Table & Main: A Southern Tavern opened in August 2011 in a restored home in historic downtown Roswell. The menu features seasonal Southern cuisine crafted from local ingredients.
Partner Ryan Pernice and Executive Chef Ted Lahey (pictured), both longtime Atlanta-area residents, collaborated on the restaurant’s menu as well as the beverage program that features more than 30 bourbons, ryes and American whiskeys.
If you don't think that you like okra, let this appetizer change your mind. The light buttermilk breading adds flavor and crunchy texture to the vegetables that are skillfully handled to maintain crispness. This dish was my personal favorite of the night.
Though she-crab soup is not usually a favorite of mine, I couldn't resist dipping my spoon back into the bowl for another taste again and again.
The signature "Margarisky" cocktail is a mix of High West Silver Oat Whiskey, T&M kumquat marmalade, Cointreau and citrus. It tastes, as the name suggests, like a margarita with a subtle twist that lends just a bit more sweetness. But just a bit.
The Preservation Platter ($14) appetizer is a chef's selection of cured meats, Sweetgrass Dairy cheese, pickled vegetables, Vidalia Onion bacon jam and country bread. Folks at our table were begging the chef to either share his Vidalia Onion bacon jam recipe or bottle the stuff.
Shrimp 'n Grits ($17) features Gulf shrimp, stone ground grits, Sweetgrass Dairy gouda and tomato-bacon gravy. The ratio of grits to gravy is appropriately heavy on the grits, so the grits retain their texture and the dish may be eaten with a fork:
Lucky for me, I was able to swipe a forkful of my dining companion's seared diver-caught scallops ($22) with sweet corn succotash and truffled jus. Delicious!
We sampled four desserts at our table, all yummy and most of them made by the chef himself...So, perhaps he should consider a run on Top Chef since desserts too often lead to the downfall of those competitors. My favorite dessert was the Derby pie, which was brought in from The Pie Hole. Sweet and rich with just the right amount of chocolate, it boasted a lighter crust than any other Derby pie I've had, even in Kentucky.
This was my first visit to Table & Main, but I will return.
Bottom Line: Southern fare done right by friendly folks. A great addition to the Atlanta dining scene that's especially convenient for folks who live in Roswell yet good enough to lure in-town dwellers OTP*.
*Translation for non-Atlantans: OTP = Outside The Perimeter or beyond the boundaries of I-285.
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