![]() ![]() His idea is to present diners with a fresh, clean, and fun approach to the Southern seafood restaurant. The restaurant should open in late January.Īutomatic, named for the Automatic Sprinkler Company that once occupied the windowless, 1940s warehouse, will showcase fish sourced primarily from the Gulf of Mexico, as well as oysters from the waters along the Southern and Eastern coastlines.Įvans also plans to include fresh caught sardines and seasonal bycatch - fish caught unintentionally in nets while fishing for other species - on the menu. I’d kinda like to do a wild & crazy 7 Deadly Sins Dinner Party next (recipes based on themes of the 7 deadly sins), or maybe some kind of 70’s throwback recipes dinner.Chef Adam Evans, formerly of Ford Fry’s The Optimist and Jonathan Waxman’s Brezza Cucina, is opening Automatic Seafood and Oysters on Fifth Avenue South in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. A couple of appetizers would have been plenty, and we definitely did not need two entrees. It was a lot of food! I over-planned a bit since I was serving 18 people. The dinner was a smashing success! And by that I mean that the plates were licked clean, there was a lot of whooping and hollering and toasting going on, our last guests left at about 12:30AM, and I needed Advil the next day.Īll of the seafood came from Anderson Seafoods (via overnight delivery, arriving fresh and perfect! Many thanks to Anderson Seafoods for managing to get the seafood to me in the midst of our crazy Southern California Blackout!) Favorites of my guests were the scallops and the salmon. Main Dish #2: Tequila-Lime Shrimp Tacos with Chipotle Cream Main Dish #1: Baked Salmon with Creamy Coconut-Ginger Sauce over Coconut- Ginger Rice Something for everyone.įeatured beverage: the Sea Breeze Cocktail, of course!Īppetizer #1: Bacon- Wrapped Scallops with Spicy Cilantro-Mayonnaise We set up a simple serve-yourself bar in our backyard. In other words, chew it up, then realize how gross it is and then spit it into your napkin. ![]() Warning: black striped taffy usually means that it tastes like black licorice. ![]() My guests enjoyed nibbling on those after dinner, and they fit into the theme just right. They made for pretty cute centerpieces though.Īnd if you look closely, you’ll see some salt-water taffy scattered on the table too. Oh, and the most important table decoration of all… fish swimming in vases! (Don’t worry- the fish were ALL taken home by my guests to add to the fish tanks in their homes, but not before our friend Brad thought it would be fun to terrorize them by swishing a butter knife around in the vase. For my table decor, I went with some simple white tablecloths, blue dishes, sand-colored napkins, sea-inspired candles and a few shells and starfish. That’s much more manageable and un-crazy. I know, crazy huh? Before you think I’m too crazy to do this, I need to let you know that I just hosted the party, planned the menu, and each couple brought a dish. I’ll be sharing the entire menu with all recipes on this post- just click recipe titles below to reach actual, printable recipes.ĮIGHTEEEN friends came to my dinner. I hosted this time with a Seafood Extravaganza! Dinner Menu. My neighborhood’s Gourmet Dinner party group met a couple of weekends ago for our monthly themed dinner. ![]()
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