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  • From: "Heather Russell" <heatherrussell AT nc.rr.com>
  • To: "'RTP-area local music and culture'" <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: mmmmmm, Durham
  • Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:07:59 -0500

Piedmont is absolutely wonderful.

I'll add to all the previous comments:


1) they smoke their own meats in-house. I don't know of ANY other
restaurant that does that.

2) it is surprisingly also a good place to go if you are vegetarian (like I
am). They have said they will always have vegetarian entrees on the menu,
and many of the sides are also vegetarian, and delicious. The night I was
there, there were 4 entrees and 2 were veggie. I second the recommendation
to ask about any dishes' ingredients though -- the utterly delectable
butternut squash soup I had came with "guanciale" - I asked the waiter
before ordering and he helpfully let me know that meant "pig jowel" and said
that they'd be happy to make mine without the guanciale.

3) I think they are also using a special in-house yeast for their breads.

4) It's also quite romantic, nice place for a date before or after a movie
at the Carolina Theater.

- Heather Russell

-----Original Message-----
From: ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of grady
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 9:59 AM
To: RTP-area local music and culture
Subject: mmmmmm, Durham

Just wanted to state briefly for the record that the meal I had at
Piedmont last night was one of the best meals I've ever eaten, anywhere.
Specifically: the duck-liver mousse & the pork belly, while collectively
subtracting about 18 years from my life, left me in a state of utter
ecstasy that I'm still kinda buzzed on.

Those people are making amazing food, in a beautiful understated space,
and they're charging $5 too little for nearly every item on the menu. By
the time we left, at around 8:30 on a Monday night, nearly every table
was full. Abby said that the weekends are already cram-packed. Go on a
weeknight (and leave any fat-phobias you may harbor at home, I guess),
and while you're enjoying yr meal, take a minute to marvel at the fact
that 2 of the owner/operators of the joint also played a big role in the
recording of one of the best local CDs of 2006, Erie Choir's "Slighter
Awake." Go Durham.

xo

Ross

p.s. lunch at Rue Cler, while marred by a few too many canned/jarred
ingredients, did feature some fucking delicious bread courtesy of our
own Kevin Farmer. It's fresh daily at 2:00 p.m, and while the long-term
plan seems to be that you order yr bread by noon for pickup at 2:00,
here at the beginning it appears to be a fairly safe play to just show
up at 2:00 and grab a loaf. Had it again for breakfast this morning.
Outstanding.
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