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A Staple Cake-like bread of English heritage for centuries. Lightly toasted and served with whipped sorghum butter and homemade fruit preserves

Hazzard Free Farm heirloom cornmeal baked in bacon fat, topped with whipped sorghum butter. Gluten free!

Three Creole doughnuts lightly spiced and deep fried, buried in confectioner's cugar

SW Louisiana-style, a sweet milk roll filled with homemade peppery duck boudin sausage.

Artisan pastry flour with local butter and buttermilk, served with homemade preserves and whipped sorghum butter

East Texas-style sweet milk roll filled with Joyful Harvest Farm rhubarb compote and Capriole chevre, and crusted with wild black walnuts

Baked according to Edna Lewis’ receipt, served with homemade fruit preserves and whipped sorghum butter

Thin custardy crepes filled with homemade strawberry preserves and showered in powdered sugar, served with whipped sorghum butter

Please allow up to 20 minutes - cast iron-baked German-style pancake studded with local apples and showered in powdered sugar and homemade rum caramel

Homebaked buttermilk bread griddled in dreamsicle custard, homaemade Cortland apple butter, creme anglaise, toasted oat streusel, whipped cream

Fluffy flapjacks spiced with Mexican cinnamon and soaked in three milks, filled with dulce de leche and topped with Klug Farm raspberries and blueberries and homemade pecan granola

Anson Mills Carolina Gold rice flour and local pumpkin flapjacks, pumpkin cream filling, spiced pecan granola topping. Gluten free.

Craft your own perfect omelet. Four local farm eggs prepared Creole-style with the fillings on the inside. Choose one filling. Additional fillings, 1.50 & 2.50.

Four Farmer's Hen House eggs filled with Four Star Mushroom duxelles, melted leeks, and Prairie Fruits Farm chevre, choice of side

Three farm eggs, our house-cured & smoked bacon, griddled onion, Jarlsberg cheese, choice of side

Three farm eggs, Louisiana crawfish tails, andouille sausage, cream cheese, bearnaise sauce

In the true original style - spicy! And not for the faint of heart! Bonesless, skin-on chicken leg & thigh quarter basted in chili oil, served on a buttery bun with cayenne mayonnaise, butter lettuce, chow-chow, choice of side

Four pieces of the recipe some have called the Best in America, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, and sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.

One thigh and one leg, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, served with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.

One breast and one wing, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, served with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.

Chef Paul's Iron Chef-beating homage to the humble egg sandwich - a big, bodacious buttermilk biscuit slathered with sweet cream butter and stacked with Chaurice (Creole hot sausage), Jarlsberg Swiss cheese, and spicy apple chutney. Choice of side.

Texas coast Gulf of Mexico white shrimp smothered in savory Tasso ham and shiitake mushroom gravy, served on creamy Anson Mills grits. Contains pork and gluten. Can be made gluten or pork-free upon request.

Char-grilled house-cured andouille sausage on sweet potato biscuits with redeye gravy, served with two fried eggs

Alabama catfish fried crisp in corn and rice flour breading, served with creamy grits, sea island red peas, and tasso ham beurre monte. Gluten Free.

Two Milo's Farm eggs cooked your way with a cornbread muffin and choice of creamy grits. Choice of meat +4

Savory flapjacks filled with sharp Cheddar and topped with two eggs, tomato gravy, sea island red peas, avocado, creme fraiche

Decadent Louisiana crawfish cakes in home baked popovers with poached eggs and bearnaise sauce, choice of side

House-cured ham poached in cream a la Creole, in popovers with poached farm eggs and bearnaise sauce, choice of side

Fischer Farms eye of round pounded thin and fried crisp, with buttermilk mashed potatoes, reseye gravy, and two eggs your way

Local Four Star Mushrooms Farm maitake and lion’s mane roasted in a buttery wine sauce, nestled in creamy Anson Mills grits and crowned with a sunny John’s Fowl Farm duck egg.

Anson Mills Carolina Gourdseed White flint grits cooked in Kilgus Farmstead Jersey cow milk with aged Cheddar cheese

Gotham Greens butter lettuce dressed with tarragon vinegar and extra virgin olive oil

Strictly seasonal fruit

Shredded potatoes cooked in butter with onion and green bell pepper

Housemade with Fischer Farms' pork and a clutch of pungent spices

Indiana smoked ham poached in Kilgus Farmstead cream

Pasture-raised eggs from near the Quad Cities

Cured in-house starting with Beeler's Pure Pork bellies, smoked with applewood

Grilled American cheese on homemade bread, fresh fruit

Hand-breaded Amish chicken tender with buttered rice

Two scrambled eggs with house-cured bacon and creamy cheese grits

Mini cinnamon-scented pancakes with pure maple syrup

Home-baked French toast with fresh fruit and pure maple syrup

Piquant spread of aged Cheddar cheese, homemade Worcestershire, and pimientos, with piccalilli and benne crackers. Pescatarian (contains Worcestershire sauce)

Homemade peppery crawfish tail and rice sausage croquettes, served with cayenne mayonnaise and piccalilli

Cooked crisp in Weissenmuller's cornmeal, dressed with butter lettuce, chili oil-poached Texas Gulf of Mexico shrimp, shrimp Louis dressing. gluten free.

