Our Menus

Responsibly sourced, locally produced, expertly crafted

Our menus change according to the seas, the catch and the seasons and as such menus are samples and subject to availability.

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FOR THE TABLE

Tuna TarTa tots$7ea

Maryland crab crumpets$10ea

Roasted VA peanuts$3

OYSTERS & RAW BAR*

Tall Timbers Rocks$8eaGrilled with 'nduja brown butter

Baywater Rocks$5eaNatural, house hot sauce, or mignonette

Local farms' picked radishes and vegetables with whipped bean dip$7

North Carolina tuna carpaccio with pickled watermelon radish and olive oil vinaigrette$18

Roseda Black Angus beef tartare with toasted sunflower seeds and Keswick Creamery cheese$21

STARTERS

Crab salad with Earth and Eats cucumbers, Black Rock Orchard gold rush apples and Green Goddess$22

Smoke in Chimney's hot smoked trout with new potatoes, green beans and dill sauce$15

The first of the seasons tomatoes with tonnato sauce and capers$18

Grilled New Jersey squid in escabeche$25

Grilled asparagus with smoked almond milk vinaigrette and ramps$20

Fried softshell Maryland crab with comeback sauce and bread and butter pickles$25

MAINS

Pan seared black bass with buttered farro, new season asparagus, pickled lemon and cilantro$36

Risi e bisi with roasted rockfish, house cured lardo and fennel fronds $40

Steamed Virginia middleneck clams with house Italian sausage, ramps and chickpea ragu$32

Mrs. Carlton Mitchell's roasted half Bobo chicken$45

Roasted cauliflower with mushrooms, herbed breadcrumbs and sunchoke puree$25

Whole grilled fish with ramp and caper butter and baby leaf saladMP

SIDES

Twice cooked potatoes with mojo mojo$6

Woodson's Mill grits and ramp butter$6

Dreaming Out Loud baby lettuce with cider vinegar dressing and crispy shallots$6

Sautéed greens with bagna cauda$6

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Daily house baked bread with cultured butter$4

Smoke in Chimneys' smoked trout crumpets$4ea

Roasted VA peanuts$3

OYSTERS & RAW BAR*

Tall Timbers Rocks$5eaGrilled 'nduja butter

Dupont Circle farmer's market radishes and vegetables with whipped bean dip$7

Beef tartare with toasted pepitas and Savile Row cheddar cheese$21

STARTERS

Partan Bree crab bisque with toasted oats, pickled clams and double cream$17

Smoke in Chimney's hot smoked trout with new potatoes, green beans and dill sauce$15

Steamed VA middleneck clams with homemade sausage and chickpea ragu$25

Roasted market squash with whipped ricotta and soft herbs$16

MAIN COURSES

Roasted rockfish with buttered beans, pickled lemon and cilantro$36

Chesapeake fried catfish sandwich with bread and butter pickles and tartare sauce$18

Grilled King Farm maitake mushrooms with sunchokes and chermoula$30

SIDES

Twice cooked potatoes with mojo mojo$6

Woodson's Mill grits and ramp butter$6

Dreaming Out Loud baby lettuce with pickled walnuts and dressing$6

Sautéed collard greens with bagna cauda$6

Dessert

75% Potomac chocolate ice cream with sea salt and Californian olive oil$9

VA candied peanut tiramisu$16

Citrus and mace chawan with kaffir lime oil$14

Keswick Creamery cheddar with Breadfurst grilled sourdough and Moon Valley honey$12

Homemade ice cream and sorbet$6

Fish Shop Chef's Menu

SNACK

Smoke in Chimneys smoked trout crumpet

FIRST COURSE

Tall Timbers and Baywater oyster selection with house hot sauce

SECOND COURSE

North Carolina blue fin tuna with artichoke a la grecque and sea herbs

THIRD COURSE

Choose one

Housemade fresh pasta with King’s mushrooms and bottarga

or

Chesapeake striped bass with sweet onion soubisse, new season asparagus and citrus hollandaise

