      $12.00
      Lorena’s bacon, crispy lettuce, heirloom tomatoes, Duke’s mayo, pullman white.

      Fried Bologna

      $12.00
      With pimento cheese spread, BBQ potato chips, pullman white.

      Fried Po Boy

      $18.00
      Choice of oyster, shrimp, or catfish, dressed with lettuce, green tomato chow chow, dukes.

      Blackened Po Boy

      $18.00
      Choice of shrimp or catfish, dressed with lettuce, green tomato chow chow, dukes.

      Cast Iron Akaushi Burger

      $16.00
      Pronounced Ah-ka-OO-shi | Martin’s dutch sesame potato bun, natty lite mustard and Duke’s mayo spread, cooper sharp white cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickle, sweet onion.

      Impossible Smash

      $20.00
      Daiya American cheese, onion rings, shredduce, tomato, pickle, vegan mayo, natty lite mustard.

      Southern Sweets

      Available until 3pm

      Bacon Belgian Waffle

      $18.00
      Warm brown butter peaches, peach Tillamook ice cream, bourbon vanilla maple syrup, toasted pecans.

      Sweet Cream Pancakes

      $14.00
      Whipped butter, maple syrup, choice of thick cut bacon or conecu smoked sausage.

      Menu

      Friday & Saturday Nights
      Until We Run Out

      Smoked Prime Rib

      $50.00
      Mashed Potatoes & Vegetable of the Moment,
      Au Jus Gravy, Black Pepper Horseradish Cream

      Oysters

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      On the Half Shell, Various Accoutrements
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