A staple of Southern hospitality - homemade pimiento cheese with a sampling of seasonal house pickles and hand-rolled benne crackers

Popcorn-style breaded okra fried crisp in sornmeal and tossed in sweet ginger-sorghum-gochujang sauce, nestled in butter lettuce

Chicken, housemade andouille sausage, and homemade worcestershire sauce flavor this broth along with a dark, smoky roux, served with steamed Cahokia rice

Gotham Greens butter lettuce tossed with shaved red onion, local radishes, candied pecans, and Gorgonzola cheese in our green buttermilk-herb dressing. Gluten free, vegetarian.

Miller Farms Amish chicken rubbed with spices and charred, served with Gotham Greens butter lettuce tossed with tomato confit, cornbread crumbs, avocado, and buttermilk herb dressing. Gluten free.

Local farm beets poached with aromatic spices, homemade cottage cheese, preserved Meyer lemon, candied black walnuts, pea greens

Five types of onion simmered low and slow with Cahokia rice, served with crisp Parmesan toast, pickled ramps, and scallions

Hazzard Free Farm heirloom cornmeal baked in bacon fat, topped with whipped sorghum butter. Gluten Free.

Two dainties fresh baked to order, served with roasted jalapeno honey butter

Two Milo's Farm eggs cooked your way with a cornbread muffin and choice of creamy grits. Choice of meat +4

Four Farmer's Hen House eggs filled with Four Star Mushroom duxelles, melted leeks, and Prairie Fruits Farm chevre, choice of side

Three farm eggs, our house-cured & smoked bacon, griddled onion, Jarlsberg cheese, choice of side

Fluffy flapjacks spiced with Mexican cinnamon and soaked in three milks, filled with dulce de leche and topped with Klug Farm raspberries and blueberries and homemade pecan granola

Alabama catfish fried crisp in corn and rice flour breading, served with creamy grits, sea island red peas, and tasso ham beurre monte. Gluten Free.

One breast and one wing, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, served with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.

One thigh and one leg, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, served with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.

Four pieces of the recipe some have called the Best in America, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, and sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.

Louisiana crawfish tails smothered in butter and wine with onion and spices, served with steamed Cahokia rice. Gluten free, pescatarian.

Texas coast Gulf of Mexico white shrimp smothered in savory Tasso ham and shiitake mushroom gravy, served on creamy Anson Mills grits. Contains pork and gluten. Can be made gluten or pork-free upon request.

Cavatelli pasta with four blended cheeses in a piquant mustard cream sauce with buttery bread crumb topping. Pescatarian (contains Worcestershire sauce)

Anson Mills Carolina Gourdseed White flint grits cooked in Kilgus Farmstead Jersey cow milk with aged Cheddar cheese

Shredded potatoes cooked in butter with onion and green bell pepper

Grilled American cheese on homemade bread, fresh fruit

A half portion of our delicious shrimp & grits

Hand-breaded Amish chicken tender with buttered rice

Homemade Cuban-style bread filled with Fischer Farms ham, herb-roasted Ferndale Market turkey, Jarlsberg cheese, homemade bread & butter pickles, Creole mustard, pickled Fresno peppers, with bacon fat fries

A double patty of Fischer Farms regenerative ranched Black Angus beef ground in-house and char-grilled, fully dressed with homemade pimiento cheese. Choose seasoned frites or creamy grits.

The O.G. Hand-cut boneless skin-on leg & thigh quarter cooked in our famous recipe, on a homemade milk bun with Gotham Green butter lettuce, vine ripe tomato, chow-chow, and cayenne mayonnaise. Choose hushpuppies or grits.

House cured & smoked andouille sausage cooked on the char grill and nested in homemade New Orleans-style French bread with creamy Shrimp Louis, local buttercrunch lettuce, vine ripe tomato, and homemade bread and butter pickles. Choose grits or hushpuppies.

Crisp cornmeal-fried green tomatoes on homemade French bread with pimiento cheese, local buttercrunch lettuce, vine ripe tomato, homemade bread and butter pickles. Choose hushpuppies or grits.

Piquant spread of aged Cheddar cheese, homemade Worcestershire, and pimientos, with piccalilli and benne crackers. Pescatarian (contains Worcestershire sauce)

Cooked crisp in Weissenmuller's cornmeal, dressed with butter lettuce, chili oil-poached Texas Gulf of Mexico shrimp, shrimp Louis dressing. gluten free.

