5-Course Gourmet Dinner Coming to Downtown

The and Exeter chambers of commerce will partner next week to bring a night of refined dining to locals' palates at in downtown Hampton.

"The Big Night" dining event is from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 9, and features a large menu of masterful dishes and sides crafted by Charlie Harrison, the restaurant's new chef.

The five-course, sit-down dinner is $50 per person for chamber members and $60 per person for non-chamber members. Passed hors d'oeuvres and two palate cleansers are also included in the dinner, the menu for which is as follows:

PASSED HORS D'OEUVRES

• North coast lobster gougeres
• Duck pastrami, pear, and rye canapé
• Lotus root chip with ginger guacamole
• Sticky chicken on a rice waffle
• Corn and melon "soup"

FIRST COURSE

• Melon, white chocolate-root beer gelato, cavalli

SECOND COURSE

• Shrimp carpaccio, saffron, young arrugula, vanial beads, pickled jalapeno

THIRD COURSE

• Lamb x's 2, goat cheese, mache, hay roasted corn

INTERMEZZO

• A palate cleansing experience

FOURTH COURSE

• Prairie, pen and ocean: Monkfish, bacon, skirt steak, popcorn gnocchi, popcorn shoots

AFTERMEZZO

• A palate cleansing experience again

FIFTH COURSE

• Chocolate panna cotta, curried cashew brittle, juniper

Reservations and prepayment are required for the dinner. Reservations can be made by calling 926-2202 or online here.