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Smiling JOe

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Will you please explain "Casual Fine Dining?" I thought the two were contrary.

Will you please explain &quot;Casual Fine Dining?&quot; I thought the two were contrary.

steele mama

Beach Fanatic

[quote="Smiiling JOe, post: 172791"]Will you please explain "Casual Fine Dining?" I thought the two were contrary.[/quote]
I think you are contrary. :biggrin:

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Smiiling JOe">Will you please explain &quot;Casual Fine Dining?&quot; I thought the two were contrary.</blockquote>I think you are contrary. 😀

ItzKatzTime

[quote="Smiiling JOe, post: 172791"]Will you please explain "Casual Fine Dining?" I thought the two were contrary.[/QUOTE]



I'm too tired to get into that......Just X out the casual...as the Food and atomosphere is extremely FINE!;-)

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Smiiling JOe">Will you please explain &quot;Casual Fine Dining?&quot; I thought the two were contrary.</blockquote> 
 
 
I&#039;m too tired to get into that......Just X out the casual...as the Food and atomosphere is extremely FINE!;-)

Miss Kitty

Meow

:clap_1: ...see y'all in December -Jan.!!!!  Best of luck on the opening!!!

:clap_1: ...see y&#039;all in December -Jan.!!!!  Best of luck on the opening!!!

Franny

[quote="Smiiling JOe, post: 172791"]Will you please explain "Casual Fine Dining?" I thought the two were contrary.[/QUOTE]

Most of our restaurants are casual fine dining. Wear your flip flops and have dinner on white linen table cloths.:idontno: :D

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Smiiling JOe">Will you please explain &quot;Casual Fine Dining?&quot; I thought the two were contrary.</blockquote> 
Most of our restaurants are casual fine dining. Wear your flip flops and have dinner on white linen table cloths.:idontno: 😀

jessifunn

superJfunn

:clap_1: who wants to take me out to dinner?

[quote="jessifunn, post: 172828"]:clap_1: who wants to take me out to dinner?[/quote]
 
we will   :roll:

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="jessifunn">:clap_1: who wants to take me out to dinner?</blockquote> 
we will :roll:

30A Skunkape

Skunky

Grouper poboy, please tell me it made the cut...please...:idontno:

Jdarg

[quote="Smiiling JOe, post: 172791"]Will you please explain "Casual Fine Dining?" I thought the two were contrary.[/quote]
 
I think it means my nice flip flops instead of my ratty ones.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Smiiling JOe">Will you please explain &quot;Casual Fine Dining?&quot; I thought the two were contrary.</blockquote> 
I think it means my nice flip flops instead of my ratty ones.

Indigo Jill

[quote="ItzKatzTime, post: 172780"][SIZE=4][B][FONT=Lucida Sans Unicode][SIZE=2]Hi Everyone.......I am rushing as fast as I can to finish up three weeks of work in a week! YES...we are opening! :clap_1: For sure on the 17th and 18th for a "soft" opening!!! And then our regular schedule starting the following Tuesday. (Below) I will post more later tonight as I am running out the door right now.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]
 
[B][FONT=Lucida Sans Unicode][SIZE=4][COLOR=red]Hours: 5:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday (Closed thanksgiving)[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]
 
[B][SIZE=4][FONT=Lucida Sans Unicode][COLOR=red]Reservation Highly recommended....Adult Casual Fine Dining[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B]
[B][SIZE=4][FONT=Lucida Sans Unicode][COLOR=red]New Orleans Cuisine....Menu and pictures to come[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B]
 
[B][SIZE=4][FONT=Lucida Sans Unicode][COLOR=red][SIZE=4]Call 231-0455 [/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/B]
 
[B][FONT=Lucida Sans Unicode][SIZE=4]Say a prayer opening is the hardest part!!!![/SIZE][/FONT][/B]
[B][SIZE=4][FONT=Lucida Sans Unicode]Thank you all for your patience[/FONT][/SIZE][/B]
[B][SIZE=4][FONT=Lucida Sans Unicode]Kathy :welcome: [/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/SIZE][/quote]
 Good Luck, Kathy!  I know that feeling of just trying to get open - crunch time!  LOVE D&Ks and glad to hear you all are opening soon.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="ItzKatzTime">Hi Everyone.......I am rushing as fast as I can to finish up three weeks of work in a week! YES...we are opening! :clap_1: For sure on the 17th and 18th for a &quot;soft&quot; opening!!! And then our regular schedule starting the following Tuesday. (Below) I will post more later tonight as I am running out the door right now. 
 