Homemade peppery crawfish tail and rice sausage croquettes, served with cayenne mayonnaise and piccalilli

A staple of Southern hospitality - homemade pimiento cheese with a sampling of seasonal house pickles and hand-rolled benne crackers

Chicken, housemade andouille sausage, and homemade worcestershire sauce flavor this broth along with a dark, smoky roux, served with steamed Cahokia rice

Five types of onion simmered low and slow with Cahokia rice, served with crisp Parmesan toast, pickled ramps, and scallions

Local farm beets poached with aromatic spices, homemade cottage cheese, preserved Meyer lemon, candied black walnuts, pea greens

Popcorn-style breaded okra fried crisp in sornmeal and tossed in sweet ginger-sorghum-gochujang sauce, nestled in butter lettuce

Hazzard Free Farm heirloom cornmeal baked in bacon fat, topped with whipped sorghum butter. Gluten Free.

Two dainties fresh baked to order, served with roasted jalapeno honey butter

Alabama catfish fried crisp in corn and rice flour breading, served with creamy grits, sea island red peas, and tasso ham beurre monte. Gluten Free.

Louisiana crawfish tails smothered in butter and wine with onion and spices, served with steamed Cahokia rice. Gluten free, pescatarian.

One breast and one wing, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, served with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.

One thigh and one leg, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, served with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.

Four pieces of the recipe some have called the Best in America, gluten free and fried crisp in canola oil, with red beans and rice, sweet potato puree, and sweet chili sauce. Gluten free.

Texas coast Gulf of Mexico white shrimp smothered in savory Tasso ham and shiitake mushroom gravy, served on creamy Anson Mills grits. Contains pork and gluten. Can be made gluten or pork-free upon request.

Locally grown maitake and oyster mushrooms atop Anson Mills Appalachian Blue Barley in Always Somethin’ Farm cushaw squash puree, pea shoots, piccalilli

Fumet-poached wild Alaskan halibut, potato galette, morels, ramps, peas, tarragon court-bouillon. Gluten free.

Chesapeake Bay soft shell blue crab fried crisp in rice flour tempura, with buttered black rice, garlicky Klug Farm asparagus tips, herb salad, rhubarb nuoc cham. Gluten free.

Homemade Cuban-style bread filled with Fischer Farms ham, herb-roasted Ferndale Market turkey, Jarlsberg cheese, homemade bread & butter pickles, Creole mustard, pickled Fresno peppers, with bacon fat fries

A double patty of Fischer Farms regenerative ranched Black Angus beef ground in-house and char-grilled, fully dressed with homemade pimiento cheese. Choose seasoned frites or creamy grits.

Miller Farms Amish chicken rubbed with spices and charred, served with Gotham Greens butter lettuce tossed with tomato confit, cornbread crumbs, avocado, and buttermilk herb dressing. Gluten free.

Cavatelli pasta with four blended cheeses in a piquant mustard cream sauce with buttery bread crumb topping. Pescatarian (contains Worcestershire sauce)

Anson Mills Carolina Gourdseed White corn hominy grits cooked in Kilgus Farmstead milk and seasoned with butter and Cheddar Cheese, finished in the oven. Gluten free, vegetarian.

Gotham Greens butter lettuce tossed with shaved red onion, local radishes, candied pecans, and Gorgonzola cheese in our green buttermilk-herb dressing. Gluten free, vegetarian.

Spicy mustard and turnip greens smothered in vinegary potlikker with coconut milk, smoked onions, cornbread crumbs, sea island benne

Local white cornmeal fritters served with guasacaca dip

Anson Mills sea island red peas and Cahokia Rice long grain with sea island benne and piccalilli

Grilled American cheese on homemade bread, fresh fruit

A half portion of our delicious shrimp & grits

Hand-breaded Amish chicken tender with buttered rice

For the whole table to share—Cahokia Rice stir-fried with Gulf of Mexico white shrimp (shell & head-on), charred house andouille, chicken, and smoked pork shoulder, seasoned with homemade crawfish X/O sauce and served on a sizzle platter with scallions, hog crackling, and a sunny duck egg 36

Choose one per course, includes a complimentary relish tray for the table. Total table participation only, please.

A two-pound pasture-raised cut with the chop and side belly meat, marinated in adobo and char-grilled with roasted pineapple, young spring shoots salad. Cooked M unless specified otherwise. Serves 2-4.

Richly spiced pudding spiked with bourbon whiskey, served with homemade Nichols Farm apple butter, honey coriander ice cream. Vegetarian.

TCHO fair trade-certified organic chocolate baked in crème custard, sauced with salted Jamaican rum caramel, dusted in candied peanuts and topped with crème fraiche. Gluten free, vegetarian.

