REVIEW: CLEOME, Glens Falls
Cleome Table & Bar
11 South Street, Suite 102, Glens Falls Website: cleomerestaurant.com | IG: @cleome.102
We like it for: Dinner, date night, dinner at the bar, solo dining, cocktails, bistro sidewalk dining
Must try: Gullah red rice, grilled bavette steak, fried chicken with low country gravy, beignets, Lava Lamp Negroni
Vibe: Contemporary restaurant with a warm vibe, Southern comfort food menu, and modern details
Sound: Mellow, conversational
About: Cleome, in the Empire Theatre building, is serving up contemporary style in the turnkey space that recently housed the airline-themed, Flight. It’s modern, light, with the sleek white bar still in place, and a fresh wall of potted herbs, but a menu that riffs on Southern Gullah food. Can Southern be done well this far north? It turns out it can thanks to co-owner and chef Jakob White who opened Comedor, an American-Chilean restaurant in Boston after attending Boston University’s culinary program, moved to the Virgin Islands during the pandemic, and has now returned to his hometown. Get the Gullah red rice (Carolina Gold risotto, andouille sausage, holy trinity & tomato), grilled bavette steak with wild mushroom miso sauce, fried chicken with low country gravy, and strawberry beignets with goat cheese mousse. With this, you’ll want the 2-Lip Julep or sweet iced tea, but try the Lava Lamp Negroni served over a slow-melting blood orange ice cube. Dine inside, at the bar, or the covered sidewalk in view of City Park.
Parking: Street parking
What’s nearby? 1. The Golden Monkey Lounge 2. Morgan & Co. 3. Farmacy Restobar 4. Radici 5. The Bourbon Room 6. Park & Elm 7. Mint 8. Lam Fong Yuen Chinese 9. The Queensbury Hotel 10. Raul’s Mexican Grill 12. Mean Max Brewing 13. Mikado
