Food: Elaine’s On Franklin Street Celebrates 12 Years
Chapel Hill, NC – I love Elaine’s On Franklin. Everything on the menu is made in house from scratch. The menu is always changing, always seasonal, always surprising, always great. 12 years of love, and they’re celebrating this weekend.
Chef Bret Jennings opened Elaine’s On Franklin in downtown Chapel Hill in 1999. Wine Spectator has bestowed its coveted Award of Excellence for the wine list and he has described Chef Bret as “a culinary genius”.
The Anniversary Dinner is the most popular dinner each year and tickets go fast. This anniversary celebrates 12 years of culinary excellence, with special guest Danny Haas.
Details
- Time & Date: Sunday, November 6th, 6:00 p.m.
- Elaine’s On Franklin, 454 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill
- For reservations call (919) 960-2770
- Prix Fixe $100 per person
The Menu
Oysters Rockefeller, speckled trout, five courses plus dessert.
Share postFirst Course: Oysters Rockefeller, Celebrity Dairy goat cheese stuffed shrooms, & crabcakes. Paired with 2010 Delaporte Sancerre.
Second Course: Charleston-style she crab soup with Fino sherry & N.C. lump blue crab. Paired with 2000 rene dauvissat, la forest, chablis 1er cru & 2000 louis michel, montmain, chablis 1er cru.
Third Course: N.C. speckled trout w/ pork confit, veal sweetbreads & apple-rutabaga soup. Paired with 2009 château de beaucastel, chateauneuf-du-pape blanc & 2006 jean-louis chave, hermitage blanc.
Forth Course: Bacon & onion risotto w/ chanterelles & a seared duck liver.
Paired with 2002 Thibault Liger Belair, Les St. Georges, Nuits St. Georges 1er cru
Fifth Course: Shredded Piedmontese beef cheek w/ caramelized onions, fried potatoes & chateauneuf jus. Paired with 1999 chateau Beaucastel, chateauneuf du pape rouge & 2007 chateau beaucastel, chateauneuf du pape rouge.
Desert: Baked bittersweet chocolate w/ pistachio ice cream. Paired with Warre’s Otima, 10 year tawny porto.
