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Help us make it rightThis is Magnolia Grill after 20 years. In 1986 we set out to create a neighborhood restaurant in an unassuming converted grocery store on the corner of Ninth and Knox Streets in Durham, NC. Our concept was straight-forward; punchy, market-driven, seasonal cooking; layers of flavor with a Southern sensibility and an international influence; congenial, cordial and informed service; diverse and...
This bistro is consistently one of the area's finest, most innovative places to dine. The food created by chef-owners Ben and Karen Barker is as eye-catching as the art on the walls. The daily menu, which maintains a Southern sensibility while changing with the seasons, may include spicy green-tomato soup with crab and country ham or striped bass with oyster stew.
Chefs Ben and Karen Barker combine French technique with Southern flavors in one of North Carolina’s foremost regional restaurants. The modest neighborhood venue belies such seasonal menu temptations as pan-roasted Muscovy duck breast in pomegranate molasses jus with creamy grits, or skate wing in leek brown butter vinaigrette with capers, sultanas and radicchio. Even old-fashioned rarities...
The grandest dining experience in Durham and one of North Carolina's treasures, the Magnolia Grill, with its peach and dark-green interior, delivers old Southern charm with a degree of urban sophistication inspired not just by the region, but by such faraway places as Thailand, Mexico, and the Mediterranean. This restaurant, better described as a bistro, evokes an unexpected coastal feel. Start...
Chef Ben Barker's combination of French technique and global flavors (with frequent nods to his native North Carolina) has garnered much acclaim. The bill of fare, which evolves with the season and with chef Barker's imagination, serves up temptations such as pan-seared Carolina wild striped bass in red wine-lobster jus, organic rabbit with fresh porcini salad, grilled pork rib chop in pear...
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Chef/owners Ben and Karen Barker masterfully create New Southern meals--a genre they helped define. Ben Barker's dishes resonate with simple, Southern-at-heart melodies. Entrees...
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Magnolia Grill, named Restaurant of the Year 2011, will "surprise and delight with flavor combinations you'd never have thought of". Click the link for the full review.
Get the goat cheese panna cotta and the pork belly appetizer if it's available. Also try to get the sassy server Danielle if you sit in the bar area.
Magnolia Grill is located at 1002 9th St, Durham, NC. This business specializes in Barbecue Restaurants and has 59 review(s) with a star rating of 3.5. Magnolia Grill is open Mon, Closed; Tue, 6am-9:05pm; Wed, 6am-9:05pm; Thu, 6am-9:05pm; Fri, 5:05am-10pm; Sat, 5:05am-10pm; Sun, Closed and accepts American Express, Mastercard and Visa.
Magnolia Grill can be found at 9th St 1002. The following is offered: Restaurants: Californian. The entry is present with us since Sep 10, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Durham there are 1 other Restaurants: Californian. An overview can be found here.
Seasonal cooking with a Southern sensibility: Magnolia Grill has been doing it right since 1986 in a converted grocery store in Durham, NC. In 2007 the James Beard Foundation named it Outstanding Restaurant in America, and it is nominated again in 2010.
This upscale place offers and elegant dining option with sophisticated dishes being the norm. They include grilled Berkshire pork rib chop, grilled steak in port-red wine jus and Cervena venison in cognac-Madeira jus.
This restaurant serves a diverse menu. Expect the average entrée to cost roughly $12 to $20, and dress casual.
Eating & Drinking: Open for dinner.
Details to Note: Reservations are suggested. Parking has been arranged for customers.
Ways to Pay: Cash, MasterCard, Visa and American Express
What To Drink: Wines by the glass ($6-$9) range from a peppery Seghesio Zinfandel to a floral Alban Viognier. Servers are well-versed, and can steer diners toward complementary--and if requested, inexpensive--bottles from the selective list.
Wines by the glass ($6-$9) range from a peppery Seghesio Zinfandel to a floral Alban Viognier. Servers are well-versed, and can steer diners toward complementary--and if requested, inexpensive--bottles from the selective list.
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