Harken back to the simpler times with me, when eating good meant less about nouveau attitudes toward food prep and more about a damn good plate of food. Remedy on Lower Greenville brings the classic soda fountain spin into 2015. The menu is chockfull of classic American cuisine executed by a team led by former Grape chef and Top Cheftestant Danyele McPherson. The space, a modern take on the soda shops of long ago, is airy and welcoming with a dual-level dining room and plenty of cozy bar space to saddle up to.
When we wandered in early on a Friday evening, the restaurant was already bustling with straggling happy hour-ers and excited patrons like us. We began with a few cocktails off their ‘fountain’ menu. Remedy makes all their sodas in-house and after sampling a couple of them I may never be able to go back to mass-produced soda again. Not that I drank that much of it before. The ‘Brave Bird’ (Tequila Blanco, Grapefruit Soda, Meyer Lemon Syrup, Citrus) had great flavor and drinkablity. Normallyy tequila might be too much to begin the evening but in this case it was just right. The ‘Better Lemon’ (Meyer Lemon Soda, Suze, Gin, Champagne) was also fantastic with a bitter twist.
Sold starters and mains include slap your mama good Jalapeno-Chive Hushpuppies with NC hot sauce, a delicious rendition of a House filet o’ fish sandwich and a deep down good Cornbread Chili Pie. You really can’t go wrong with the food here. Every single plate we saw come out of the kitchen had the swoon factor and that to me says success for a newer restaurant.
Make absolutely sure to save room for the sweets at Remedy. Made fresh daily, the pies and sundaes will tickle that sweet tooth in all the right places. Order “The Bob” sundae with dark chocolate ice cream, potato chips, caramel, sea salt, whipped cream & a bing cherry or “The Tim Byres” made with vanilla & cornbread ice creams, vanilla poached apricots, smoked almonds & whipped cream. Damn, I am hungry again.
