Tuna Tartare Tostodas!

Here is tonight's Dinner Menu. We have some availability from 5 to 6:15PM. During our late seating, we have a Table for 2 at 7:45PM. Unfortunately we will not be opening LeGrand's Patio due to our weather forcast. It look like it is not going to cooperate this evening, so we will not take any chances. We will have counter seats on a 1st come/1st Serve Basis. STARTERS NORTHERN NECK OYSTER STEW- Fresh Virginia Oysters , Oyster Liquor, Butter, a ‘Little’ Sea Eagle Seasoning, and a ‘Splash’ of Heavy Cream for Color- CHESAPEAKE DEVILED EGGS- (4) Deviled Eggs topped with Sweet Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Claw Meat and our House Made Seafood Aioli- FRIED CORN MEAL CRUSTED OYSTERS- (4) Large, Sweet and Plump Oysters coated with Cornmeal and Fried until Golden. Served with Remoulade- SUMMER SALAD- - Slices of Fresh Avocado, Fresh Tomato, Red Onion and Marinated Fresh Mozzarella Balls plated over Baby Arugula. Finished with Jumbo Lump FRIED CHESAPEAKE BAY SUGAR TOADS- The Northern Puffer Fish of our Chesapeake bay is not the poisonous variety. It’s Sweet, Tender and Delicious. Coated with House Autry and Fried until Golden. Finished with Sweet Chili Sauce. FRIED POINT JUDITH, RI CALAMARI- Hand Cut, Fresh, Cleaned Squid Tubes, coated with House Autry, fried until golden. Finished with Sweet Chili Sauce- HOUSEMADE PORK RINDS AND PIMENTO CHEESE- We fry our own Pork rinds and they come to you warm and still Crackling. Served with our House Made Pimento Cheese- MAINS LOW COUNTRY FRIED GREEN TOMATOES & SHRIMP SUPREME- Fried Green Tomatoes plated over Stone Ground Grits, Topped with Grilled Carolina White Shrimp and Finished with our ‘House Made’ Cajun Tomato Crème and Fresh Baby Arugulas- CHESAPEAKE BAY CRAB CAKE DINNER- (2) Denson’s Award Winning Crab Cakes (Made with 100% Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab) served with your choice of (2) Sides- SHELLFISH ALFREDO- Fresh North Atlantic Scallops, Fresh Carolina White Shrimp and Fresh Jumbo Lump Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab ‘Tossed’ in a delicious House Made Alfredo with Baby Sweet Peas and Carrots. Served over Fresh Tagliolini Pasta. Finished with Imported Parmesan. Served with a Side Salad- SHRIMP ROCKEFELLER OVER YELLOW RICE- Fresh Carolina White Shrimp, Spinach, Garlic and diced tomato sautéed with our Rockefeller Sauce with a ‘Finish’ of Shredded Parmesan. Plated over Yellow Rice. Served with a side Salad and Crusty Bread- SEARED #1 GRADE AHI TUNA- A Generous Cut of #1 Grade Ahi (Yellowfin) Tuna coated with Panko and Seared to a Rare Temp over high heat. Sliced and Plated over Black Rice. Finished with Wakame Seaweed Salad. Served with your choice of One Side.- BLACKENED CHESAPEAKE BAY ‘WILD’ ROCKFISH- A generous portion of Fresh Chesapeake Wild Rockfish coated with delicious Blackening Spices and Pan Seared over High Heat. Plated over seasoned yellow rice and served with your choice of One Side- BEAUFORT FRIED SHRIMP DINNER- (8) Fresh, Never Frozen Carolina White Shrimp, Peeled and deveined, coated with House Autry and Fried until Golden. Served with you choice of (2) Sides . - PAN SEARED JUMBO SEA SCALLOPS- (4) Sweet Jumbo ‘Dry Pack’ North Atlantic Sea Scallops Pan Seared and Plated over Mango Puree on a Mini Iron Skillet . Served with your choice of (2) Side.- TANGIER ISLAND FRIED OYSTER DINNER- (10) Freshly Shucked, Sweet & Plump Oysters coated with House Autry and Fried until Golden. Served with your Choice of (2) Sides - STUFFED FILET OF SIRLOIN STEAK DINNER—An 8 ounce cut of USDA Choice Grade Angus Beef Sirloin Filet and Stuffed with Bleu Cheese. Grilled to your specified Temp and plated over Balsamic Reduction. Served with your choice of (2) Sides . SIDES :Yukon Gold Mash*Old Bay Buttered Sweet Corn* Hand Cut Fries with House Made Ketchup* House Made Mac and Cheese* Crispy Brussels Sprouts*Cole Slaw* Chilled Veggie Medley* Chilled Pea Salad*Cucumber/Onion/Watermelon Salad, Grilled Fresh Local Squash and Red Onion.

