Blue Restaurant & Bar is a sophisticated restaurant that offers flavors from around the Mediterranean region. Executive Chef Gene Briggs has created a multicultural menu that will take your taste buds on a whirlwind tour. Prepare to experience a Moroccan Tagine, Whole Roasted Mediterranean Sea Bass or Tenderloin ala Blue. As you travel around the menu, you will be delighted with familiar dishes and excited by others you have yet to explore. Blue is designed to tempt all your senses. We also offer a 36-seat private dining room designed for everything from formal affairs to functional business meeting space. Complimentary valet parking available from 6 p.m. Validated parking in the Hearst Tower for two hours during the day and entire evening after 5 p.m.
Named one of the "25 Best Restaurants" by Charlotte Magazine, 2011.
In addition to regular hours, Blue will be open the second Sunday of Charlotte Restaurant Week, January 29.
First course (choice of one)
Baked Cannelloni - with slow cooked duck, ricotta and Béchamel
Crisp Flatbread - with spicy sausage, peperonata agrodolce and Parmesan
Crispy Calamari with Fried Olives and Peppadew Peppers - chickpea flour-crusted with a lemon-harissa dipping sauce
Tega Hills Mixed Greens Salad - pistachio tuile and goat cheese Boursin, roasted tomatoes and a Banyuls vinaigrette
Entrée (choice of one)
Grilled Flat Iron Steak with a Moroccan Spice Rub - CAB flat iron rubbed with ras el hanout, with an olive and roasted tomato crushed potato and charmoula-glazed carrots
Slow Roasted Berkshire Pork Shank - over a butternut squash and guanciale hash with black trumpet mushrooms
Roasted Scottish Salmon - with lobster and ricotta crespelle, wilted spinach and a light Chardonnay beurre blanc
Mushroom Bolognese - mixed chopped forest mushrooms slow-cooked with diced vegetables and tomatoes over paccheri pasta
Dessert (choice of one)
Cake di Chocolate - with a warm molten center and vanilla bean ice cream
Pistachio and Roasted Pear Baklava - with cardamom and saffron mascarpone
Spiced Carrot Cake - topped with walnut streusel, cream cheese mousse, and a raisin coulis
Chocolate and Nutella Tart - accompanied by hazelnut gelato and Frangelico crème Anglaise
Apple-Brioche Bread Pudding - served hot with salted caramel, shortbread cookie crumble, and vanilla gelato
Pumpkin Cheesecake - with a pumpkin seed crust and garnished with white chocolate croquant and praline syrup
Turkish Coffee Pot de Crème - coffee custard topped with cardamom-infused whipped cream and accompanied by an almond and black pepper biscotti