2015-07-23

Chef Kevin Gillespie, the beloved beaded restauranteur behind Gunshow, cookbook author and Top Chef veteran is opening his latest concept, Revival, today in Decatur. When they arrive to dine, guests can expect a “family-style dining experience reminiscent of Gillespie’s own family’s traditions” and a menu filled with reinterpreted Southern-inspired dishes from Gillespie’s childhood. At the helm is executive chef Andreas Müller who will be using “his own Swedish background to inject both rural and refined culinary influences into the Revival menu” according to the restaurant’s PR team. Guests can order dishes à la carte or choose the family-style option ($49 per person), which includes the choice of one entrée for the table and is served with hors d’oeuvre, relishes, trimmings, Gillespie family iron skillet cornbread, the choice of dessert, tea and coffee. The restaurant is opening with dinner service only and will add lunch in several weeks. Menu items for dinner include the following: Hors d’oeuvre ($6-$10): Sliced local tomatoes with cucumbers and sweet onion Toasted deviled ham tea sandwiches Local kale salad with old-fashioned boiled dressing Old-fashioned skillet-fried green tomatoes Entrées ($11-$18): Country-fried Kobe beef round steak with skillet pan gravy Revival fried chicken Grassfed beef and pork meatloaf wrapped [...]

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