Here is a wonderful menu to enjoy during a Rainy Day at the Beach! EXTRAS AND SMALL PLATES OUR HAND CUT IDAHO POTATO FRENCH FRIES- We cut them ‘In House’ Every Day. Served with our House Made Ketchup- AN EAR OF ‘OLD BAY’ BUTTERED SWEET GEORGIA WHITE CORN- FRESH MADE SMOKED PEPPERED BLUEFISH DIP- A delicious dip Made ‘In House’. Served with Diced Tomato, Red Onion, Capers, Stone Ground Mustard and our Pita chips- HOUSEMADE PORK RINDS AND PIMENTO CHEESE- We fry our own Pork rinds and they come to you warm and still Crackling. Served with our House Made Pimento Cheese- CHESAPEAKE DEVILED EGGS- (4) Deviled Eggs topped with Sweet Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Claw Meat and our House Made Seafood Aioli- DENSON’S FRIED BRUSSELS SPROUTS- Finished with Balsamic Glaze- DENSON’S MAC & CHEESE- Made ‘In House’- DENSON’S COLE SLAW- CUCUMBER/ONION AND WATERMELON SALAD- SANDWICHES AND MORE (All Sandwiches served with Chips and Kosher Pickle Spear) AUTHENTIC CRAB CAKE SANDWICH- It’s the ‘REAL DEAL! Made with 100% Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Meat and made from our family recipe. Award winning!- SPICED SHRIMP- A HALF POUND of large, fresh, never frozen , Wild Carolina White Shrimp seasoned with Beaufort SC Sea Eagle Seasoning- B.L.A.T WITH CRAB - Neuske’s Applewood Smoked Bacon, Crispy Green Leaf Lettuce, Fresh Avocado Slices, Ripe, Delicious Vine Ripe Florida Tomato, Chesapeake Blue Crab Claw Meat, and Duke’s Mayo on Toasted Sourdough Bread- CHESAPEAKE CRAB MELT- Two Halves of an English Muffin topped with a slice of Ripe Home Grown Tomato, Kite’s Country Ham, Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Meat and Vermont Cheddar Cheese. Finished in our Broiler- SMOKED PEPPER TURKEY ‘WITH A BITE’- Thinly Sliced Boar’s Head Peppered Turkey topped with Neuske’s Applewood Smoked Bacon, Pepper Jack cheese and a Spread of ‘Small Batch’ Pepper Jelly on a soft Kaiser Roll- FRIED CHESAPEAKE BAY SUGAR TOADS- The Northern Puffer Fish of our Chesapeake bay is not the poisonous variety. It’s Sweet, Tender and Delicious. Coated with House Autry and Fried until Golden. Finished with Sweet Chili Sauce- GRILLED CHEESE ‘SOUTHERN STYLE’- Our Housemade Pimento Cheese, Neuske’s Applewood d Bacon and Fried Green Tomato grilled until Melted and Crispy on Sourdough- FRIED POINT JUDITH, RI CALAMARI- Hand Cut, REALLY FRESH, Cleaned Squid Tubes,fried until golden. Finished with Sweet Chili Sauce- FRIED COD SANDWICH- Fresh Atlantic Cod “Hand Cut’, dipped in fresh buttermilk, then coated with House Autry. Fried until Golden. Served with our Hand Cut Fries and Cole Slaw.- FRIED LOCAL OYSTER OR CAROLINA SHRIMP PLATE- (6) FRESH and Fried Local Chesapeake Bay Region Oysters, Hand Cut Fries and Cole Slaw- FRIED OYSTER OR SHRIMP PO’ BOY- Your Choice of Fresh Virginia Oysters or Carolina White Shrimp Fried until Golden. Served with Shredded Lettuce, Chopped Tomato and Remoulade on an ‘Authentic’ Leidenheimer (New Orleans, LA) Po’ Boy Roll-

