Thanksgiving Dinner 2011 in Style: The Renowned Four Square Restaurant
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Stepping out this year for a Thanksgiving feast? It’s good to know that the Raleigh, NC region has a wonderful variety of restaurants to choose from. For a holiday dinner, the setting is as important as the meal. One venue that’s a standout year after year is the elegant Four Square restaurant, located in the beautiful Bartlett Mangum House. Here’s a brief sampling of what to expect at the restaurant’s sumptuous meal.
First Courses: A Delightful Selection
Thanksgiving dinner at the Four Square is priced at $55 per person. Always popular is the hearts of romaine salad that features blood oranges, pears and a grilled scallion-basil-feta vinaigrette. There’s also a harvest pumpkin soup served with blue crab and rye croutons. For the more adventurous, the grilled pheasant sausage is a good choice. It’s served with grainy mustard potato salad and stewed tomatoes. The innovative lobster ravioli with creamed cabbage and truffle oil drizzle rounds out the selection of first courses.
Entrees: Traditional and More
Turkey with all the trimmings is the highlight of most Thanksgiving meals. The Four Square’s offering features turkey from the Little River Ranch, apple-cornbread dressing, collard greens, pickled okra, old- fashioned cranberry sauce and rich giblet gravy. For seafood lovers, there’s crispy red snapper served with creamed corn, spicy red chiles and spinach, and preserved persimmons. A salmon coulibiac is offered as well, with country ham and grainy mustard. It’s accompanied by a black truffle reduction and a roast pepper-broccoli salad with basil tarragon pesto. Pasta lovers will relish the pumpkin gnocchi in a roasted garlic-eggplant broth, accompanied by French onion green beans and fried parsnips. Finally, a wonderful grilled-to-order organic beef tenderloin with mushroom risotto, grilled asparagus and black truffle reduction, completes the restaurant’s Thanksgiving offerings.
About the Four Square Restaurant
The Four Square’s chef visits the Durham Farmer’s Market regularly in search of the freshest local ingredients. Relying heavily on the region’s farms and purveyors, the restaurant’s menu is full of the best the Triangle has to offer in vegetables, grains, seafood and meats. From beautiful purple asparagus to heirloom chicken and turkey, the pantry at the restaurant is just bursting with fresh vegetables and fruit. Lettuce and greens are delivered daily, along with field peas, beans, heirloom tomatoes, strawberries, blueberries and blackberries. Lamb and pork are sourced locally as well.
For the best in seasonal holiday fare, don’t miss Thanksgiving at the Four Square restaurant.
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