Route 6, Stephen Starr’s new seafood-centric effort up on North Broad Street, opens to the public tonight. The restaurant, which takes its name from the stretch of highway that runs the length of Cape Cod all the way out to Provincetown, embraces the cuisines of the Atlantic Coast. Chef Anthony DiRienzo has come up with a menu that covers American seafood staples from Maine lobster rolls and New England-style fried Ipswich clams to Maryland crab cakes and cedar plank rainbow trout. There’s also extensive raw bar options, as wells as landlubber fare, like fried chicken and a filet mignon. Check out the full menu straight ahead.
Raw Bar
Shrimp Cocktail - house made cocktail
Cracked Crab - Louie dressing
Chilled Half Lobster - green tobasco aioli
The Fairmount - 4 oysters, 2 littlenecks, 1/4 cracked crab, 3 shrimp, 1/2 lobster
The Wilkie - 8 oysters, 4 littlenecks, 1/2 cracked crab, 6 shrimp, 1 lobster
Baskets and Bowls to Share
Fried Ipswich Clams - New England Soft shells fried crisp with house tartar sauce
Steamers - New England Soft shells or Jersey little necks with drawn butter and broth
Crab Deviled Eggs - the American classic chock full of blue crab
Fish Cakes - lightly breaded haddock and yukon gold potato with lemon aioli
Smoked Bluefish Dip - with horseradish crème fraiche and bagel chips
Johnny Cakes - griddle seared with maple-bourbon butter
Starters
Buttermilk Fried Oysters - with house tartar sauce
Chicken Fried Lobster Tails - served with green tabasco aioli
Crab Imperial Stuffed Oyster - half shell oysters baked with lump crab, mustard and lemon
Clam Chowder - classic New England
Salads
Caesar - with fried capers and black olive croutons
Chopped - tossed with grilled shrimp, avocado, tomato, bacon and green goddess dressing
Cucumber Panzanella - sliced cucumbers, green olives and roast tomato-sourdough croutons
Shack Classics
Maine Lobster Roll - chunks of lobster and a dab of mayo on a buttered potato roll
Our Fried Chicken - boneless thigh and breast with bacon gravy (on the side)
Crab Cake - broiled Maryland style with coleslaw and old bay aioli
Wood Oven Roasted
Monkfish Tail - bone-in filet with brown butter roasted brussels sprouts and cider braised apples
Striped Bass Filet - over butter bean stew, smoky linguica and steamed mussels
Rainbow Trout - Cedar plank filet with grilled lemon and herb olive oil
Black Bass - with garlic braised escarole and a meyer lemon confit
Grilled Over Split Cherry & White Oak
Bluefish - roasted marble potato salad, mustard creme fraiche
Diver Scallops - grilled frisee, trumpet mushroom and warm sherry-bacon vinaigrette
Filet Mignon - smoked pepper butter and watercress salad
Atlantic King Salmon - honey crisp apple relish
Sides
Roasted Cauliflower
House Fries - Old Bay
Cider Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Boston Baked Beans
Daily Jar of Pickles
Seafood Stew - shrimp, calamari, mussels, clams, white fish, potato, crispy bread
Lobsters
Lobster - various sizes
Lobster Bake - Your choice of lobster; wood oven baked with mussels, clams, sausage and market vegetables
Wine
Sparkling
Cava -Reyes de Aragon, Semi-Seco NV
Domaine Chandon
-Reserve Chardonnay NV
