FoodWire: New Chef, Menu at the Delmar Restaurant & Lounge

The Delmar Restaurant & Lounge (6235 Delmar Boulevard) has undergone a rather striking menu transformation, with new head chef Randy Wilson drawing upon the flavors of soul food and South Carolina. The menu that the restaurant's new general manager, Phil Ingram, sent me includes such entrées as crawfish and andouille sausage with bell peppers, garlic, white wine and butter over cheddar-cheese grits; bone-in, buttermilk-fried chicken breast with butterbeans, mashed potatoes and black-pepper gravy; and Carolina-style pulled pork with mashed potatoes, cole slaw and BBQ sauce. Check out the complete menu after the jump...

Appetizers
Steamed Atlantic shrimp with cocktail and remoulade sauces -- 1/2 pound 9, 1 pound 16
Pan-fried Rose Bay oysters with creamed spinach 8
Jerk chicken thighs and wing 8
Hand-pulled French fries with garlic and parsley 6

Salads
Fresh spinach, caramelized onions, smoked bacon and mustard vinaigrette, deviled eggs 8
Bibb lettuce with fried green tomatoes and chicken salad 8

Soups
Chicken soup 6
Hatteras-style fish chowder 6
Roasted cauliflower and cheddar 5
Black beans with yellow rice, port, onions and sour cream 6
Oyster stew with chimmy-churry 6

Entrées
Crawfish and andouille sausage with bell peppers, garlic, white wine and butter over cheddar-cheese grits 12
Bone-in, buttermilk-fried chicken breast with butterbeans, mashed potatoes and black-pepper gravy -- half 9, whole 14
Grilled New York strip with pan-fried Rose Bay oysters and creamed spinach and mashed potatoes 18
Pan-fried Rose Bay oysters with greens and cheddar mashed potatoes 12
Blackened or grilled rockfish with greens and dirty rice 16
Smoked sausage with red beans and rice 14
Carolina-style pulled pork with mashed potatoes, cole slaw and BBQ sauce 11

Sandwiches
(All come with lettuce, tomato, onion and choice of one side)
Oyster po'boy with remoulade 8
Grilled or blackened tilapia with tartar sauce 8
Carolina pulled pork with cole slaw and BBQ sauce 8

Sides
Greens 3
Buttermilk biscuit .50
Potato salad 3
Black beans & rice 3
Hand-pulled fries 4
Red beans & rice 3
Cole slaw 2
Butterbeans 3
Mashed potatoes 3

Desserts
Blackberry cobbler with cream 6
Banana bread-pudding French toast with maple-walnut ice cream and maple syrup 8
Upside-down strawberry cake with vanilla custard 6
Vanilla or maple-walnut ice cream 3