FEBRUARY 04, 2012

FIRST COURSES

DUCK & ONION SOUP – cup – 3.95; bowl w/ house salad – 9.50

CREAM OF POTATO & PUMKIN SOUP – 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 – 7.50

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

DUCK LIVER MOUSSE w/ garlic toast – 6.95

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 

SMALL PLATES

A WILTED SALAD – salt cured duck w/ a hot vinaigrette served over endive & frisιe – 9.95

SWEET POTATO & FRESH THYME GRATIN – for the table – 6.95

FRIED OYSTERS w/ roasted garlic mayonnaise – 15.95

HOPPIN’ JOHN – a bed of rice & black-eye peas flavored w/ bacon, topped w/ tomato, scallions & cheddar cheese – 7.50

CROOK’S HAMBURGER – char-grilled to medium well w/ lettuce, tomato & onion on a toasted roll – 6.95; bacon – 1.00; New York Cheddar – 1.00; pimento cheese – 1.75; grilled onions – 1.00; sautιed mushrooms – 1.00; Cajun spice – 1.00

 

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

GRILLED HANGER STEAK w/ Wine Merchant’s Butter & Jerusalem Artichoke Relish served w/ mashed potatoes & sautιed leeks & cabbage – 20.50

SHRIMP & GRITS – shrimp sautιed w/ bacon, mushrooms & scallions & served over cheese grits – 20.50

CRAVEN COUNTY STYLE CORNED HAM – roasted salt cured ham served w/ mashed potatoes & collards – 18.50

WINTER PASTA w/ beets & arugula – 17.50

CHEESE PORK! w/ a Madeira sauce served w/ mashed rutabagas & sautιed leeks & cabbage – 17.75

PAN-FRIED GROUPER w/ green tomato relish served w/ baked cheese grits – 22.95

HEADIN’ SOUTH – pan-seared duck breast & confit leg w/ aigre-doux & grapefruit served w/ mashed rutabagas & sautιed leeks & cabbage – 22.50

CAROLINA SAMPLER – North Carolina hickory smoked, pit cooked, pork barbecue served w/ hoppin’ John, collard greens & black pepper cornbread – 17.50

SIDE DISHES

BLACK PEPPER CORNBREAD, BAKED CHEESE GRITS, COLLARDS, PURPLE SLAW, RICE, MASHED POTATOES, MASHED RUTABEGAS or SAUTΙED LEEKS & CABBAGE – 2.95

FRENCH FRIES – fresh, never frozen – 4.50

NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

FOUNTAIN SOFT DRINKS – 1.95; ABITA ROOT BEER – 2.95

BOTTLED SPARKLING WATER – 3.50; FRESH ORANGE JUICE – 2.75;

MILK – 1.50; TEA – 1.75 

 

COUNTER CULTURE COFFEE – 2.50 

ESPRESSO – 2.50; CAPPUCCINO – 2.95 CAFFE LATTE – 2.95;

ICED CAPPUCCINO – 2.95; HOT CHOCOLATE – 3.50

 

 

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 and Biscuits, Spoonbread & Sweet Potato Pie by Bill Neal.

 

 

 

 

 

WINES BY THE GLASS

 

 

APERITIF WINE

El Maestro Sierra – Fino Sherry                                                                                  8.00

SPARKLING WINE

Martinolles – “Le Berceau”- Brut - Blanquette de Limoux- France                8.00

Chandon – Brut – Napa – split                                                                                     9.50

WHITE WINE

Ca’ Del Sarto – Pinot Grigio – Friuli, Italy – 2010                                                  6.00

Casa Julia – Sauvignon Blanc – Casablanca, Chile – 2010                                7.00

Joseph Drouhin – Chardonnay – Macon-Villages – Burgundy – 2010           8.00

Sonoma Cutrer – Chardonnay – Russian River – California – 2009 9.50

Croix des Vainqueurs – Chenin Blanc – Demi-Sec – Vouvray, Fr.2010       10.00

Domaine Gerard Fiou – Sauvignon Blanc – Sancerre, Fr. – 2010                 12.00

RED WINE

Luna Beberide – Mencνa – Bierzo – Spain – 2009                                                 7.00

Chateau De Caladroy – Syrah blend - Cτtes du Roussillon, Fr. - 2009            8.00

Luberri – “Biga” – Tempranillo – Rioja, Spain – 2007                                        9.00

Foris – Pinot Noir – Oregon – 2008                                                                            9.00

L'Ecole No 41– Merlot – Columbia Valley, Washington – 2008                     11.00

Domaine Richeaume – Cab. Sauv./Grenache blend – Fr. 2008                      12.00