Gaston Chicquet
-Brut Tradition, Champagne NV Cava roSe -Conde de Subirats, Brut NV
Paul & Phillipe Zinck
-Cremant d’Alsace, Brut NV
Prosecco
-Fantinel, Extra Dry, Veneto NV
White
Albarino
-Salneval, Rias Baixas 2010
Chardonnay
-Dona Paula, Los Cardos, Mendoza 2009 CHarDonnay -Vocoret, Chablis 2009
Falanghina
-Feudi di San Gregorio, Campania
Gruner Veltliner
-Leth, Steinagrund, Wagram 2009
Muscadet
-Domaine de la Pepiere, Sur Lie, Sevre et Maine 2010
Pinot Grigio -Primaterra, Italy 2010
Pinot Gris
-Joel Gott, Oregon 2010
Riesling
-Eroica, Washington State
Sauvignon Blanc
-Decibel, Haukes Bay 2009
Chenin Blanc
-Domaine du as St. Mratin Saumur Blanc 2010
Godello
-Verdes Castros, Valdeorras 2009
Portuguese Blend
-Maritavora, Douro Branco 2008
Rose
Grenache Gris
-Les Garrigues “Grande Reserve”, Vallee du Paradis 2010
Red
Cabernet Franc
-Olga Raffault, Les Picasses, Chinon 2005
Cabernet Sauvignon
-Peter Lehmann, Australia 2006 Frappato -Tami, Sicily 2010
Gamay
-Michel Tete, Domaine du Clos du Fief, Julienas, Beaujolais 2010
Malbec
-Dona Paula, Mendoza, Argentina 2009
Merlot
-Snoqualmie, Naked, Columbia Valley 2009
Pinot Noir
-Copain, Tous Ensemble, Anderson Valley 2009
Tempranillo
-Rioja Vega, Rioja 2009
Dolcetto D’Alba
-Marchesi di Barolo “Madonna di Como”, Piedmont 2009
Zweigelt
-Glatzer “Riedencuvee” Carnuntum 2009
Cocktails
Cape Codder
Stolichnaya Vodka with cranberry ginger compote
The Dennis
Grey Goose Le Citron, lime juice, triple sec and fresh blueberries
Ward
Bulleit Rye, fresh orange and lemon juice
Fairweather
Bombay, Lillet, grapefruit cordial
Nor’ easter
Woodford, maple, lime, and ginger beer
Maryland Julep
Applejack, Cognac, cane syrup
Black-Eyed Susan
42 Below Vodka, Myers Silver, Cointreau and fresh lime and pineapple juice
Bloody Mary
Smirnoff Vodka, fresh tomato, tabasco
Beer
Draft
White Birch Route 6 ESB
Rye ESB, NH
Harpoon IPA
American IPA, MA 5.9%
Cottrell Old Yankee Ale
American Pale Ale, CT 5%
Sam Adams Boston Lager
Vienna Lager, MA 4.9%
Yards Brawler
English Dark Mild Ale, PA 4.2%
Allagash White
Witbier, ME 5.2%
Bottles
Saranac Pale Ale
English Pale Ale, NY 5.5%
UFO Hefeweizen
American Pale Wheat Ale, MA 5.1%
Bar Harbor Blueberry Ale
Fruit/vegetable Beer, ME 5.2%
Pretty Things Jack D’or
Saison American, MA 6.5%
Stoudts Pils
German Pilsner, PA 5.4%
Ithaca Cascazilla
American amber/Red ale, NY 7%
Brooklyn Brown Ale
American Brown Ale, NY 5.6%
Long Trail Double Bag
Altbier, VT 7.2%
Flying Fish Belgian Style Dubbel
Dubbel, NJ 7%
Ommegang Three Philosophers
Quadrupel, NY 9.8%
Thomas Hooker Hop Meadow IPA
American IPA, CT 6.5%
Weyerbacher Hops Infusion
American IPA, PA 6.2%
Dogfish 90 Minute IPA
American Double/Imperial IPA, DE 9%
Otter Creek Stovepipe Porter
American Porter, VT 4.4%
Troegs Java Head Stout
Oatmeal Stout, PA 7.5%
Sam Adam Light
Light Lager, MA 4%
Woodchuck Amber
Cider, VT 4%
Cans
Narragansett Lager
American Adjunct Lager, RI 5.1%
Sixpoint Righteous Rye
Rye Beer, NY 6.4%
Narragansett Porter
American Porter, RI 7%
Sly Fox Route 113 IPA
American IPA, PA 7%
Blue Moon Belgian White
Witbier, CO 5.4%
Yuengling Black & Tan
Black and Tan, PA 4.7%
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