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April 2012 Newsletter04/03/2012

If you’re not on our mailing list, click here for updates on our upcoming dinner with Slow Food First Coast and special guest Joel Salatin, new menu items, and more! If you’re not on the mailing list, but would like to be, just give us a call at 904.381.0909 and we’ll get you added.

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Spring 2012 Menu03/24/2012

Spring is officially here, and we just rolled out some new menu items including Berkshire pork rillettes with sour cherry marmalade and seared sea scallops with risotto, arugula puree, raw arugula & fennel, and a lemon walnut vinaigrette. Check out the menu pages for all the details!

Going Live With Monday Night Dinner Service Monday the 13th of February01/21/2012

Going Live With Monday Night Dinner Service Monday the 13th of February

Restaurant Orsay will be opening for dinner service on Monday nights, starting February 13th. If you think that this is a strategic move to increase St. Valentine’s Day traffic… well, you are partially correct. Mostly we cherish the chance to offer our services to the ‘hood on an extra day of ... more »

Dinner with Erin Green of Pahlmeyer01/17/2012

Join us Monday, January 30th at 7PM as we host Erin Green, director of winegrowing and winemaker for Pahlmeyer. Erin has been the winemaker at Pahlmeyer for over a decade, having previously worked with Helen Turley at wineries such as Bryant Family, Colgin, and Martinelli.

The evening’s menu…

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Fall Cocktail Debut - October 4th, 2011 4pm - 7pm09/13/2011

On October 4th from 4-7pm we will be hosting a Fall Cocktail Event in The Brocade Room to introduce cocktails that have been added to our menu over the past few months. We will be featuring the new cocktails that Chef Brian & the members of the bar team have been working on, and also focusing on ... more »

Cocktail Development - Eastbound & Down08/24/2011

Cocktail Development - Eastbound & Down

I’d been wanting to do something with a smoked whiskey for quite a while, so we finally got around to smoking some Bourbon with a Polyscience “Smoking Gun”.

The first direction was to use mango puree, since – hey, grilled mangos taste good. Five or six tries on a smoked Bourbon / mango drink ... more »

Florida Trend Magazine07/26/2011

Florida Trend Magazine

Restaurant Orsay in Jacksonville’s historic Avondale simmers happily every night as chef Brian Siebenschuh and servers hustle steaks piled with frites, big oyster platters and decadent pates to sweatshirted young blackbeards and silvery matrons in Talbots sweaters. No one shrills “bon ... more »

Sunday Night Pho07/25/2011

Sunday Night Pho

Over the winter of 2010, we ran a series of experimental menus to allow me and the kitchen staff a chance to stretch out, as it were, and develop some dishes that we’d wanted to work on, but that didn’t necessarily fit within the Orsay concept. The most common theme was Vietnamese cuisine, because ... more »

2011 Wine Spectator Awards Announced07/18/2011

The August issue of Wine Spectator is always a highly anticipated issue showcasing the restaurants across the United States who receive recognition for outstanding wine lists. We are proud to have received this award each year since we opened – 2009, 2010 & now 2011. Click here for the listing at ... more »

3rd Annual 4th of July Backyard BBQ Gallery07/18/2011

3rd Annual 4th of July Backyard BBQ Gallery

We recently celebrated Independence Day by hosting our 3rd annual Backyard BBQ. If you were one of the 400 that attended, thanks and we hope you had as much fun as we did! Click on over to our Facebook page to check out pictures of the festivities.