DESSERT

VA candied peanut tiramisu

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SPARKLING – 5 OZ

Crémant de Loire, Domaine de la Bergerie, Loire, France 2019$20

Sparkling Rosé, Gaspard, “Bulles”, Loire, France NV$16

Brut, Louis Roederer, “Collection 242”, Champagne, France NV$28

Brut Blanc de Blancs, A. Bergère, “Solera”, Champagne, France NV$32

WHITE – 5 OZ

Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie, Luneau-Papin, “Le Verger”, Loire, France 2022$17

Riesling Trocken, Stein, “Blauschiefer”, Mosel, Germany 2023$19

Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi, La Staffa, Le Marche, Italy 2023$15

Sauvignon Blanc, Sancerre, Bailly-Reverdy, Loire, France 2023$24

Chardonnay, Kelley Fox, Willamette Valley, Oregon 2022$22

SKIN CONTACT – 5 OZ

Cabernet Franc/Grolleau, Thibaud Boudignon, Loire, France 2023 (Rosé)$18

Welschriesling Blend, Rennersistas, “Intergalactic”, Burgenland, Austria 2023 (Orange)$18

RED – 5 OZ

Gamay, Marcel Lapierre, “Raisins Gaulois”, Beaujoulais, France 2022$17

Nerello Mascalese/Nerello Cappuccio, Torre Mora, “Cauru”, Sicily, Italy 2022$16

Pinot Noir Blend, Day Wines, “Vin de Days”, Willamette Valley, Oregon 2022$19

Tempranillo, Viña Sastre “Roble”, Ribera del Duero, Spain 2022$18

Merlot/Cabernet Blend, Haut-Médoc, Château Saint Paul, Bordeaux, France 2021$20

SHERRY & SAKE – 3 OZ

Fino, El Maestro Sierra, Jerez, Spain NV$12

Junmai Ginjo, Brooklyn Kura, “Number 14”, New York NV$12

SWEET & FORTIFIED – 3 OZ

Sauternes, Château d’Anna, Bordeaux, France 2012$15

Petit Manseng, Glen Manor Vineyards, Late Harvest Raepheus, Virginia, USA, 2022$20

Rivesaltes Ambré, Domaine de Rancy, Languedoc-Rousillon, France 2000$18

Verdelho, Henriques & Henriques, Madeira, Portugal 2007$22

BEER & CIDER - CANNED

Calvert Beer I Just Crush A Lot, Sour 5.0%, Maryland (12 oz)$10

Artifact Cider Project, Slow Down Craft Cider 6.0%, Massachusetts (16 oz)$13

Other Half Green City Hazy IPA 7.0%, Washington DC (16 oz)$13

Good Time, Non-Alcoholic Pilsner, New York (12oz) <0.5%ABV$10

DRAFT BEER – 12.5 OZ

Other Half Poetry Snaps Rice Lager, Washington DC$9

Nepenthe Space Jellyfish Hazy India Pale Ale 7.0%, New England$10

Cocktails

HARDY NEGRONI$18To honor our sister restaurant in Scotland, we adapted their signature Samphire Negroni using the invasive maritime succulent the Hardy Ice Plant Forager’s Gin, Caffo Red Bitter, Cocchi di Torino, Hardy Ice Plant

A GRAND MEMORY$18Fords Gin, spruce tip vermouth, Hakutsuru Yuzu

BEST LAID SCHEMES$18Bardstown Bourbon, rhubarb cordial

SALT MIST$17Arrete Blanco, lime, salted cucumber, soda

THIS IS THE RIVER$18Choose from Ketel One or Tanqueray 10, vermouth, Fish Shop olive brine

FOR HER BENEFIT$17Cotton and Reed Gold Rum, peppermint tea, lemon, soda

THE PLOUGH$16Compass Box Artist’s Blend Scotch, Fever Tree Soda

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SPARKLING – 5 OZ

Crémant de Loire, Domaine de la Bergerie, Loire, France 2019$20

Sparkling Rosé, Gaspard, “Bulles”, Loire, France NV$16

Brut, Louis Roederer, “Collection 242”, Champagne, France NV$28

Brut Blanc de Blancs, A. Bergère, “Solera”, Champagne, France NV $32

WHITE – 5 OZ

Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie, Luneau-Papin, “Le Verger”, Loire, France 2022$17

