Winston-Salem Dine-Around
We’re hosting a series of dine-arounds at the restaurants below…more information will be available once you arrive at Fashion Week. Transportation to these restaurants is included.
1703 Restaurant
Robinhood Road
The understated elegance of 1703 is displayed in the stylish dining room and artistically landscaped patio. Although local diners enjoy the chic decor, they return for the fine cuisine, extensive wine list and professional wait staff. Joe Curran, chef and owner, prepares lunch and dinner menus daily that reflect market availability and freshness of quality ingredients with many international influences. Desserts, all made in-house, reflect the same menu style as the lunch and dinner menus.
The Menu Changes Daily, but here’s a sampling of what you might see:
Vegetarian Pasta farfalle with oyster mushrooms, shitake mushrooms, spinach and onions tossed in a white wine butter sauce
Filet Mignon grilled, topped with Bailey's and Espresso reduction with dauphinoise potatoes and grilled vegetables
Sea Bass pan-seared and topped with smoked applewood bacon, mussel compote served over vichy potatoes in a white wine tomato broth
Scallops seared then served over creamy wild mushroom risotto, topped with a mixed baby greens and truffle oil
Lamb pan seared, topped with a cranberry demi reduction served over roasted red bliss potatoes and grilled vegetables
Osso Bucco oven roasted, served over roasted potatoes, grilled vegetables and topped with red wine pan jus
back to topCamel City Cafe
4th Street
Located at the corner of Fourth Street aka "Restaurant Row" and Marshall, we are conveniently located within walking distance to many of the areas largest businesses, including the MC Benton Convention Center, the Marriot and Embassy Suites. Since we are located in an NCSA building, we are a smoke free restaurant.
Our Southern Heritage lends itself to striving for perfection and but not making you feel stuffy or uneasy. Attire is generally casual, although some guests do like to dress up. That's what being a Southern restaurant is all about: Southern Taste ~ Southern Style. A sample of their dinner menu:
Goat Lady Chicken sautéed with fresh spinach and goat cheese.
Delta Skillet Sampler – sautéed chicken livers, crawfish and Andouille sausage with onions, Marsala and cream, served with jasmine rice and collard greens.
Pork Tenderloin Scallopine sautéed and topped with shrimp etoufee, served with jasmine rice and vegetables
Lobster Raviolis topped with lump crab meat and a sherry, cream sauce with sautéed spinach.
Smoked Salmon Wrapped Sea Scallops, with curry aioli, jasmine rice and sautéed spinach.
Grilled New York Strip Steak, with Gorgonzola toast, grilled onions, mashed potatoes and vegetables.
8oz USDA Filet Mignon, with garlic mashed potatoes and vegetables.
back to topMilner’s
Stratford Road
Windows hung with long, single slabs of shutters and French doors and wicker tables with sand-colored armchairs inside conjure a beach-house feeling with Charleston appeal. Milner's emphasizes modern Southern food, with a strong influence of Charleston.
For the menu, that Lowcountry flavor includes a heavy dose of oysters, mahi-mahi, tuna, the requisite crab cakes and she-crab soup, shrimp, scallops and salmon. Other menu items include medallions of pork tenderloin encrusted with crushed Moravian spice cookies surrounded by pitch-perfect collards and a circle of sweet-potato bread pudding; crab-stuffed flounder in a pool of tomato-leek butter; spicy tomato Frogmore stew brimming over with mussels, shrimp, sausage, scallops and lobster. Milner's also has meal-size salads, greens topped with tuna, beef tenderloin or salmon.
back to topSweet Potatoes - A Restaurant
North Trade Street
Vivian Joiner and Stephanie Tyson, owners of Sweet Potatoes-A Restaurant, in the Arts District of Winston Salem, serve unique, southern inspired, uptown, down- home cooking. Their lunch menu consists of soups, salads and sandwiches like Mambo Chicken and V.V.'s Mamma's Meatloaf. On the dinner menu you will find such mouth watering entrees as Barbecued Duck and Roasted Quail. A full bar and extensive wine list rounds out any meal. And to top it all off, try one of Stephanie's home made desserts like Bourbon Pecan Pie or Sweet Potato Cheese Cake.
A sample of their dinner menu:
STEPHANIE’S SALAD - Ham, roasted turkey, roasted sweet potatoes, green beans, tomatoes and white cheddar on a bed of mixed greens topped with crispy potato sticks
MIX GRILL SALAD - Seared shrimp, chicken and beef steak atop mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, crumbled blue cheese and bacon
Pork Tenderloin Scallopine sautéed and topped with shrimp etoufee, served with jasmine rice and vegetables
DRUNKEN PORK CHOPS - Twin center-cut pork chops served with sweet potato cornbread dressing drizzled with apple brandy gravy, and the vegetable of the day
SOUTHERNLY FRIED CHICKEN - Fried chicken breast served with roasted garlic red and white smashed potatoes and sweet onion marmalade
BARBECUED DUCK - Spicy Barbecued ½ Duck on roasted red and white potatoes topped with corn and green tomato relish
SHORT RIB "Osso Bucco" - 14 oz. beef short-rib braised in chocolate stout served atop rice with roasted vegetables and a mushroom and onion gravy
CAROLINA SALMON FLORENTINE - lightly blackened salmon filet with sautéed spinach and shrimp Remoulade on top of toasted sweet potato cornbread crouton
V.V. MAMMA’S MEATLOAF - Meatloaf smothered with mushroom and onion gravy, topped with Tobacco crispy onions with vegetable of the day and garlic mashed potatoes
CATFISH NOLA - Pan fried catfish filet topped with spicy Creole sauce served with rice
back to topOld Salem Tavern
South Main Street
Originally operated by the Moravian Church, the Old Salem Tavern was a favorite of travelers along North Carolina's back country roads. The tavern is still a favorite of modern travelers and local residents alike, a tradition dating back almost 200 years. Built in 1816 as an annex to the original tavern next door, the building was restored in 1969 using detailed records from the early Moravians.
Visitors to Old Salem are attracted by the tavern's historic charm; local diners know the exquisite food and warm, friendly atmosphere are perfect reasons to dine at the sign of the star.
The Old Salem Tavern features traditional Moravian favorites alongside contemporary fare under the direction of Chef John Deschler, who trained at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York.
A sample of their dinner menu:
Peppered Venison Medallions with lingonberry sauce, braised red cabbage and spaetzle
Moravian Gingerbread Crusted Pork Tenderloin with apple cider sauce, sweet potato bread pudding and collards
Filet of Beef topped with blue cheese and roasted shallot butter. Served with tomato demi-glace over a horseradish potato cake.
Butternut Squash Ravioli with fresh sage brown butter and asiago.
Fresh Carolina Flounder with crabmeat and fresh basil filling. Served with a sweet corn coulis and rice pilaf.
Pumpkin and Sunflower Seed Crusted Salmon over wilted spinach, topped with blood orange vinaigrette
Sautéed Lobster Crab Cakes with fresh mango vinaigrette
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