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| - Southern Rail.. how can you go wrong with a name like that? It's southern and its near the rail line! Southern Rail is housed in The Newton Building. A building of common commercial buildings holding true to its roots from its name sake: Jay Newton. Newton was the founder of the iconic Beef Eaters that used to be here and now houses Southern Rail. BUT within The Newton building is a coffee shop and a bookstore too. Chef Justin Beckett has achieved greatness with Becketts Table and now Southern Rail. The menu takes good American classics and 'souths' them up! I'd like to think Chef Beckett just brought the dirty south to the valley of the sun! This place is vibrant and has a cool patio with a great decor and lively music piping through the speakers that take you back in time. Listening to southern Lynyrd Skynard while one drinks on trendy sips is pretty legit, dontchathink?! We opted for a table outside on the patio. IN the fall this will be a great place to come and hang as the fireplace is in the center and adds to the 'look'. There is a cool sound to the light rail and that just adds to the atmosphere when it passes by. We came here during Restaurant Week and for my birthday dinner. I immediately loved the drink menu names: This Dog Won't Hunt! or how about the Hush Puppy Hush! Ha! A little strong for this weak wine sipping Californian, so I got the Kings Rex to start with: Champagne; honey; fresh squeezed lemon and brandy. It sounds strong, but it didn't feel it! It had the lemony taste of a French 75 that you see in New Orleans. Even if I didn't like the dinner I was about to order, I decided I would come back to Southern Rail for the Social Hour that runs from 3-6pm and have that drink again. There are also local beers on draft from 4Peaks and Mother Rode and a smattering of good wines too.
Birthday dinner time! I opted for the Restaurant Week price fixe menu/ $33. I got the Chicken Skin and Hot Sauce Deviled Eggs that were the good old fashioned southern type with a little hot sauce drizzled on top; 3 eggs in a serving and they were so finger licking good! Next course I chose the BLT Salad. I expected this to be a small portion, as you sometimes find that with price fixe menus; THIS was not. Lots of thick cut smoky bacon, fresh tomato, grilled green onions, all atop ALOT of lettuce and drizzled with a combination of a cola bbq and a thousand island spicy type of dressing. I could have made this my meal! For my RW entree, I chose the Shrimp and Grits. I do love me some old fashioned southern shrimp and grits when I am in the south and these did not disappoint. The grits were rich, creamy and topped with several bbq shrimp and sauce to round out the richness. MMMMM MMMMM good! (In my best southern voice!). This RW meal also came with a glass of either a white or red wine or a draft beer. I got the red wine, a San Reckoner 'r' Red Blend and it was very good! The dessert menu was as tempting as a cool brook on a hot southern day, but I didn't have room in my full tummy! They have southern favorites like Banana Pudding made with wafers or Bread Pudding made with Pecans! Our service was very good; our water never went dry, even though there is a carafe of water you can fill on your own leisure placed at your table, our attentive waitress never let that happen. Our apps came when they should have and not before the entree or while we were still enjoying them. Thats important! Bourbon and BBQ night is on Monday and Tuesday and we inquired about that: $20 for a platter of BBQ , ( the selections seem to change), two bourbons OR a bottle of wine! WHERE can one find that kind of deal at a great up and coming trendy restaurant ??? I can't wait to come back and get me some more ! I do declare Southern Rail.. You have stolen my heart!
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