Hours: 5:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday (Closed thanksgiving) 
 
Reservation Highly recommended....Adult Casual Fine Dining 
New Orleans Cuisine....Menu and pictures to come 
 
Call 231-0455 
 
Say a prayer opening is the hardest part!!!! 
Thank you all for your patience 
Kathy :welcome: </blockquote> Good Luck, Kathy! I know that feeling of just trying to get open - crunch time! LOVE D&amp;Ks and glad to hear you all are opening soon.

pk305

I was soooo close to being there then!!   Will be there for sure in early December!!  Can't wait to see and try and enjoy!!!:D   GOOD LUCK and have a GREAT OPENING!!!

I was soooo close to being there then!!   Will be there for sure in early December!!  Can&#039;t wait to see and try and enjoy!!!😀   GOOD LUCK and have a GREAT OPENING!!!

[COLOR="Red"][B]Opening Friday the 17TH....Thanks everyone for your inspiring e-mails!
Kathy ( D&K's: Always a work in progress!)[/B]
Open Tuesday-Saturday....closed Thanksgiving
5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.  Reservations Recommended[/COLOR]

[SIZE="5"]Very Rough Draft:  D&K's Bistro Menu[/SIZE]

[U][B]Starters[/U]

Doug's Seafood Gumbo
Seafood Dip with cuts of garlic bread
Oysters Bienville 
Crawfish Quesadilla
Stuffed Shrimp wrapped in Bacon over cheese grits
Lump White Crab Salad with Tomatoes and Avocado
Fried Crawfish Salad

[U]Entrees[/U]

Stuffed Snapper with Seafood Cream Sauce
Blackened Tuna with Grilled Shrimp and Creme Dill Sauce
Blackened Chicken Louisianne over Spinach Pasta Alfredo
Seafood Pasta ...Shrimp, Crab, and Crawfish over Angel Hair Pasta
Pane ed Soft Shell Crab topped with a light lemon and garlic butter sauce
Cajun Rib Eye topped with sauteed crawfish and crab, with Jalapeno Bearnaise
Blackened Rib Eye topped with herb butter and Fried Oysters
6 oz. Filet Mignon served with Fried Jumbo Shrimp
8 oz. Filet Mignon topped with a medley of 4 different mushrooms sauteed in red wine sauce

All Entrees served with Salad & mini muffin, Sauteed Vegetables, Saffron Rice

[U]Desserts[/U]

Bananas Foster Cheesecake drizzled with whiskey sauce
Key Lime Mousse Pie
Praline Pecan Tart with Butter Rum Sauce and Vanilla Ice Cream
New Orleans Fudge Pie with Chunky Monkey Ice Cream and Chocolate Grand Marnier Sauce[/B]

Opening Friday the 17TH....Thanks everyone for your inspiring e-mails! 
Kathy ( D&amp;K&#039;s: Always a work in progress!) 
Open Tuesday-Saturday....closed Thanksgiving 
5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Reservations Recommended 
 
Very Rough Draft: D&amp;K&#039;s Bistro Menu 
 
Starters 
 
Doug&#039;s Seafood Gumbo 
Seafood Dip with cuts of garlic bread 
Oysters Bienville 
Crawfish Quesadilla 
Stuffed Shrimp wrapped in Bacon over cheese grits 
Lump White Crab Salad with Tomatoes and Avocado 
Fried Crawfish Salad 
 
Entrees 
 
Stuffed Snapper with Seafood Cream Sauce 
Blackened Tuna with Grilled Shrimp and Creme Dill Sauce 
Blackened Chicken Louisianne over Spinach Pasta Alfredo 
Seafood Pasta ...Shrimp, Crab, and Crawfish over Angel Hair Pasta 
Pane ed Soft Shell Crab topped with a light lemon and garlic butter sauce 
Cajun Rib Eye topped with sauteed crawfish and crab, with Jalapeno Bearnaise 
Blackened Rib Eye topped with herb butter and Fried Oysters 
6 oz. Filet Mignon served with Fried Jumbo Shrimp 
8 oz. Filet Mignon topped with a medley of 4 different mushrooms sauteed in red wine sauce 
 
All Entrees served with Salad &amp; mini muffin, Sauteed Vegetables, Saffron Rice 
 
Desserts 
 
Bananas Foster Cheesecake drizzled with whiskey sauce 
Key Lime Mousse Pie 
Praline Pecan Tart with Butter Rum Sauce and Vanilla Ice Cream 
New Orleans Fudge Pie with Chunky Monkey Ice Cream and Chocolate Grand Marnier Sauce

Kurt

Admin

[quote="kurt, post: 175181"]Looks awesome! :drool:[/QUOTE]
Thanks Kurt!
Oooops I think I said Nov. 17th...I guess it's really Friday the 16th!
That will tell you where my mind is.  We are all excited and nervous.  Kelly, Cathy (she likes to be called Cate now) and Chris will be our wait staff, of course! We are so lucky to have such a great staff. Bear is back in the kitchen with Doug.  (With a few new faces to come.) They have worked right along side us during this long metamorphosis.  It is beautiful inside....you'll think you're in New Orleans overlooking the Gulf!!!

