Thursday, January 19, 2012
Restaurants The Lawrence opens tonight
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:10 PM
- www.thelawrenceatlanta.com
- The Lawrence: where it's at
They're keeping the menu for this weekend's affairs under tight wraps, but it'll probably be close to Shane Devereux's/George Brooks' eventual eclectic Southern offerings, which’ll feature Bar Bites like house beef jerky w/ mirin & sambal, crispy pig ears, and potted shrimp w/ toast, plus slightly bigger guys like terrine of ham hock w/ lemon mustard, and browned grits with "Greek Kiss", also a band featuring Thrace Frehley and Paulseidon Stanley.Middle-sized plates will eventually include duck tongue carnitas and roasted monkfish w/ hen of the woods, smoked clam & garlic jus, while full-on mains will range from stuffed poussin to triggerfish, rabbit schnitzel w/ fennel salad, and a dry-aged strip w/ caramel cipollini & hog jowls, if John McCain hasn’t hogged them all himself already.
Kinda Holeman and Finch, eh?
The restaurant, from the Top Flr/Sound Table guys, is located at 905 Juniper St. (770-710-1618) in the former Lupe/Cuerno space. The preview meals are $85 each and reservations are available online only.
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I predict that I'm going to have trouble keeping "The Lawrence" and "The Spence" (new Richard Blais place not too far away) straight because of the similarity in names. If someone opens a restaurant called "The Clarence" in Midtown I'm just going to give up.
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The EARL, The Local, The Shed, The Market, The Grape, The Ritz, The Vasity. Shouldn't be that hard to remember to forget the name of a restaurant with an article in front of the noun.
I, for one, am excited about this place. I went for their "preview" and I can't wait for the whole menu to be available to me.
Nom -- I'm actually excited about The Lawrence too. One of my favorite bartenders, Eric Simpkins (he's been at Sound Table recently), is going to be at the bar. And I've always loved the food at both Top Flr and Sound Table.
Didn't mean to sound like I was slighting the place. Just predicting some future brain lapses on my part due to the "The" beginnings and "ence" endings in "The Lawrence" and "The Spence." It's the kind of thing that trips me up. I may be alone there.
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