Chameleon Companies has announced the official opening of Rosedale Kitchen & Bar will take place on Monday, July 15. Rosedale Kitchen & Bar will open with weekday lunch and daily dinner service, with plans to open for weekend brunch in the coming weeks.
At the helm of Rosedale Kitchen & Bar is Janelle Reynolds who has over 15 years of extensive experience in the Austin culinary world. Reynolds began her food career as an honors graduate at the Texas Culinary Academy and has since spent her time at Starlight, AT&T Hotel & Conference Center, Bess Bistro as executive chef, Dinner Lab, and, most recently, as chef and co-owner of @t Large.
Rosedale is a comfortable and relaxed neighborhood restaurant serving an approachable and craveable menu. Lunch features quick salads, such as the Rosedale “Chopped,” with leafy lettuce, cucumber, tomato, pepperoncini, English peas, mushrooms, radish, and lemon-dill vinaigrette, and healthy grain bowls of yellowfin tuna, sushi rice, kimchi aioli, pickled cucumber, avocado, cilantro, and tamari vinaigrette.
The dinner menu offers healthy items with various gluten-free and vegan dishes, such as pan-roasted salmon with sweet potato glass noodles, wilted spinach, shiitake mushrooms, and tamari sauce; seared halloumi with blistered zucchini and tomato served with a lemon dill vinaigrette; smoked trout dip with Creole remoulade and housemade potato chips, alongside comfort-leaning food, such as a crispy chicken quarter served with seared okra, roasted corn, blistered tomato, bacon, and tarragon pistou; and a house specialty burger with a double-chuck and brisket beef patty, American cheese, beefsteak tomato, Bibb lettuce, and in-house pickled red onion served with Rosedale’s gunpowder fries.
Rosedale Kitchen & Bar also offers a kids menu with fun and healthy items like flatbread with grilled chicken, arugula, bacon, tomato, and mozzarella and a quinoa bowl with sweet potato, wilted kale, dried cranberries, pumpkin seeds, balsamic dressing, and the optional addition of grilled chicken.
The bar will feature a curated beer, wine, and spirits list, along with handcrafted specialty cocktails, such as the Blue Fashioned with Tin Cup, Angostura bitters, blueberry syrup, and lemon; Smoke & Mirrors with Casamigos mezcal, green chartreuse, Cocchi Americano, egg white, lime, and basil simple; and Whigroni with Bombay East, Carpano Bianco, and Suze d’ Autrefois.
The restaurant is designed by local designer Claire Zinnecker of Claire Zinnecker Design, unveiling a sun-lit comfortable dining room with 100 seats that features warm interiors, a relaxing cocktail lounge where friends can meet for happy hour, an expansive pergola-covered patio, an outdoor shuffleboard court, and a separate front lounge patio.
Located at 3800 N Lamar Blvd, Suite 170, Rosedale Kitchen & Bar will be open Monday to Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m., and Sunday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. A mid-day menu will be served weekdays from 2:30 to 5 p.m., and weekday happy hour will be offered from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
For more information, please visit www.rosedalekb.com.