On the organic restaurant front, Paul Newman has teamed up with chef Michael Nischan to create Dressing Room, A Homegrown Restaurant. The duo features locally grown, organic ingredients in their 98 seat restaurant with extra seating on an outdoor patio. While the menus is light on the vegetarian options we applaud the organic restaurant focus along with all the grains, greens, and local, seasonal produce we see featured.

There's not much beyond the basics on their website, but if your curiosity is piqued, here are a few more links. Here's what Kim Severson had to say about it last year. Or watch the recent Nightline segment. And here on Treehugger, chef Nischan responds to concerns that Dressing Room's Westport, Connecticut address makes it inaccessible to middle or lower income families.

DRESSING ROOM MENU - ACT ONE

Heirloom Tomato Soup
French bread toast, three cheeses $9

Heirloom Tomato Bruschetta
Beltane Farms goat cheese, aged white balsamic, arugula $10

Newman Says; “Use a Spoon” Salad
Local apples, root veggies, Sankow Beaver Brook sheep feta cheese $9

Dressing Room Greens Salad
All kinds of lettuces, shallot and mustard vinaigrette $10

Connecticut Oysters
On the half shell or made into stew, from Nell’s buddy Jeff Northrop $12

Fried Calamari
Soft cheese grits, roasted heirloom tomato, caramelized onion compote $10

Maine Crab Cocktail
Sweet corn sauce, fresh chives, sour cream ice cream garnish $13

Cured Duck and Wheatberry Salad
Duck breast prosciutto, leg confit, wheatberry salad with dried cranberries, pear puree $12

Dry Baby Back Ribs
Scott County Missouri-style, apple-cabbage slaw $14

DRESSING ROOM MENU - ACT TWO

Beef Kettle Pot Roast
Pasture-fed beef, heirloom potatoes, root vegetables, horseradish garnish (great with a side of mashed potatoes) $23

Berkshire Pig
Prime roasting cut, prime braising cut, seared pork belly, parsnip-horseradish puree, mushrooms, fava beans, natural pan juices $23

Spit-Roasted Chicken
Quince puree, brussel sprout leaves, hazelnut essence, mashed potatoes $22

The P.L. Newman Burger
Sankow Pleasant Cow cheese, bacon cured here, grilled onions Pickles, lettuce, tomatoes in season $17

Creamy Ancient Farro
Kinda Like Risotto Fava beans, chanterelle mushrooms, harvest onions $19

Chicken And Dumplings
White and dark meat baby chicken, Missouri style noodle dumplings, vegetables, herbed poultry broth $19

Crispy Seared Wild Striped Bass
Early fall succotash, preserved Meyer lemon sauce $24

Seared Diver Scallops
Crispy pork belly, shaved celery root, chanterelles, fava bean puree $25

Hook and Line Caught Chatham Cod
Heirloom potatoes, wilted escarole, local little neck clam broth $25

Pan Roast Trout
Scalloped heirloom potatoes, Cox Orange Pippin Apple-rosemary compote $23

Dressing Room, A Homegrown Restaurant
27 Powers Court
Westport, CT 06880

Lunch: Wednesday - Sunday 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Dinner: Tuesday - Sunday 5 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
For Reservations, please call: 203.226.1114
http://www.dressingroomhomegrown.com/

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