Globe dining returns to Capitol Market, food options highlight holiday open house
- Steven Keith
- 23 hours ago
- 3 min read
New Orleans-inspired restaurant opens on Lee Street downtown
Outdoor globe dining returns to Charleston this month, with Bogey’s at Capitol Market offering a special five-course Taste of Tuscany holiday menu served in enclosed “igloos” bedazzled with holiday Christmas lights, festive decor and elegant place settings in the market’s outdoor pavilion.
“The meal is based on my Italian upbringing cooking with my mama, Concetta, who made meatballs, sauce, lasagna, all the things every Sunday,” said Bogey’s co-owner Andrew Ford. “The menu was also inspired by my last trip through Italy and Tuscany, where I discovered several new recipes.”
In addition to those items, Ford said the restaurant will offer some traditional wood-fire-grilled food, along with firepits and an outdoor bar serving holiday cocktails.
The evening will begin with a charcuterie board of cured meats, artisanal cheeses and Italian oils, followed by a classic Caesar salad with housemade herb-garlic croutons and creamy dressing. Up next will be savory meatballs simmered in red sauce, stuffed with spinach-herb cream and then topped with a dollop of whipped ricotta and pesto.
Guests can then choose their main entrée from a choice of pan-seared trout with lemon-herb sauce, roasted bruschetta chicken with creamy burrata or grilled beef tenderloin glazed with a balsamic-herb reduction.
Each main dish comes with a side of garlic mashed potatoes, cauliflower mash or roasted vegetables. Dessert will be an Italian panettone-style vanilla bean bread pudding, layered with tiramisù flavors and finished with caramel and cocoa.
Bogey’s at Capitol Market will offer this special five-course menu in eight outdoor globes each evening from Dec. 11-20. The cost is $80 per person for dinner, with wine available for purchase from The Wine Shop. Seating is limited and should be reserved by calling 304-971-4671.
Food featured at Craik-Patton holiday event
This weekend’s annual holiday open house at Charleston’s historic Craik-Patton House at 2809 Kanawha Blvd. E. includes a special culinary treat for guests.
Chef Victoria Summers from Brookdale Charleston Gardens will offer cooking demonstrations featuring traditional recipes in early American cookbooks from the 1800s, including mince pies, fritters and trifle.
Even better, you’ll get to sample these dishes as well.
A special display of antique kitchen equipment loaned to the museum will give visitors another glimpse into colonial culinary history, plus the house itself will be decorated as it was during the 1830s.
The weekend also will include special activities for children. Admission is free for the event, which will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Built in 1834, Craik-Patton House is one of the region’s finest examples of Greek Revival architecture. The former home of the Craik and Patton families is now a museum and grounds dedicated to preserving the history and stories from that era. For more information, call 304-925-5341 or visit www.craikpattonhouse.org.
Bourbon Street Bistro opens downtown
The New Orleans-inspired restaurant I told you was coming officially opened on Tuesday at 714 Lee St. in the downtown storefront that most recently housed Karubee’s Jamaican Restaurant before it moved to Huntington.
Bourbon Street Bistro will operate from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, offering an authentic taste of The Big Easy.
“We’re throwing the doors open to anyone and everyone who wants to experience authentic Cajun and Creole flavor right here in the capital city,” the restaurant announced on its Facebook page over the weekend.
“From our gumbo and jambalaya to fresh po’boys and beignets, we can’t wait to share Bourbon Street Bistro with all of you.”
A sneak peek at the impressively large menu shows other New Orleans favorites like crawfish or shrimp etouffee, chargrilled oysters, fried seafood with Creole slaw and Cajun fries, Gulf redfish, fried boudin balls, alligator bites, bistro wings, king cake, bread pudding and café au lait.
The restaurant is owned by Curtis Workman, a former sous chef at Berry Hills Country Club, and his partner, Angela Louise.
For more information, call 304-982-5003 or visit www.bourbonstreetcharleston.com.
Steven Keith is a food writer and restaurant critic known as “The Food Guy” who writes a weekly column for the Charleston Gazette-Mail and has appeared in several state, regional and national culinary publications. Follow him online at www.wvfoodguy.com or on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest as “WV Food Guy.” He can be reached at 304-380-6096 or at wvfoodguy@aol.com.