Baton Rouge will get to try a new farm-to-table-style restaurant next week. Table Kitchen & Bar is set to open Tuesday, April 28, owners Scott and Michelle Wilson tell 225 Dine. The restaurant is at 4205 Perkins Road, in the former location of Portico in the Southdowns Shopping Center.
The restaurant will feature a rotating menu, focusing on fresh, local and seasonal ingredients and produce. Chef Curtis Froelich, who previously worked at the Country Club of Louisiana, says Table Kitchen & Bar will focus primarily on southern American cuisine. Table will offer a limited menu with pork, chicken, beef, pasta and seafood options as well as a few off-menu items.
Scott Wilson says the idea for the restaurant originated several years ago. The initial concept called for a tapas-style restaurant, but that didn’t pan out. Over the last two years, however, he decided to travel to explore what other noted restaurants were doing.
The interior of the restaurant is a mix of rustic and minimalist design. Table has room for around 140 patrons. The bar menu will feature “the original top 20 cocktails,” Wilson says, including the Manhattan and Old Fashioned as examples.
Sunday will feature a brunch service with dishes such as grits and grillades, poached eggs and a “variety of snacks,” Froelich says.
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