Keoni and Bonnie

Well, for the new year, I’m officially stepping out of my box. I do love to try different foods but I’ve not been adventurous when it comes to meat. My friend, Tri told me about this place, Abattoir on Howell Mill Rd. and excitedly told me that they have all kinds of “organs”. Abattoir is french for “slaughterhouse”. Another friend, Tammy, was there as well and since the three of us love to talk about food and restaurants we decided to start a supper club! I told Tri that Abattoir would be our first one and we should try to get others that are really “into” food to come along.

Tammy and I arrived first and immediately liked the atmosphere. We ordered a delicious bottle of Mettler petite syrah (2005) It was value priced at $27.00 a bottle (most glasses start at $10.00). Once Tri arrived he informed us that he’d recently been there and the food was awesome! The idea is to serve locally raised, high quality meats. We started with a plate of “charcuterie” french for a selection of cured and smoked meats, mostly pork. I’ve never even eaten a scallop and I tried a smoked scallop! All of this came with a crusty loaf of french bread.

Tammy and I shared a marinated beet and arugula salad with housemade ricotta. Delicious! We also shared a slow cooked rabbit with escarole and turnips. It was really good but I never would have believed I would order rabbit in a restaurant! I believe that Tri had smoked duck.

The food and wine was very good, the service was excellent and the experience of trying something new with good friends was priceless!