True Chesapeake

SMALL PLATES

• farm greens salad13,00 $

  local greens, apples, blue cheese, candied pecans, apple-balsamic vinaigrette

• beet salad14,00 $

  pistachios, frisee, puffed quinoa, blue cheese mousse

• blue crab & bone marrow dip16,00 $

  pickled shallots, local micro greens, grilled bread

• hand-cut spaghetti17,00 $

  parmesan, cured egg yolk, bacon, middleneck clams

• steak tartare16,00 $

  smoked oyster aioli, cestra caviar, potato chips

• broccoli & cheddar soup10,00 $

  broccoli soup, broccoli florets, cheddar cheese mousse

• mushroom tart15,00 $

  local mushrooms, horseradish, tarragon creme fraiche

ON THE HALF SHELL

FROM OUR FARM

• skinny dippers2,75 $

  Approximately 3-4 inches

• huckleberries2,75 $

  Approximately 2 inches

• chunky dunkers3,00 $

  These bivalves don't skinny dip - they chunky dunk. Approximately 4+ inches.

• Rotating Selection of Neighbor Oysters3,00 $

STEAMED

• peel & eat gulf shrimp19,00 $

• middleneck clams19,00 $

• Newfoundland mussels19,00 $

• our signature platter of steamed and roasted shellfish73,00 $

  oysters rockefeller, old bay roasted oysters, clams, mussels, & gulf shrimp

SANDWICHES

• our burger18,00 $

  cheddar cheese, fried pickles, spicy ketchup, bacon mayo, potato wedges

• blue catfish sandwich18,00 $

  salted cucumber, pickled shallot tartar sauce, potato wedges

• crab cake sandwich29,00 $

  pickled red onions, old bay mayo, potato wedges

  • 5 oz lump crab29,00 $
  • 5 oz jumbo lump crab46,00 $

SIDES & ADDITIONS

• blue crab mac & cheese13,00 $

• herbed potato purée7,00 $

• buffalo brussels sprouts8,00 $

• roasted cauliflower & gruyère8,00 $

• sorghum glazed carrots7,00 $

• 5 oz blue crab cake25,00 $

• 5 oz jumbo lump crab cake42,00 $

OYSTER SIGNATURES

• True Chesapeake caesar15,00 $

  fried oyster croutons, smoked oyster caesar dressing

  • roasted chicken breast10,00 $
  • 5 oz crab cake25,00 $
  • 5 oz jumbo crab cake42,00 $

• oyster stew14,00 $

  made à la minute, bacon, potatoes, salsify, tarragon

• roasted half-shell oysters15,00 $

  herb & old bay butter

• classic rockefeller16,00 $

  spinach, aged parmesan, fennel liqueur

• fried oysters15,00 $

  split pea purée, country ham chips

• french onion oysters16,00 $

  gruyère cheese, black truffle

ENTRÉES

• butter-poached snakehead33,00 $

  wrapped in cabbage, spaghetti squash & cabbage cake, fall squash curry broth

• mushroom & truffle risotto26,00 $

  local mushrooms, black truffle, sage, rosemary, roasted acorn squash bowl

• seared scallops33,00 $

  pork belly, turnips, sea island red pea cassoulet

• red wine braised beef cheeks34,00 $

  braised lactino kale, root vegetable purée, mint & parsley sauce

• grilled new york strip steak36,00 $

  potato purée, apple butter, puffed beef tendon, sauce au poivre