Because Spouse was out of town, I asked a friend to come to Rye with me instead of cancelling our reservation. It was a great dinner.
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photographed our meal, though I still have not managed to get my flash to work, so only like a tourist, not like a professional influencer. My favorites were the blackened redfish rillette, the scallop, and the quail. Also, surprisingly the bread and butter: homemade rye, homemade butter, salted before presentation. Very simple but great ingredients.
We were asked if we wanted a kitchen tour (hell yes) and got to hear the inside scoop on their tiny little kitchen. They are closing Rye, despite it having the Michelin recommondation, and expanding Apothecary next door into the space. One kitchen has been serving both bars/restaurants so they'll only have to be doing bar snacks instead of snacks, the kitchen menu for Rye, and the Rye tasting menu. Rye will reopen ASAP, though P will be a while, in a new location. The new location may be in Knox-Henderson but apparently a lot of folks won't come down to lower Greenville and want to be west of 75. Until they reopen they will be doing pop-ups and I guess the supper club (which they send home with you).
I'm going to miss Rye but I do expect them to come back (as opposed to Boulevardier, which I'm still salty with tears about).
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