The team behind Watermark and Miro District aim for down-home with their new restaurant
The Blind Pig No. 55,which opens tonight.
Hospitality Development Group has also hired a new chef, Louis Osteen, to be the company's executive chef overseeing all three restaurants. Osteen is a well-known practitioner of upscale Southern cuisine, especially Low Country cooking (he worked for years in Charleston). He won the James Beard Award for best chef in the Southeast in 2004.
The Blind Pig No. 55 is a self-described neighborhood bar and grill in the former Mirror space in the 12South neighborhood. It promises "chef-driven, upscale Southern comforts in a polished, yet relaxed atmosphere." Read a release about the menu after the jump:
