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The Dining Room at Woodlands Inn expands menu Nationally acclaimed restaurant offers a la carte items
For Immediate Release, August 2009
The Dining Room at Woodlands Inn, South Carolina’s only Mobil Five Star restaurant and one of only 20 in the country, will begin serving a new, expanded dinner menu on Wednesday, August 5.
In addition to offering five- or seven-course tasting menus, Executive Chef Nathan Whiting will now also prepare nightly a la carte selections which are divided into five different sections: Preludes, The Fields & Vegetable Gardens, From Day Boats & Fishermen, All Natural Farms, and Artisanal Cheeses. The restaurant’s ever-changing dessert menu will continue to be overseen by Pastry Chef Caitlin Kelly.
The menu expansion provides new entry points for guests to sample the restaurant’s sophisticated style of New American cuisine, with individual item pricing ranging from $9 to $38. The menu at the Inn’s casual dining option, Pines, has also been expanded to include more items. Pricing ranges from $6.50 to $16.50.
Some of the new menu items include:
• House-made Ricotta Tortelloni “Primavera,” San Marzano Tomato Butter
• Chilled Hawaiian Blue Prawns, House-Made Hummus, Kanzuri Cocktail Sauce
• Coddled Maine Lobster, Thumbelina Carrot Mousseline, Zucchini, Vadouvan Emulsion
• Ribeye of Prime Beef, Pickled Porcini, Potato Puree, Red Wine Jus
The new menu does not affect the restaurant’s Chef’s Table dinners, which are served in the kitchen, nor the popular monthly wine dinners. The next scheduled winner dinner will be held on Tuesday, August 18 and focus on Pinot Noirs. The cost per person is $74.
Reservations at the Dining Room and Pines are available from Wednesday-Sunday. Call 843-308-2115 or visit www.woodlandsinn.com.
The Dining Room at Woodlands has been recognized with the Mobil Five Star and AAA Five Diamond awards, and the “Best of Award of Excellence” by Wine Spectator every year since 2000. Condé Nast Traveler has listed Woodlands among the “Top Ten Hotels for Service in the World” and “Best by Food.” Food and Wine Magazine lists The Dining Room as one of “America’s 50 Best Hotel Restaurants.”
About Woodlands Inn
Located in the charming village of Summerville and just a short drive from historic Charleston, SC, Woodlands Inn is an immaculately restored 1906 classic revival mansion set amidst 42 acres of parkland grounds. It is one of only four properties in North America to hold the Mobil Five Star and AAA Five Diamond ratings for both its accommodations and dining room. In 2008, it was also ranked by readers of Travel + Leisure magazine as number one in the US and Canada for service, and number three worldwide. The resort features 18 guest rooms and suites, a country guest cottage, a day spa, croquet lawn, red-clay tennis courts, a temperature-controlled swimming pool, unique meeting facilities, and golf privileges at nearby area courses. The Dining Room at Woodlands is widely known for its innovative and sophisticated version of New American Cuisine and the use of fresh local foods to create a nightly menu with a Lowcountry influence. Woodlands Inn is a member of Preferred Boutique and Historic Hotels of America. For more information call (800) 774-9999 or visit www.woodlandsinn.com.
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