Creole sourdough rice fritters tossed in powdered sugar and nested in vanilla pudding with chocolate and caramel sauces, crused candied peanut

Local red rhubarb in sweet butter pastry, wild black walnut crunch, tres leches ice cream

Wild Rose petals and grower Champagne. black walnut crumble. Wheat free, Vegan.

Kilgus Farmstead's pasture-grazed Jersey cow cream really sings with Tahitian vanilla bean. Nestled in candied pecans and drizzled with homemade salty caramel. Gluten free, vegetarian.

Choose three ice creams or sorbets homemade from Kilgua Farmstead cream and local fruits

Kilgus Farmstead cream and Milo’s Farm eggs with Herbsainte, nestled in grated fresh coconut. Gluten free, vegetarian.

Made with Kilgus farmstead cream, Milo’s Farm eggs, and hand-cooked caramel, nestled in toasted peelcorn oat streusel. Vegetarian, gluten free.

Wild Indiana black walnuts infused in rye white dog with sweet spices, kissed with Demerara sugar

Seedling orchard wild pawpaw-infused Demerara rum lightly back-sweetened with cane sugar

Nichols Farm Montmorency cherries infused in cherry brandy and sweetened with pure can sugar

A Big Jones original punch - Housemade loquat cordial blended with white wine, black tea, gin, brandy, and orange and lemon oleo saccharum.

From Chef Paul’s new book Midwestern Food, Seedling Farm blackberries preserved in white lightening

Landwein, Rheinland. Weingut Bland

Lodi, CA. Organically farmed grapes. Sauvignon blanc, riesling, colombard, clairette, chardonnay.

Willamette, OR. Müller-Thurgau, Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris.

Valencia, Spain

Languedoc, FR.

Calatayud, Spain.

Rioja, Spain

Piedmont, Italy. Barbera, Dolcetto, Nebbiolo.

Oregon. Pinot Noir and Gamay.

Landwein, Rheinland. Weingut Bland

"Cuvee Renee Dopff"

Calatayud, Spain.

Rioja, Spain

Languedoc, FR.

St. Emilion Grand Cru

2022 Burgenland, Austria

Dundee Hills, Oregon

90% Chardonnay, 10% Riesling. Weingut Brand, Pfaltz, Germany

A beer of the week and a 1.5 ounce pour of the Bourbon of the Week

Burnt City Brewery: Gemini Rising Cherry Berliner Weisse

A New Orleans classic done the Big Jones way. Sazerac Rye whiskey, Peychaud's Bitters, Herbsainte, orange peel.

Lavender-infused vodka, Zirbenz stone pine, Cocchi Americano, local honey, lemon

Rhubarb-infused Letherbee gin, Aperol, orange, Cava, club soda

A more bodacious bloody. Our piquant house bloody mix spiked with Wheatley vodka and served in a hurricane glass with celery, an assortment of homemade pickles, freshly grated horseradish, and a twist of black pepper

Wheatley vodka, selection of house-made pickles, olive, celery, lemon, horseradish, cracked pepper

Sazerac Rye, Dolin Rouge, Benedictine, Herbsaine, Peychaud’s. As if a Sazerac went on a bender.

Klug Farm balaton cherry infusion with Kilgus farmstead cream, acid phosphate, fee foam, club soda

Lyre Zero Proof London Dry, emperor’s lemongrass wild rose tea, orange oleo, club soda, butterfly pea flower

Lyre Zero Proof American Malt, Demerara-orange oleo-saccharum, big jones blend coffee,

Booth’s barrel-aged gin, lemon, simple, Peychaud’s, Tenuta Santome Prosecco rose

Tromba anejo, mezcal Union Uno, mole bitters, expressed grapefruit oil

Our call-back to an espresso martini. Corazón reposado tequila, house cold brew coffee liqueur, house crème de cacao, spiced bitters, egg white.

Blood orange-infused Booth's gin, triple sec, Campari, lemon, simple

A Big Jones classic at this stage - local rhubarb-infused blanco rum, lime, simple, mint

Wheatley Vodka, AAlborg Akvavit, house pickled okra brine, olive brine, pickle garnish

Basil-infused Tromba Tequila blanco, house grenadine, house nocino, lime, simple, soda

Benchmark Bourbon, Lustao Amontillado, Peychaud's, lemon, local honey

Benchmark Bourbon, Cruzan blackstrap, Campari, Carpano Antica

Blood Orange-infused Barrel-aged gin, Carpano Antica, house montmorency cherry liqueur

Benchmark Bourbon, Nixta elote liqueur, Muddy Pond sorghum, angostura

Tromba Tequila blanco, basil, Dolin dry, Genepy, mango oleo

Wild Indiana black walnuts infused in rye white dog with sweet spices, kissed with Demerara sugar

Nichols Farm Montmorency cherries infused in cherry brandy and sweetened with pure can sugar