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whose resume includes stints in Chicago’s Avec and North Pond restaurants, as well as Asheville’s Table. Roberts reports that she will employ slow-cooking methods like sous vide and braising to turn out menu items like a braised pork crostini with radish-carrot slaw, or a sous vide pork tenderloin with lady peas and collards. Though those dishes carry a definite southeastern American slant, the menu will not necessarily stick to that theme. Think pan-southern: southern Italian, south Asian — and perhaps even the Faulkland Islands, the team jokes. “We don’t want to be pigeonholed into one thing,” says Hartzler. He also reports that the bar will serve signature drinks with all fresh juices, much like the Vault. In addition, there will be eight beers on tap, most of them locally brewed, “and a much more extensive wine list than the Vault has,”
Hartzler adds. Full-table service will be available, as well. The price point, he maintains, will remain fairly low, or at least “significantly less” than many restaurants around town. A back room, already equipped with a bar, can be used as an event space and potential music venue. Hartzler describes the Southern’s atmosphere as “comfortable.” Although he reports that the restaurant could hold more heads, he wants there to be a feeling of space in the dining room, so he won’t be installing as many tables as the room could potentially hold. “We want there to be elbow room,” Hartzler says. Hartzler hopes that The Southern will be open before Bele Chere, the last weekend in July.
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One of the former owners of the space that Hartzler is renovating, Melinda Vetro, is re-
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