Archive for November, 2009

New Year’s Specials from the 1922 Oval Office

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Thu December 31, 2009
5:00 pmto10:00 pm

white-house

…And that’s an Executive Order!

The Roadhouse has a full-flavored menu prepared for your New Year’s Eve dinner. We’re serving specials that pack a Presidential punch! Our chefs are preparing a menu featuring favorites from the Oval Office through our nation’s history. Each dish will be a past president’s favorite, or perhaps was served at a past Executive function.

The Roadhouse will be open until 10pm on New Year’s Eve.

Make reservations soon, we will fill quickly. Call 734.663.3663
A la carte menu.

STARTERS:

Seared Hudson Valley Fois Gras

Sweetbreads Piccata

Potted Ham & Pickled Eggs

Oyster Stew

Truffled Chicken Consomme

Peekietoe Crab Louis

ENTREES:

Standing Rib Roast with Yorkshire Pudding

Roasted Local Peking Duck with Blueberries & Wild Rice

Beef Wellington with Braised Endive & Potatoes Delmonico

Potato Scaled Wild Stripped Bass with Potatoes Lyonnaise

Tronçon of Halibut with Sauce Béarnaise

DESSERTS:

Profiterole

Lemon & Chocolate Cream Pies

Chocolate Fondue

Citron de Saxon

Holiday To-Go!

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Sun November 15, 2009toThu December 31, 2009

The Roadhouse has you covered this Holiday season. We’re doing all the cooking so you’ll have everything for a complete holiday meal — Snowflake 5even some leftovers.

The menu is available for pre-order from November 15 through December 31. We just need to know 48 hours ahead, and you’ll be able to pick-up your holiday meal without leaving your car! (Just drive-up to the Roadshow – that trailer parked out front of the Roadhouse building.)

Snowflake 4Menu highlights include, free-range turkey cooked two ways, local pasture-raised beef and pork from Zingerman’s Cornman Farms. All the fixin’s to dress up your table, including housemade Pimento Cheese – a staff favorite holiday starter. We’ve hand-selected pies and breads from Zingerman’s Bakehouse to serve with your meal, plenty of coffee from Zingerman’s Coffee Company, and don’t forget the cheese and gelato from Zingerman’s Creamery.

Call us 48 hours in advance to place your Holiday To-Go order. 734.663.3663

Roadhouse Holiday To Go Menu

Selling Their Soul: History of African American Street Vendors

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Tue January 26, 2010
7:00 pmto10:00 pm

$45/ dinner

Special Dinner #84

5th Annual African American Dinner

street vendor

Adrian Miller is our special guest for the second year in a row. His research for a book on the history of soul food in America brings us a flavorful exploration of African American street vendors around the country.

Adrian is former Special Assistant to President Clinton and is currently Senior Policy Advisor to Colorado

Governor Bill Ritter, Jr. His passion for food leads him to spend his free time as a certified barbecue judge for the Kansas City Barbecue Society and as a board member for the Southern Foodways Alliance, an organization crab cartdedicated to preserving and promoting the diverse food cultures of the American South. (Check out his recent interview with Ari.)

James Beard-nominated Chef Alex Young will work with Adrian crafting a menu reflecting the culinary

contributions of African American street vendors.

Reserve a Seat!

Menu:

Appetizers

Mississippi Tamales

Deviled Crab

Hominy Croquettes

Soup

Peanut Soup

Entrees

Philadelphia Pepper Pot

or, Curried Catfish

Dessert

Monkey Meat & Cala

Cornman Farms Heirloom Harvest #4: Pickled!

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Wed November 11, 2009
7:00 pmto10:00 pm

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$45/dinner
Special Dinner #82

The Heirloom Harvest dinners have been so popular over the past few years that we’ve agreed to feature four across the growing season!
Cornman Farms is a pet project of Chef Alex’s that began with a field of heirloom tomatoes and has grown to a multi-acre farm growing a wide variety of flavorful, heirloom produce to serve on Roadhouse plates! Each dinner will be designed to focus on what Chef Alex and Farmer Mark are harvesting at the time. As we follow the growing season, the menus will vary to reflect the different vegetables being served at that moment. The series of Heirloom Harvest dinners will culminate with a menu reflecting the preservation of foods for sustenance over the winter months.

This dinner will sell out, so give us a call to reserve your spot. 734.663.3663 or use our new online form.

Reserve a Seat!

Menu
Appetizer

Pickled Shrimp, Green Tomato and Egg Napoleon with Farro Noodles

Bread

Bakehouse Pumpernickel

Soup

Borsht with Cabbage, Beets and Pickled Cucumbers

Entrée

A Trio of Organic Scottish Salmon with a Pickled Beurre Blanc, Pickled & Smoked Local Chicken and Pickled Beef