Riesling Trocken, Stein, “Blauschiefer”, Mosel, Germany 2023 $19

Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi, La Staffa, Le Marche, Italy 2023 $15

Sauvignon Blanc, Sancerre, Bailly-Reverdy, Loire, France 2023$24

Chardonnay, Kelley Fox, Willamette Valley, Oregon 2022 $22

SKIN CONTACT – 5 OZ

Cabernet Franc/Grolleau, Thibaud Boudignon, Loire, France 2023 (Rosé) $18

Welschriesling Blend, Rennersistas, “Intergalactic”, Burgenland, Austria 2023 (Orange) $18

RED – 5 OZ

Gamay, Marcel Lapierre, “Raisins Gaulois”, Beaujoulais, France 2022 $17

Nerello Mascalese/Nerello Cappuccio, Torre Mora, “Cauru”, Sicily, Italy 2022 $16

Pinot Noir Blend, Day Wines, “Vin de Days”, Willamette Valley, Oregon 2022$19

Tempranillo, Viña Sastre “Roble”, Ribera del Duero, Spain 2022 $18

Merlot/Cabernet Blend, Haut-Médoc, Château Saint Paul, Bordeaux, France 2021 $20

SHERRY & SAKE – 3 OZ

Fino, El Maestro Sierra, Jerez, Spain NV $12

Junmai Ginjo, Brooklyn Kura, “Number 14”, New York NV $12

SWEET & FORTIFIED – 3 OZ

Sauternes, Château d’Anna, Bordeaux, France 2012 $15

Petit Manseng, Glen Manor Vineyards, Late Harvest Raepheus, Virginia, USA, 2022 $20

Rivesaltes Ambré, Domaine de Rancy, Languedoc-Rousillon, France 2000 $18

Verdelho, Henriques & Henriques, Madeira, Portugal 2007 $22

Spirits

Dolin, Vermouth de Chambery Dry, France $10

Cocchi Vermouth di Torino, Italy $11

Campari, Italy$13

Optica Fred, Fred Jerbis Vermut 25, Italy $14

AMARO – 2 OZ

Optica Fred, Fred Gerbis Amaro 16, Italy$15

Caffo Vecchio Amaro Del Cappo, Italy $14

Braulio, Italy $16

GIN – 2 OZ

Catoctin Creek, Watershed American Gin, Virginia$12

Hendricks Gin, Scotland $14

Plymouth Gin, England$17

AGAVE – 2 OZ

Mal Bien Zacate Limon$12

Mezcal Macurichos Limited Espadin Conejo Ancestral$35

Neta, Aniceto Garcia Tepextate$50

TEQUILA

Mijenta Blanco$18

Don Julio Blanco $20

Don Julio Añejo$25

Santanera, Ceniza$48

VODKA – 2 OZ

Rocktown, Arksansas $10

Absolut Elyx, Sweden$12

Arbikie, Scotland $14

R(H)UM – 2 OZ

Cotton & Reed Gold Rum, Washington DC $12

El Dorado 12, Guyana $15

Flor de Caña Centenario Rum 25, Nicaragua$60

LIQUEURS – 2 OZ

Rothman And Winter Peach Liqueur, Austria$10

Baileys Irish Cream, Ireland$12

Mr Black Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur, England$12

Benedictine Brandy Liqueur, France $13

Chartreuse Green or Yellow, France$23

Chartreuse VEP Green, France $48

WHISKEY, USA – 2 OZ

Wild Turkey 101, Kentucky $12

Heaven Hill 19, Old Fitz Bourbon. 2022, Kentucky (1oz)$120

Barrell Vantage Cask Strength Bourbon Blend, Kentucky$35

WHISKEY, SCOTLAND – 2 OZ

Ardnamurchan Malt, Highlands$22

Macallan, Sherry Oak 12, Speyside $36

WHISK(E)Y, WORLD – 2 OZ

Green Spot, Ireland $24

Kurayoshi 18 Pure Malt, Japan $88

BRANDY, COGNAC & ARMANGNAC – 2 OZ

Groult 12 Year Pays d’Auge Calvados, France$32

 

*Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness

**Please let us know if you have any allergies or dietary requirements, our dishes are made here and may contain trace ingredients of milk, eggs, fish, seafood, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy, and sesame