Country Cat

If you have rugrats, it seems prudent to sup every Sunday night at the Country Cat because the big people food is excellent and kids eat for free, a palate and budget pleasing arrangement. I don’t know what I found more compelling—my Sweet Briar Farms Hog three ways (rolled belly, brined chop, and dark red perfectly seasoned shards of smoked shoulder on South Carolina Grits with sweet plump Brooks plums) or watching a particularly precocious 4-year-old try to unscrew her little sister’s head “like a ketchup cap.”

I didn’t really mind when the itsy bitsy towhead in the booth behind me tickled my ear as I ate my salad of crunchy fresh butter lettuce leaves drizzled with an intensely flavorful green goddess dressing and topped with a poached and peppered egg.

I didn’t really mind when the itsy bitsy towhead in the booth behind me tickled my ear as I ate my salad of crunchy fresh butter lettuce leaves drizzled with an intensely flavorful green goddess dressing and topped with a poached and peppered egg. And I hardly noticed when a two-legged bundle of trouble ran gleeful laps around my table as I savored bites of Cast-Iron Skillet Fried Chicken with Sweet Cream Biscuit and Bacon Braised Collard Greens, and a taste of Pan-Seared Steelhead on a Citrus Salad with Dungeness Crab, Marinated beets, and Herb Mayonnaise.

Dessert at the Country Cat would exorcise anybody’s inner child, and after sampling tantalizing selections like the Trio of Puddings (butterscotch, a deep rich thick chocolate, and a sugar glass topped crème brulee), the refreshing and perfectly sweetened Ruby Red Grapefruit Sorbet in a champagne puddle with a thyme shortbread biscuit, the almost unbelievably good Rocky Road sundae with Ovaltine ice cream, and the creamy lemon custard cake topped with a soft sploosh of whipped cream and  vanilla poached sour cherries.  By the time I was done with that, I was running laps around the tables.

Country Cat has something interesting up their sleeves every day of the week—if you’re looking for hearty and value conscious weeknight grub, definitely explore Country Cat’s weeknight specials menu (below), my favorite’s the Tuesday PB&J (Pork Sandwich, BBQ Baked Beans, & a jigger of Jack) for a mere $10, and the weekend brunch is fantastic, try the Whiskey Custard Challa French Toast or Cast Iron Skillet Fried Chicken and Toasted Pecan Spoonbread.

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