Jamie Landreneau and I traveled the streets, shops, and galleries of the Quarter bringing it here to Grayton Beach.  While back at the cafe Doug and Kelly worked hard at it painting, hammering, sanding, sawing, and so much more!  Cate's run errands, cleaned, cleaned and cleaned again after all the mess that's been made.  Chris has been back for a week with us working non stop to make everything just right.


Doug, Jamie and myself all have roots in New Orleans.  So we've now gone full circle!

Got to run.....:clap_1:    Yeeeeeaaaaa!  We're almost there!!!!

Kathy

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="kurt">Looks awesome! :drool:</blockquote>Thanks Kurt! 
Oooops I think I said Nov. 17th...I guess it&#039;s really Friday the 16th! 
That will tell you where my mind is. We are all excited and nervous. Kelly, Cathy (she likes to be called Cate now) and Chris will be our wait staff, of course! We are so lucky to have such a great staff. Bear is back in the kitchen with Doug. (With a few new faces to come.) They have worked right along side us during this long metamorphosis. It is beautiful inside....you&#039;ll think you&#039;re in New Orleans overlooking the Gulf!!! 
 
Jamie Landreneau and I traveled the streets, shops, and galleries of the Quarter bringing it here to Grayton Beach. While back at the cafe Doug and Kelly worked hard at it painting, hammering, sanding, sawing, and so much more! Cate&#039;s run errands, cleaned, cleaned and cleaned again after all the mess that&#039;s been made. Chris has been back for a week with us working non stop to make everything just right. 
 
 
Doug, Jamie and myself all have roots in New Orleans. So we&#039;ve now gone full circle! 
 
Got to run.....:clap_1: Yeeeeeaaaaa! We&#039;re almost there!!!! 
 
Kathy

kathydwells

Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname

[quote="ItzKatzTime, post: 175189"]Thanks Kurt!
Oooops I think I said Nov. 17th...I guess it's really Friday the 16th!
That will tell you where my mind is. We are all excited and nervous. Kelly, Cathy (she likes to be called Cate now) and Chris will be our wait staff, of course! We are so lucky to have such a great staff. Bear is back in the kitchen with Doug. (With a few new faces to come.) They have worked right along side us during this long metamorphosis. It is beautiful inside....you'll think you're in New Orleans overlooking the Gulf!!!
 
Jamie Landreneau and I traveled the streets, shops, and galleries of the Quarter bringing it here to Grayton Beach. While back at the cafe Doug and Kelly worked hard at it painting, hammering, sanding, sawing, and so much more! Cate's run errands, cleaned, cleaned and cleaned again after all the mess that's been made. Chris has been back for a week with us working non stop to make everything just right.
 
 
Doug, Jamie and myself all have roots in New Orleans. So we've now gone full circle!
 
Got to run.....:clap_1: Yeeeeeaaaaa! We're almost there!!!!
 
Kathy[/quote]
 
The menu looks awesome and is making me very hungry. I wish for you a wonderful grand re-opening!!!! Congratulations!

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="ItzKatzTime">Thanks Kurt! 
Oooops I think I said Nov. 17th...I guess it&#039;s really Friday the 16th! 
That will tell you where my mind is. We are all excited and nervous. Kelly, Cathy (she likes to be called Cate now) and Chris will be our wait staff, of course! We are so lucky to have such a great staff. Bear is back in the kitchen with Doug. (With a few new faces to come.) They have worked right along side us during this long metamorphosis. It is beautiful inside....you&#039;ll think you&#039;re in New Orleans overlooking the Gulf!!! 
 
Jamie Landreneau and I traveled the streets, shops, and galleries of the Quarter bringing it here to Grayton Beach. While back at the cafe Doug and Kelly worked hard at it painting, hammering, sanding, sawing, and so much more! Cate&#039;s run errands, cleaned, cleaned and cleaned again after all the mess that&#039;s been made. Chris has been back for a week with us working non stop to make everything just right. 
 
 
Doug, Jamie and myself all have roots in New Orleans. So we&#039;ve now gone full circle! 
 
Got to run.....:clap_1: Yeeeeeaaaaa! We&#039;re almost there!!!! 
 
Kathy</blockquote> 
The menu looks awesome and is making me very hungry. I wish for you a wonderful grand re-opening!!!! Congratulations!

I had really been wanting to see the menu, and now that I have seen it, I wish I wouldn't have because now I am really hungry to try so many thing on it. It looks delcious!:wub: I wish you guys much success!