Served up some delicious Local Reye's Farm Squash and our Salad Greens are sourced from Blenheim Organic Gardens. It won't be long until about everything will be LOCAL. Sweet Corn, Tomatoes, Peppers, Okra and More. We are excited that The Westmoreland Berry Farm is Picking their 1st of the Year Peaches. Blackberries are readily available and we see a Fresh Made Local Peach and Blackberry Cobbler topped with Trickling Springs Peach Ice Cream. The window does not stay open very long, so we plan to take advantage of our Chesapeake Bay Bounty! And because we are Chesapeake Bay 'Farm to Table' with the freshest of Seafood, Veggies, and More, we find it very important that we offer Natty Boh! Did you know that Natty Boh is no longer brewed in Balmer? But it still brewed and reflects everything good about our Bay and Region (The Land of Pleasant Living). And it will always be! That's why you can enjoy it here at Denson's! it's part of Chesapeake Bay Tradition! BTW...Natty Boh has become one of the Favorites at Denson's!

We only have about 11 more days until we begin serving the Well Publicized 'Snakehead'. There has been a lot of discussion and suggestions concerning the name. We agree, 'Snakehead' just might not be the most appetizing name. Our friend Terri Hyde suggested that we name the plate 'The 1404' after the House Bill that was introduced, Passed and signed into law right here at Denson's. We like it! There is also a nod to Harry Potter and we could call it 'Fish that must not be named'. We are going to go with 'The 1404 Plate' Fresh, Delicious 'YOU KNOW WHAT', Cut into Bite Sized pieces, coated with House Autry and Fried until Golden. Served with Fried Horseradish Pickle Chips, our House Made Slaw and Remoulade for dipping. At this point, we have everything arranged with a Certified HCAAP Seafood Distributor and we are looking forward to it being delivered early Sunday morning, July 1ST. Don't be scared...Come see us and enjoy something NEW at Denson's!!

Wow...We are really blessed to have great friends and wonderful local resources! On Saturday, during dinner service, we were without the exhaust over our cook tops. It was, well....really hot in our Kitchen. Two of Rocky's and Blaire's Friends (Steve and Mike Griffin) happened to come in and notice the heat. Next thing we knew, they were on the roof and checking out the system. Unfortunately, we just could not find the cause. But they did everything they could to get us some relief. And up on the roof????...It is a black roof and you could almost fry an egg on it. Hat's off to our co workers in the kitchen and on the floor. Bree, Wayne (Blue), Ryan, Trevor, Tyler, Anne, Shelby and Taylor for enduring the hot conditions, sticking in there, and making dinner happen without a hiccup! That night we called our friend Frank Watkins who cleans our exhaust to see if he could check it out for us and see what the cause was (We were hoping that it was an easy fix). He said he would be at Denson's First thing Monday. Blaire and Rocky headed to Greensboro NC to see family on Sunday morning. Our Shirley made sure that she could open the restaurant so Frank could check things out. We got the call from Frank that the belt was fine and that it was most likely electrical...or the motor. The next call was to our friend, Byron Rawlings, owner of Rawlings Electric in Colonial Beach. The 1st words from Byron....'Is anyone at the restaurant now'??? Within a few minutes, Shirley had the door open and within no time, Byron's right hand man, Steve, was on the roof in 90 plus degree heat checking out the system. It was the motor! Steve removed it, took it to Rocky and Blaire's former next door neighbor and friend David Stinnette at Potomac Alternator on First Street. David made it a priority, fixed the motor, and this morning Byron, Steve and Brian were on the roof installing it. It works like a champ.We cannot thank all of these fine folks and businesses enough for taking the time away from their busy schedules in order to keep this small business going. Without the exhaust, we would only be serving cold sandwiches with Chips (No hand cut fries) this weekend. And no dinner service. What a great town in which we live!