![]() The church pew seats came from a 102-year-old church in North Carolina (a Craiglist purchase, says Holcomb, and packing and shipping cost way more than the pews themselves). The reclaimed wood comes from actual churches. There’s also the Jonathan Edwards, named for a fiery 18th-century preacher, and the Son of a Preacher Man, concocted with housemade black tea, bourbon, and lemon. Germaine, a rim of sugar infused with lemon oil, and a spritz of rose flower water to finish. That particular libation is a grown-up nod to the lemon drop, made with vodka, St. If you consider “Heaven is a Place on Earth” to be a church-related name. Each drink on the list has a church-related name. Regular hours will be seven days a week, from 4 until close, which is the bar world’s way of saying “maybe 1am, maybe 2am, maybe earlier if every customer has packed up by midnight.”Ĭocktails are a religious experience. Happy hour will be from 4 to 6, by the way. and before that made drinks at Chez Gaudy, so obviously he put a great deal of care into the drinks. Holcomb was a four-year fixture at Knee High Stocking Co. But Holcomb wagers the shrimp and grits with bacon gravy will become the signature menu item.īut, uh, there’s still a lot of booze. The fried chicken in the chicken and waffle dish is brined in buttermilk and seasoned with garlic and Tabasco. But he’s so pleased with the Southern-styled menu that chef Jesse Elliott (formerly of Cuoco) put together that Holcomb thinks the Witness will skew more toward the food side of the bar-restaurant spectrum than he originally planned. ![]() Holcomb was obviously aiming to serve good food. And so, five reason to get excited about eating and drinking here. While it takes a lighthearted approach to the church elements, Holcomb does hope his bar is a place of legitimate hospitality, community, and personal connection. ![]()
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