I had really been wanting to see the menu, and now that I have seen it, I wish I wouldn&#039;t have because now I am really hungry to try so many thing on it. It looks delcious!:wub: I wish you guys much success!

[quote="Smiling JOe, post: 175212"]I had really been wanting to see the menu, and now that I have seen it, I wish I wouldn't have because now I am really hungry to try so many thing on it. It looks delcious!:wub: I wish you guys much success![/QUOTE]

:wub: THANKS SO MUCH!  AS WE (THE STAFF) ALL SAT AROUND A TABLE GOING OVER THE MENU IT WAS TORTURE. WE WERE ALL SO HUNGRY!!!!! IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE DOUG AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET BACK TO OUR SPECIALTIES.  FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WE WILL DO MOST OF THE MENU...MAYBE ONE LESS DESSERT AND ONE LESS APP AND ENTREE.  IT WILL BE TRIAL BY FIRE THESE NEXT WEEKS.  

I HOPE EVERYONE WILL REALIZE THAT IT IS GOING TO TAKE US A LITTLE WHILE TO FEEL SURE EVERYTHING IS GOING SMOOTHLY IN THE KITCHEN AND OUT ON THE FLOOR.  I DON'T KNOW IF:idontno:  YOU CAN EVER FEEL SURE ABOUT ANYTHING:idontno:  BUT WE'LL TRY.

CROSS YOUR FINGERS FOR ALL OF US. :blush: :roll: :blink: :D ...KATHY

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Smiling JOe">I had really been wanting to see the menu, and now that I have seen it, I wish I wouldn&#039;t have because now I am really hungry to try so many thing on it. It looks delcious!:wub: I wish you guys much success!</blockquote> 
:wub: THANKS SO MUCH! AS WE (THE STAFF) ALL SAT AROUND A TABLE GOING OVER THE MENU IT WAS TORTURE. WE WERE ALL SO HUNGRY!!!!! IT&#039;S BEEN YEARS SINCE DOUG AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET BACK TO OUR SPECIALTIES. FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WE WILL DO MOST OF THE MENU...MAYBE ONE LESS DESSERT AND ONE LESS APP AND ENTREE. IT WILL BE TRIAL BY FIRE THESE NEXT WEEKS. 
 
I HOPE EVERYONE WILL REALIZE THAT IT IS GOING TO TAKE US A LITTLE WHILE TO FEEL SURE EVERYTHING IS GOING SMOOTHLY IN THE KITCHEN AND OUT ON THE FLOOR. I DON&#039;T KNOW IF:idontno: YOU CAN EVER FEEL SURE ABOUT ANYTHING:idontno: BUT WE&#039;LL TRY. 
 
CROSS YOUR FINGERS FOR ALL OF US. :blush: :roll: :blink: 😀 ...KATHY

[quote="kurt, post: 176661"]How'd it go?[/QUOTE]


Hey Kurt...I'm running out the door....BUT it went great! :rolling: :clap_1: :rolling:  
Write more later.
thanks for asking!!!!!
Kat

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="kurt">How&#039;d it go?</blockquote> 
 
Hey Kurt...I&#039;m running out the door....BUT it went great! :rolling: :clap_1: :rolling: 
Write more later. 
thanks for asking!!!!! 
Kat

[SIZE="4"][B][FONT="Lucida Sans Unicode"][SIZE="2"]Hi Everyone.......I am rushing as fast as I can to finish up three weeks of work in a week!  YES...we are opening! :clap_1:  For sure on the 17th and 18th for a "soft" opening!!! And then our regular schedule starting the following Tuesday. (Below) I will post more later tonight as I am running out the door right now.

[/SIZE][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Red"]Hours:  5:30-9:30 p.m.  Tuesday-Saturday    (Closed thanksgiving)

Reservation Highly recommended....Adult Casual Fine Dining
New Orleans Cuisine....Menu  and pictures to come

[SIZE="4"]Call  231-0455 [/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE]

[SIZE="4"]Say a prayer opening is the hardest part!!!!
Thank you all for your patience
Kathy :welcome: [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE]

Hi Everyone.......I am rushing as fast as I can to finish up three weeks of work in a week! YES...we are opening! :clap_1: For sure on the 17th and 18th for a &quot;soft&quot; opening!!! And then our regular schedule starting the following Tuesday. (Below) I will post more later tonight as I am running out the door right now. 
 
Hours: 5:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday (Closed thanksgiving) 
 
Reservation Highly recommended....Adult Casual Fine Dining 
New Orleans Cuisine....Menu and pictures to come 
 
Call 231-0455 
 
Say a prayer opening is the hardest part!!!! 
Thank you all for your patience 
Kathy :welcome:

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