212 Market Restaurant

Costa Rican cooking demo and dinner with Tennessee Aquarium

admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:18:40 +0000

On April 19, guest chef Gabriela Halfin, a native of Costa Rica, will be demonstrating dishes from her homeland in celebration of Earth Day in a dinner presented in conjunction with the Tennessee Aquarium. The dinner, which will take place at 212 Market, features “Tico” cuisine, starting off with ceviche made from fresh shrimp and fish “cooked” in citrus juices, cilantro, and special spices. For the entree, you will enjoy roasted Cloud Crest spring pork with a special sauce and accompanied by yams and grilled zucchini. Save room for the Costa Rican national dessert: tres leches cake.

The cooking demonstration, dinner, a glass of house wine, tax, and gratuity are all included in the registration fee: $35 for Aquarium members, $40 for non-members.

To register for the class, click here.

Leap Day specials

admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:53:48 +0000

Celebrate Leap Day with specials like frogs legs meuniere, braised rabbit with sage polenta, and venison osso bucco paired with Stag’s Leap and Frog’s Leap wines. Ladies, if you want to follow Leap Day tradition and propose to your boyfriend, 212 Market is the perfect place to pop the question.

212 Market Restaurant Celebrates 20 Years of Serving Local Foods in Downtown Chattanooga

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:11:25 +0000

212 Market Restaurant will celebrate its 20^th anniversary on 2/12/2012 and throughout the month of February. The celebration includes the launch of a new website design and recreations of dishes from the original 1992 menu such as smoked catfish eggrolls, grilled char with wasabi vinaigrette, and lamb with tarragon pan sauce.

In 1989, when Maggie Moses and her daughters Susan and Sally decided that they would open a restaurant, they consulted with officials of RiverCity Company, a non-profit formed to develop downtown Chattanooga, and made a commitment to the city’s renewal. Their purchase of the building at 212 Market Street represented the first private investment in the area around the planned Tennessee Aquarium.

After a three-year remediation of the site and construction of a new building, 212 Market Restaurant opened in February 1992, and despite the fact that there were few parking spaces and few other businesses open downtown, the restaurant was an immediate success, and Maggie Moses was hailed as a “riverfront heroine.”

“The Moseses were downtown pioneers when people still weren’t coming downtown for anything,” commented RiverCity Company President and CEO Kim White. “They had the courage, the vision, and the faith to step up, and they opened a restaurant that set the bar for quality food so much higher than anything else we had experienced at the time. They have been trendsetters in everything they’ve done, both with their food and with the green movement, and they continue to be one of our top restaurants.”

212 Manager Sally Moses recalled, “People thought we wouldn’t last more than a few months. They thought that no one would come down here, especially at night, and that Chattanoogans wouldn’t eat anything other than steak and potatoes. And here we are twenty years later. In that time, we have supported dozens of local farmers and employed hundreds of Chattanoogans, and we are always happy to hear of both locals and out-of-towners who come back year after year. We just focus day by day on serving our customers the best possible food in the most sustainable way possible.”

Pre-theater Discounts

212 Market — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:35:36 +0000

%10 percent discount for ticket holders for the symphony and Spamalot. Enjoy a nice Spam-free dinner at 212 before Monty Python’s Spamalot (Feb 2) or sip a White Russian before the Russian Spectacular program presented by the Chattanooga Symphony conducted by Maestra Kayoko Dan (Feb 2 & 3).

Valentine’s

212 Market — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:23:47 +0000

True love lasts longer than a day – specials all week long ♥

green things

212 Market — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:31:22 +0000

what a warm January! It’s so nice to know our solar panels are busy cranking out clean power in the middle of winter!

sunday brunch

212 Market — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:34:18 +0000

tomorrow’s bennie will be ~ Kurobuto ham on James’ cheddar biscuit with local back yard eggs

& red eye gravy…and of course Falls Mill stone ground grits & Maggie’s muffins

with Tony’s bloody for $4 or a fresh oj mimosa for $3

Tuesday 1/2 $ Wine

212 Market — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:58:23 +0000

Every Tuesday selected wines 1/2 off! Bottles and by the glass up to ~ 25 selections

Changes every week and pairs with daily features from area farmers and our crazy chefs….

Aquarium Cooking Class

212 Market — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:00:36 +0000

212 will be hosting a cooking class in conjunction with the Tennessee Aquarium on Thursday, January 19th. The feature will be “comfort food” featuring pork loin, filled with figs and roasted apples with a rosemary-scented jus, accompanied by sweet potato gratin and wine-braised red cabbage topped with bacon “cracklings.” See the full menu and details.

Local farmers are our friends

212 Market — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:23:35 +0000

Now serving fresh baby carrots brought to us by frozen farmers in a boat from William’s Island. Savor every bite!