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.
- Sample Lunch
- Sample Lunch Prix Fixe
- Sample Dinner
- Sample Chef's Menu
- Sample Dessert
- SAMPLE BRUNCH
- Sample Children's Menu
- Gilded Hour
- Bar Menu
SAMPLE LUNCH MENU
Tuesday to Friday 11.30am – 2.30pm
FOR THE TABLE
Smoked trout crumpet7 each
Trout tartare tots7 each
Roasted Virginia peanuts4
Parker House Rolls12
OYSTERS & RAW BAR*
Tall Timbers rocks25grilled with Café de Paris butter, half dozen
Local oyster selection24ajo blanco, house hot sauce, half dozen
Local farms radishes and vegetables with whipped bean dip15
Cured tilefish, urfa chili vinagrette18
Tilefish kinilaw in coconut broth, served with red onions, fresno chilis and lettuce cups22
STARTERS
Local cheeses, seasonal jam, Breadfurst lavash16
She-crab soup with green onion, fresno chile and crackers15
Fried New Jersey squid with roasted red pepper sauce and lemon 22
Moon Valley Caesar salad with Smoke in Chimneys trout18
MAIN COURSES
Fried catfish sandwich with bread and butter pickles and tartar sauce17
Hand made paccheri with roasted squash, walnut bolognese and parmesan34
Maryland lobster roll with Old Bay friesMP
Roseda dry aged smash burger with comeback sauce, bread and butter pickles25
Whole fried fish, with fragrant herbs, tamarind and lime dressingMP
SIDES
Twice cooked potatoes6
Dreaming Out Loud baby lettuce, cider vinegar dressing, crispy shallots8
Woodson’s Mill grits with garlic and herb butter6
Blistered shishito peppers with XO sauce9
Lunch Prix Fixe
2 courses – 24 | 3 courses – 28
STARTER
Tempura fried mushrooms with garlic yogurt and DC honeyChoose one
New potatoes with Smoke in Chimneys trout and dill dressing Choose one
MAIN COURSE
Sicilian style seafood paccheri pasta with confit tomatoes and basilChoose one
Crumbed catfish with sauce gribiche and friesChoose one
King mushrooms with sunchoke miso toast and oat labnehChoose one
DESSERT
House sorbet
sample dinner menu
SNACKS
Trout tartare tots 7 each
Smoked trout crumpet7 each
Parker House rolls12
Roasted VA peanuts4
OYSTERS & RAW BAR*
Tall Timbers rocks25Grilled with Café de Paris butter, half dozen
Selection of local oysters24ajo blanco, house hot sauce, half dozen
Tilefish kinilaw in coconut broth, served with red onions, fresno chilis and lettuce cups22
North Carolina tuna tartare, garlic aioli, grilled Breadfurst sourdough22
STARTERS
Local farms radishes and vegetables with whipped bean dip15
She-crab soup with green onion, fresno chile and crackers15
Fried New Jersey squid with roasted pepper sauce and lemon23
North Carolina soft shell crab, house bao buns, kohlrabi slawMP
MAINS
Rockfish Massaman curry with crispy potatoes, fragrant herbs and home made roti35
Boulliabaise with poached cod, carrots, tomato fennel butter and shells33
Grilled Smoke In Chimneys trout, saffron orzo and shells34
Handmade paccheri with roasted squash, walnut bolognese and parmesan32
Whole fried fish, with fragrant herbs, tamarind and lime dressingMP
Dry-aged Roseda Farms ribeye steak, Café de Paris butter and roasted mushroomsMP
Lobster thermidor, bechamel, twice cooked potatoesMP
Whole fish with jerk seasoning and asian pear relishMP
SIDES
Twice cooked potatoes6
Woodson’s Mill grits with garlic and herb butter6
Dreaming Out Loud baby lettuce with cider vinegar dressing and crispy shallots8
Blistered shishito peppers with XO sauce9
SAMPLE CHEF'S MENU
4 Courses 95
SNACKSNorth Carolina crab crumpet with Old Bay | Smoke in Chimneys miso trout tot | Grilled Maryland oysters with ’nduja
FIRST COURSESmoke in Chimneys trout ceviche with rhubarb, Asian pears and coriander
SECOND COURSEMaryland lobster tagliatelle with chilli, garlic and chervil
THIRD COURSEGrilled whole fish with dashi beurre blanc and trout roe
DESSERTCandied peanut tiramisu
Sample Dessert
75% chocolate ice cream with sea salt and olive oil9
Candied Virginia peanut tiramisu14
Apple tarte tatin served with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce (to share)27
Hazelnut & milk chocolate choux with hot chocolate sauce16
Local cheeses with seasonal jam and Breadfurst lavash16
Home made ice cream or sorbet6
SAMPLE BRUNCH MENU
Available Saturday and Sunday, 11am – 2.30pm
FOR THE TABLE
Local cheeses with seasonal jam and Breadfurst lavash16
Smoked trout crumpet 7ea
Trout tartare tots 7ea
Roasted Virginia Peanuts4
House Focaccia6
OYSTERS & RAW BAR*
Tall Timbers rocks25grilled with Café de Paris butter, half dozen
Local oyster selection24apple and kombu mignonette, house hot sauce, half dozen
