Wednesday, December 17, 2008
News Allium is Open
Posted by Carrington Fox on Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 3:18 PM
When I spoke with Allium co-owner Chris Lowry on Tuesday morning, he was still wringing his hands over whether to open yet, worrying that mis-steps resulting from a hasty launch might set the wrong tone. Apparently, Lowry and business partner Jay Luther decided to take the plunge with their long-awaited second venture, because Allium is finally open. A cautious note on the website says, "While we're not quite ready to show you everything yet, we wanted to go ahead and introduce our new space to you."
The East Nashville sister of popular Germantown Cafe, Allium serves a menu of contemporary French-inspired cuisine in the sleek new 5th and Main mixed-use development. Located at 501 Main St. (Phone: 242-3522), Allium serves lunch and dinner Tuesday through Friday, dinner Saturday and brunch Sunday. The restaurant will begin taking reservations after the holidays.
As always, if you get there before we do, please report back on Bites.
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We ate there the first time Friday night (01-16-09) with friends, and I was very pleased. The wine list is all (or almost all, I may have missed somethiing) French, with several wines not often seen on restaurant lists hereabout. The onion soup is traditional, served with a generous topping of cheese and very tender onion. The Casesar salad was well above average, with crisp romaine and just enough dressing, not the drenching you too often get. (Some might want a heavier flavoring of anchovy, but this struck my palate as just about right.) Both my pasta and my wife's halibut were excellent. We definitely plan to return.
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