Marjories is set to open its doors on May 18 at 5 pm at 1412 East Union. We had a chance to attend a friends and family event over the weekend. Below are some photos and the dinner and dessert menus.
The garage door and cozy patio allow for nice flow
Tagliatelle with Fava Beans
Chef Kylen McCarthy confers with a guest
Dinner
To begin with…
Farmstead Butter 3
demi baguette, fleur de sel
Castelvetrano Olives 7
fennel seed, orange, chiles
Soup 7
chef’s choice Anson Mills Grits 8
mushrooms, braised pork
Tabouleh 9
quinoa, huacatay, caviar
Artichokes 10
arugula, fava bean, saba
Burrata 12
balsamic, basil Miss Marjorie’s Plantain Chips 10
chaat spice, pineapple, avocado
Hamachi 16
smoked salt, cucumber, lavendar
House Terrine 9
house pickles, grain mustard
Artisanal Ham 14
featured ham selection Charcuterie Plate 18
selection of meats Fromage
selection of raw milk cheeses 16
by the ounce MP
…moving on to…
Pizza
sheeps milk ricotta, summer truffle 12
add artisanal ham 3
Asparagus 12
walnuts, feta Eggplant 13
yogurt, Bottarga …from the sea… Gulf Prawns 17
creamy grits, braised greens
Mackerel 17
carrot, pomegranate, chermoula
Scallops 20
lobster, mussels, saffron
…to the land… Tikka Masala 15
poussin, naan Rabbit 17
chef’s choice Sirloin 20
fried onion, pepper mignonette
Dessert
…and to finish
Anise cookies 8
earl grey, orange flower, citrus Olive oil-lemon cake 8strawberry, pistachio Chocolate-coffee tart 8
caramel, peanuts, coconut Bread Pudding 8
brioche, toffee Fromage 4/16 a plate of four or by the ounce
Taylor Cheney-sous chef
Manda Mangria- consulting pastry chef
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I’m excited to see it reopen but apparently with the new digs come higher prices-which is sad. I hate to see much anticipated restaurants open and then close due to overly expensive ($9 Tabouleh appetizer?) menu items. Ill support her, but i think many others won’t–save for happy hour.
Also it does seem like an odd spot for a restaurant–it appears to be in the building most often intended for communal/clubhouse use in such a development. I am curious why it landed with its exhaust system there instead of the gym across from Martin’s.
Not necessarily overpriced if the food is good enough. I’m looking forward to checking it out. Looks like a nice cozy space, but it does seem like they’d get a lot more walk-by traffic if they were in one of those spaces out on 14th. I guess they’re figuring their clientelle are more likely to come via word of mouth anyway.
Sorry about that. I have chrome & the photos were resolving fine – but was not working in Firefox & IE.
Those favas look incredible!
There’d probably be more visibility and foot traffic on 14th, but the free standing building is much cuter, and it allows for outdoor seating. If the restaurant is as good as I’m hoping, I don’t think anyone in the neighborhood will have a hard time finding it.
I agree that the $7 olives and $9 tabouleh seem a little steep, for starters like those, I’d rather see half-sized portions at half the price, but it’s hard to judge without giving it a try first. Hopefully I’ll get to do that this week.
At the first design review meeting for this building, the developers claimed that Union had most of the foot traffic, and hence the building should be oriented that way, rather than toward 14th. I commented that their observation was clearly not right, that the foot traffic was actually mostly on 14th, etc, but they stuck with it facing Union.
This was Safari, so add that one, too. :O)