Salt Works II

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4001 Wrightsville Ave
Wilmington, NC 28403

Phone: (910) 392-1241

Neighborhood: Forest Hills-Central

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A Wilmington gem, Saltworks II now features an updated decor and a new menu courtesy of the Food Network. Saltworks II has always strived to make every day something special, serving up good food and lots of love for breakfast, lunch and dinner. New head chef Jimmy Nienow has brought new life to old favorites with his commitment to using all fresh ingredients. Now featuring a selection of draft beers and an expanded wine list, Saltworks II is still Wilmington's home for comfort food done right. New to their menu: BBQ Brisket!

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  3.5 stars - Based on 4 votes

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01/24/2011 - Johnny Horner
www.TopsailFoodie.blogspot.com
We started our meal at Salt Works II with a very courteous waiter, I think they are called "servers" now, ask us for our drink order, which was sweet tea of course. Who was this guy, this is the south. Sweet tea with lunch is pretty much understood around here. We checked the menu for lunch specials, me being a tight wad and all, I prefer the term thrifty, but I'll accept tightwad. I noticed they served breakfast until 3pm. That's great! I love breakfast when it ain't breakfast time. It wasn't unusual for my Grandma Caddell to whip up some country ham, grits, biscuits and eggs, over easy of course, for supper. Had to have those over easy eggs with biscuits. Toast is OK for scrambled eggs, but you gotta have something to sop with those buttermilk biscuits that Grandma cooked in her wood fired cook stove.
OK, back to Salt Works II. Donna and I have eaten at Salt Works II many times. It was one of Donna's mother's favorites places to eat. Ms. Lee, that's what all the local Surf City crowd called her, even though her name was Bernice Reece, loved the liver and onions that was on the menu.
The little restaurant had a different atmosphere this time, and Donna questioned our server about the changes. Turns out Salt Works II is now under new management. Not only that, they will be featured in an episode of the Food Network show "Restaurant: Impossible." It's a show where the Food Network folks hi-jack someones failing restaurant and do a make-over. It will air Feb. 9, at 10 pm.
The lunch specials included meatloaf, chicken pastry, ........ and ....... OK, so when I got to chicken pastry, I kinda zoned out. So we ordered the "Chicken Pastry." OK, now here's something else. I was born in the Sandhills of North Carolina, raised in Piedmont North Carolina, and until we moved to coastal North Carolina, Surf City, we had never heard the term "chicken pastry." As Alan Jackson would say, "Back where I come from" it's chicken and dumplings, which was really more dumplings than chicken. Our standard family recipe called for a lot of butter, hand rolled and cut dumplings, made from flour and buttermilk, and shredded boiled chicken. Sounds good, right? Well, believe me, it is!
But when the plates were delivered to our table by our waiter, uh sorry, server, there it was, right in the middle of the plate, a whole half chicken breast. I know what you are thinking. "A whole half chicken breast?" You know what I mean. There's two pieces of breast in a chicken, one on each side of the breast bone. So I got one half and Donna got the other half. Yea, I am sure they were from the same chicken, they looked like a perfect match. And laying there on the plate with the whole half chicken breast that the server brought out to us, was the "dumplings." BIG dumplings. But folks, I gotta tell you, they were divine. The chicken was tender and so juicy, not like any boiled chicken I have ever had. It had a garlic and buttery flavor that was great. Along with the chicken pastry, we had delicious fresh cooked collard greens, the server said he couldn't get me the recipe, and delicious, to die for, home made macaroni and cheese. It seems that the hijackers from the Food Network told these folks that they should not serve anything out of a can. Our server told us this. He said everything they cooked now is from scratch. Nothing was from a can. Sounds great to me. Folks, This meal was delicious! Real southern taste and hospitality ....... And, only eight bucks a head!
Salt Works II is a winner in my book!
Till next time.....
Pig out!
Johnny
http://www.fishintopsail.com/
www.TopsailFoodie.blogspot.com

12/30/2010 - JOANIE MEYERS
AWFUL,AWFUL,AWFUL...SAVE YOUR MONEY AND GO TO CASEY'S......