A place that breathes
An open terrace on the courtyard, a garden room for long evenings, and halls that stay cool in summer and warm in winter. A fountain sits in the garden. After dusk the lanterns come on and the wood grill carries across the yard.
It is large enough for a big family or a coach of visitors, and keeps quiet corners for a table for two.
See the six spacesBread comes first
A baker works the skillet all afternoon, and the bread reaches the table hot before anything else. Then the small plates: oysters, deviled eggs, crab cakes, greens.
After that, roast chicken, the wood grill, shrimp and grits, and fish. The chicken is the plate most tables share.
- 27
- cold small plates
- 16
- hot small plates
- 97
- dishes
The bird on the sign
Nightingale is the bird on the sign above the door. The courtyard stays loud with them after dusk, which is how the room got its name. A painted bird sits in the hall, and the garden wall carries the rest.
The people on the line
Six cooks work the line. The bread baker starts before noon. The same people are here on a Tuesday and on a Saturday.
The roast chicken is the plate most tables share. It comes with skillet bread and pan juices.
Three rooms, one menu
The terrace, the garden room and the main hall. The menu is the same in all three.
