MARCH 06, 2010

FIRST COURSES

CREAM OF ASPARAGUS SOUP – cup – 3.95; bowl w/ house salad – 9.50

NEW ORLEANS STYLE TURTLE SOUP – w/ Madeira – cup – 3.95; bowl w/ house salad – 9.50

JALAPENO-CHEDDAR HUSHPUPPIES w/ cocktail sauce – 5.50

CRACKER PLATE – pimento cheese & hot pepper jelly w/ cream cheese served w/ an assortment of vegetables & crackers – 6.95

CHEESE PLATE – a selection of local cheeses from Chapel Hill Creamery– 8.95

PICKLED SHRIMP w/ pickled beets – 8.95

FRIED OYSTERS w/ a garlic mayonnaise – 14.50

ARTICHOKE PONTCHARTRAIN – whole cold artichoke w/ mustard dressing – 6.50

A WILTED SALAD w/ salt cured duck & a hot cider vinaigrette served over        winter greens – 8.50

CAESAR SALAD – a bed of Romaine w/ traditional Caesar dressing made w/ anchovy & served w/ black olives & garlic toast – 8.50

CROOK'S HOUSE SALAD – mixed greens w/ mustard vinaigrette, Caesar, spicy buttermilk ranch, blue cheese, sherry-shallot vinaigrette or our House dressing – 4.95

NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

FOUNTAIN SOFT DRINKS – 1.95;

ABITA ROOT BEER – 2.50; LURISIA SPARKLING WATER – 3.50

FRESH ORANGE JUICE – 2.75; MILK – 1.50; TEA – 1.75 

COUNTER CULTURE COFFEE – 2.00 

ESPRESSO – 2.00; CAPPUCCINO – 2.95 CAFFE LATTE – 2.95;

 ICED CAPPUCCINO – 2.95; HOT CHOCOLATE – 3.50

Please, no more than four split checks per party.

 An 18% gratuity may be added to parties of six or more.

Some Main Course substitutions available for a $1.00 surcharge.

 

Due to the potential for accidents, children under the age of 10 must be accompanied by an adult when away from their seat at the table. Infants & toddlers must be carried by an adult.

Thank You.

CROOK’S CORNER

MAIN COURSES

CAJUN RIBEYE w/ herb butter, served w/ mashed potatoes & sautιed leeks & cabbage – 21.95

SHRIMP & GRITS – shrimp sautιed w/ bacon, mushrooms & scallions & served over cheese grits – 18.95

RED BEANS & RICE w/ Quark served w/ cornbread – 12.50

FISH-IN-PAPER – baked sea bass w/ creamy rice & fresh asparagus – 19.95

GUMBO Z’HERBES – Mrs. Chase’s green gumbo w/ pork & chicken served w/ rice – 13.50

CHEESE PORK! w/ a Madeira sauce served w/ mashed rutabagas & sautιed leeks & cabbage – 15.95

CORNED HAM, KITCHEN SISTERS’ STYLE – stuffed w/ winter greens & served w/ mashed potatoes & my grandmother’s milk & mustard slaw – 17.50

GUMBO – Andouille sausage, shrimp, oysters, spicy sausage, chicken, rice, tomato & okra in a dark roux – 16.95

SANDWICHES & PLATES

CAROLINA SAMPLER– North Carolina hickory smoked, pit cooked, pork barbecue served w/ hoppin’ John, collard greens & black pepper cornbread – 16.50

CROOK’S HAMBURGER – char-grilled to medium well w/ lettuce, tomato & onion on a toasted roll – 6.50; bacon – 1.00; New York Cheddar – 1.00; pimento cheese – 1.75; grilled onions – 1.00; sautιed mushrooms – 1.00; Cajun spice – 1.00

SIDE DISHES

HOPPIN’ JOHN – a bed of rice & black-eye peas flavored w/ bacon, topped w/ tomato, scallions & cheddar cheese – 6.75

BLACK PEPPER CORNBREAD – 2.25

CHEESE GRITS, RICE, MASHED POTATOES, MASHED RUTABAGAS, PURPLE SLAW, LEEKS & CABBAGE or COLLARD GREENS w/ Parmesan – 2.95

FRENCH FRIES – fresh, never frozen – 4.50

 

Bill Smith’s Seasoned in the South, Recipes from Crook’s and from Home is available here. We also have Remembering Bill Neal by Moreton Neal and Southern Cooking & Biscuits, Spoonbread & Sweet Potato Pie by Bill Neal.

 

WINES BY THE GLASS

 

 

 

SPARKLING WINE

Marquis de la Tour – Sparkling Rosι – Loire, France                                          7.00

Gruet – Brut – New Mexico – glass                                                                            8.00

Chandon – Brut – Napa – split                                                                                      9.50

Gruet – Blancs de Noir – New Mexico – half bottle                                                           16.00

 

 

WHITE WINE

Ca’ Del Sarto – Pinot Grigio – Friuli, Italy – 2008                                                  6.00

Sawtooth – Viognier – Snake River Valley, Idaho – 2006                                   7.00

Sherwood – Sauvignon Blanc – New Zealand – 2009                                          7.50

Joseph Drouhin – Chardonnay – Macon-Villages – Burgundy – 2008           8.00

A Coroa – Godello – Valdeorras, Spain – 2008                                                       9.00

Michel Girard – Sauvignon Blanc – Sancerre, France – 2008                         9.00

Sonoma Cutrer – Chardonnay – Russian River – California – 2007                9.50

 

 

RED WINE

Arbanta – Tempranillo – Rioja – Spain – 2008                                                       6.00

La Playa – Carmenθre – Colchuaga Valley, Chile – 2007                                   7.00

Catena – Malbec – Argentina – 2007                                                                         9.00

Foris – Pinot Noir – Oregon – 2007                                                                             9.00

Robert Mondavi – Cabernet Sauvignon – Napa – 2006                                       9.50