Local farms radishes and vegetables with whipped bean dip15
Half dozen buffalo fried oysters with blue cheese and pickled celery23
BRUNCH
King mushrooms with sunchoke miso toast and oat labneh17
Butter poached Maryland lobster, grits, and herb oil26
Poached eggs with crumpets, smoked trout and hollandaise16
Maryland lobster roll with Old Bay fries26
Chicken and waffles with fried chicken thigh and Alabama white sauce22
Fried catfish sandwich with bread and butter pickles and tartar sauce17
Roseda dry-aged smash burger with comeback sauce, bread & butter pickles25
Johnny cakes with whipped Keswick Creamery ricotta and DC honey17
SIDES
Twice cooked potatoes6
Dreaming Out Loud baby lettuce, cider vinegar dressing, crispy shallots8
Woodson’s Mill grits with garlic and herb butter6
Braised greens with applewood smoked bacon7
SAMPLE CHILDREN'S MENU
Local farms' picked radishes and vegetables with whipped bean dip10
Fried catfish sandwich with tartar sauce, bread and butter pickles and Old Bay fries11
Rockfish goujons and fries14.50
75% chocolate ice cream with sea salt and Californian olive oil9
Homemade ice cream and sorbet6
Happy Hour Menu
Tuesday to Friday, 3pm - 6pm
SNACKS
Rotating local oysters2 each
Fried oysters with tartar sauce and chili oil15
Tall Timbers smoked oysters, hot sauce, guindilla peppers and sourdough18
Fritto misto with saffron aioli12
Farmers' pick crudités with whipped bean and tahini dip10
Old Bay fries6
COCKTAILS
White Sangria10VS Cognac, White Wine, Curacao, mixed fruits
Orange House10Fords Gin, curaçao, orange, lime, crushed ice
FS Bourbon Old Fashioned 10
This Is The River (Tanqueray10 or Ketel One)10
Baby Negroni3
BEER
Other Half Snaps Pilsner-style lager 4.5%, Washington DC5
WINE*
Glera, La Goiosia Prosecco, Italy, NV10/50
Chardonnay, Le Chai Duchet, Macon, Burgundy, France10/50
Lightwell Survey, Shennendoah, Virginia, USA 202410/50
Merlot Blend, Chateau Platon, Bordeaux, France10/50
*Includes a selection of 'Got till it's gone' wine*
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SPARKLING – 5 OZ
Pinot Noir/Pinot Gris, Brut Rosé, Martinolles, “Berceau,” Limoux, France NV14/56
Chardonnay, Crémant du Jura, Jean-Luc Mouillard, Jura, France NV16/78
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Dekeyne, “Vologniers” Champagne NV22/88
NON ALCOHOLIC SPARKLING
Marsanne, Blanc de Blancs, Lorenza, Lodi, California 202415/75
WHITE – 5 OZ
Falanghina, Capolino Perlingieri, ‘Preta’, Campania, Italy 202412/50
Grüner Veltliner, Berger, Lower Austria 2024 ( Liter)14/58
Chardonnay, Le Chai Duchet, “The Berry Story” Macon, Burgundy 202315/68
Riesling, Kabinett, Karthäuserhof “Bruno” Mosel, Germany 202316/72
Chardonnay, Garnier, Petit Chablis, Burgundy, France 202318/88
Sauvignon Blanc, Sancerre, B.Millet, Loire, France 202324/98
ROSE AND SKIN CONTACT – 5 OZ
Mourvèdre Blend, La Bastide Blanche, Bandol, France 2024 ( MAGNUM)20/180
Carignan Rosé, Patience, Languedoc, France 202412/50
RED – 5 OZ
Merlot Blend, Château Platon, Bordeaux, France, 202312/50
Gamay, Jean-Pierre Large, Morgon, “Les Délys,” Beaujolais, France, 202415/68
Pinot Noir, Presqu’ile, Santa Barbara, California 202316/78
Cabernet Sauvignon, Inconnu, “NGNM”, Mendocino, California 202222/98
Nebbiolo, Barolo, Cordero Di Montezemolo, Piedmont, Italy 202128/148
SHERRY & SAKE – 3 OZ
Palomino Fino, El Maestro Sierra, Jerez, Spain NV12/48
SWEET & FORTIFIED – 3 OZ
Moscato d’asti, Ca’ d’Gal, “Lumine” Piedmont, Italy 20233oz for 8 or B.A.P. 16
Château d’Anna Sauternes, Bordeaux, France 201210
Grenache, Domaine La Lumanaille, VDN, Rasteau, France 202310
Late Harvest Petit Manseng, Glen Manor Vineyards, “Raepheus,” Virginia, USA, 202212
Macabeo, Rivesaltes Ambré, Domaine de Rancy, Languedoc-Rousillon, France 200015
Verdelho, Henriques & Henriques, Madeira, Portugal 200722
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%ABV10
DRAFT BEER – 12.5 OZ
Other Half Poetry Snaps Rice Lager, Washington DC9
Nepenthe Space Jellyfish Hazy India Pale Ale 7.0%, New England10
Cocktails
HARDY NEGRONI18To 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 MEMORY18Fords Gin, spruce tip vermouth, Hakutsuru Yuzu
BEST LAID SCHEMES18Bardstown Bourbon, rhubarb cordial
SALT MIST17Arrete Blanco, lime, salted cucumber, soda
THIS IS THE RIVER18Choose from Ketel One or Tanqueray 10, vermouth, Fish Shop olive brine
FOR HER BENEFIT17Cotton and Reed Gold Rum, peppermint tea, lemon, soda
THE PLOUGH16Compass Box Artist’s Blend Scotch, Fever Tree Soda
*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