The Playwright - Permanently Closed

Snacks and Sharing Plates

• Sea Salt and Cider Vinegar Crisps$6.00

  Wine Pairing: Fullers ESB (5.9% - England)

• Garlic Whole Wheat Soda Bread$4.00

  with Irish black currant butter and sea salt; Wine Pairing: Reissdorf Kolsch (4.8% - Germany)

• Corned Beef Brisket Croquettes$9.00

  with thousand island dressing ($3 each); Wine Pairing: Quest Smoking Mirror Porter (5.5% - Greenville, SC)

• Baked Potato Chowder$5.00

  bacon, chives and topped with white cheddar; Wine Pairing: Quest Golden Fleece BPA (4.5% - Greenville, SC)

• Boxty Tots with Beer Cheese Dip$8.00

  Wine Pairing: Blue Point Toasted Lager (5.3% - Long Island, NY)

• Fried Quail and Cheddar-Bacon Waffle$16.00

  maple-mustard glaze, apples and onions; Wine Pairing: Magners Irish Cider (4.5% - Ireland)

• Mixed Mushroom Fry-Up$8.00

  with rosemary, lemon, onion and house "brown sauce"; Wine Pairing: Harp Irish Ale (5% - Ireland)

• Lamb Meatball and Brown Bread Sliders$12.00

  with onion-Guinness gravy and watercress; Wine Pairing: Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse (5% - Germany)

• Pub Fries$11.00

  topped with rasher bits, cheese curds, pickled red onion and cabbage. Choice of yogurt-chive dip or onion Guinness gravy; Wine Pairing: Brewery 85 Yeomans Brown Ale (6.4% - Greenville, SC)

Seasonal Salads

Add: grilled chicken or pickled shrimp $7 or pub steak $10

• Traditional Scotch Egg$12.00

  endive, frisee, radicchio, white onion, Irish rooster potatoes with white cheddar dressing

• Mixed English and Shaved Snap Peas$10.00

  local baby romaine with mint, radish and watercress with a boiled spicy brown mustard and lemon herb dressing

• Red Cabbage and Apple Salad$9.00

  with mustard seed, red onion and arugula, cider vinaigrette

• Pub Salad$10.00

  local bibb lettuce topped with sprouts, bacon, cashel blue cheese, radish, cucumber and hardboiled egg, buttermilk dressing

Dinner Entrees

• Fish and Chips$14.00

  fresh battered cod, malt vinegar aioli, fried lemons and dill; Wine Pairing: Stella Artois (5% - Belgium)

• Beef and Ale Stew$12.00

  true Irish rooster potatoes, slow cooked beef shoulder, traditional Irish winter vegetables, braised bacon and red ale gravy; Wine Pairing: Conquest Medusa Stout (5.2% - Columbia, SC)

• Lamb and Guinness Pie$22.00

  slow roasted lamb shank, mashed potatoes, turnips, buttery pie crust; Wine Pairing: La Trappe Quadruple (10% - The Netherlands)

• Bangers and Mash$15.00

  buttermilk - chive rustic rooster potato mash, caramelized onions, peas with Guinness gravy; Wine Pairing: Natty Green's Buckshot Amber Ale (4.9% - Greensboro, NC)

• Whisky Cured Scottish Salmon$25.00

  cured in-house and baked, served over warm lemon cauliflower salad with arugula, peas, mint and cucumber; Wine Pairing: Bavik Pilsner (5.2% - Belgium)

• Pub Steak$26.00

  pan roasted with popped Irish rooster potatoes, beer braised shallots, tobacco carrots, parsley-peppercorn sauce; Wine Pairing: Stone IPA (6.9% - California)

Desserts

• Cast Iron Irish Oatmeal Chocolate Cookie$10.00

  with cinnamon brown sugar ice cream; Wine Pairing: Newcastle Brown Ale (4.7% - England)

• Funnel Cake$10.00

  Bailey's frosting, coffee cocoa dipping sauce; Wine Pairing: Guinness Stout(4.2% - Ireland)

• Baked Apple Bread and Butter Pudding$10.00

  with whiskey cider anglaise, golden raisins and caramel; Wine Pairing: Guinness Blonde American Lager (5% - Ireland)