NATCHEZ — After a job in fantastic eating, renowned Chef Regina Charboneau of Natchez has taken her to start with foray into building a informal dining menu.
It is been a person of her best-force employment at any time, she mentioned, but has been similarly satisfying.
At the ask for of Kevin Preston, president of Magnolia Bluffs On line casino, Charboneau created the menu at the new Playmakers’ Sporting activities E-book Bar and Grill. Those people concerned are calling the notion gastropub with a Southern aptitude.
Open only a several months, Playmakers’ is serving up visitors from an comprehensive food items and consume menu that contains scratch-created dishes ranging from common burgers manufactured with a blend of chuck, brisket and short ribs to hen pot pie with a bacon-biscuit crust to magnolia fried rooster with extended-time Chef KP’s greens and mac and cheese.
“It’s been a exciting job. And it’s been fantastic to operate with the employees listed here. I am continuing on for a even though to teach the team on the new menu and the enjoyment amount has been excellent. They are joyful to function with and keen to please,” Charboneau reported.
Functioning with an skilled team has been a huge support, she reported. Every single of the food items and beverage staffers has worked at Magnolia Bluffs for 8 to 10 many years. Tracey Bennett, meals and beverage director, has been at Magnolia Bluffs for almost seven years.
“That tells you what sort of employer Kevin Preston is,” she reported. “He appreciates his workforce. And in conversing about what he wanted for this restaurant, he stressed carrying out items ideal. The high quality of the meat and the fish is excellent. This position is seriously point out of the art. I’m not certain you can obtain anything like it any place around.”
The renovation of the sporting activities e book place, as properly as the bar and grill, has been considerable and contains just one of the most effective views of the Mississippi River identified any place, she reported.
“He wanted to build 1 of the greatest probable activities for consumers. Magnolia Bluffs is a casino initially and foremost, but he is taking the food stuff very seriously. He has manufactured a large investment decision into this principle,” Charboneau stated.
Sports activities are key at Playmakers’, which capabilities at ease sofas and chairs and…