Streetlevel: Southern Comfort on Smith Street

Seersucker’s windows were still papered as of yesterday, but the new restaurant in the old Pita Grill space on Smith Street is set to open at 5:30 tomorrow night. Grub Street reports on the man running the kitchen: “Robert Newton might have cooked at places like Le Cirque and Tabla, and as a private chef in Manhattan, but he grew up in Arkansas, and it’s his seasonal, ingredient-driven notion of ‘cleaned-up Southern’ that the chef wants to showcase at his first restaurant.” Grub Street shares some photos of the food and the interior, and also shares the menu, which includes a crispy pig’s foot, country cassoulet, pickled okra, and shrimp and grits. GMAP