In Good Taste

The old Dogwood will be Le Garage

The Hampden restaurant will feature casual French cuisine.

The vacated Dogwood on The Avenue in Hampden will soon be Le Garage
Beer Bar & Frites with chef Sarah Acconcia in the kitchen. Wine
Market Bistro owner Chris Spann is involved, too, as a consultant.

The
restaurant, which will offer “approachable French cuisine,” is set to
open in early April. The menu will include savory frites with a variety
of dipping sauces—including Old Bay ketchup, bacon horseradish, and
rosemary garlic—as well as entrees in the $16-21 price range and other
dishes.

Most recently, Sarah was a sous chef at Maggie’s Farm in
Lauraville. Previously, she created an assortment of impressive small
plates at 13.5% Wine Bar, up the street from the new restaurant.

Le
Garage, in the lower level of the space, will have an 18-seat bar with
high-top tables, along with a 60-seat dining area. The upper room,
fronting 36th Street, will house a small Belgian-style frites shop.

The
restaurant’s menu will also include 14 hand-selected drafts focusing on
Belgian, French, and local craft breweries, as well as wine offerings.
The beverage program will be handled by Brendan Kirlin, a partner on the
project who will also run the front of the house. He’s a former beer
buyer at the Wine Market.

The restaurant will be located at 911 W. 36th Street.

Hampden is certainly becoming a restaurant hub!