Dogwood is a Southern cuisine restaurant with an upscale flair. When David 1st suggested this restaurant, the 1st thing that stood out about this menu was their grits. :-)
Dave suggested Chappellet Mountain Cuvee as the wine of choice for the night. GOOD CHOICE!
The ladies are breaking down the menu. It is always interesting to see what the ladies order with the different types of palates...
The grits with pulled pork and a tea BBQ sauce topped with coleslaw was incredible.
Grits with bay scallops and mushrooms in a sherry cream sauce. VERY GOOD. ( At this point, David and I are thinking that we could just come here for grits and wine,)
Dogwood sports an open kitchen. Good to see that they have nothing to hide. ;-)
Even though the grits flight was top on my list, I opted for the chicken liver mousse, bacon jam, grilled country bread and apple jelly. It was pretty darn good. 
Dave ordered the caramelized goat cheese, hydro mache (we had to ask our waitress what it was), red wine vinaigrette, 
and apple-pear chutney. It was a really good taste combination.
and apple-pear chutney. It was a really good taste combination.This salad was wonderful! Arugula, red grapes, red onion, marcona almonds(YUM),and apple cider vinaigrette. This was so good...I only got one bite.
Porter can always be counted on to try something different. Way to go!
The restaurant was not able to get fresh flounder that day and substituted halibut as the fish of choice for this dish. The only downside to this dish is that the fish was overcooked. Note: there is a short window of cooking time with seafood. It can go from perfect to horrible in a matter of seconds.
This is the herb grilled NY strip with grilled asparagus, trumpet mushrooms, onions and fingerling potatoes.
Donna does not do greens...they were pretty good.
Desert was pretty darn good. I had the chocolate creme brule with a toasted marshmallow and graham cracker biscotti. It was a good take on a S'mores.
The bread budding was not bad at all.
We added some of our chocolate to the martini to try to help it out... No such luck
Synopsis: Dogwood was a pretty good restaurant. The decor was befitting of it's upscale southern appeal. Overall we had a good meal, but I would not say it was great. It is worth checking out and the bar has quite a few innovative cocktails on the menu. Compared to comparable restaurants of it's style, I would put it near the top of the list...but only compared to other restaurants with southern-style cuisine.
The soup of the day was a veggie beef soup with rosemary popcorn on top.
I opted for the braised short ribs with glazed fall veggies. I opted to switch out the potatoes for grits...good choice.
I opted for the braised short ribs with glazed fall veggies. I opted to switch out the potatoes for grits...good choice.
Donna opted for the springer mountain chicken with the baked mac and cheese with collards.
Porter can always be counted on to try something different. Way to go!
He had the quail with low country stuffing, grits, brown butter, and fried sage. The flavors were pretty good when you tried everything together.
The restaurant was not able to get fresh flounder that day and substituted halibut as the fish of choice for this dish. The only downside to this dish is that the fish was overcooked. Note: there is a short window of cooking time with seafood. It can go from perfect to horrible in a matter of seconds.
This is the herb grilled NY strip with grilled asparagus, trumpet mushrooms, onions and fingerling potatoes.
Donna does not do greens...they were pretty good.
Chocolate martinis were ordered and I think they came close to getting it right after a couple of tries( Just CLOSE though).
Desert was pretty darn good. I had the chocolate creme brule with a toasted marshmallow and graham cracker biscotti. It was a good take on a S'mores.
The bread budding was not bad at all.
We added some of our chocolate to the martini to try to help it out... No such luck
Synopsis: Dogwood was a pretty good restaurant. The decor was befitting of it's upscale southern appeal. Overall we had a good meal, but I would not say it was great. It is worth checking out and the bar has quite a few innovative cocktails on the menu. Compared to comparable restaurants of it's style, I would put it near the top of the list...but only compared to other restaurants with southern-style cuisine.
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