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Under the Oak Cafe Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort
Under the Oak Cafe offers a relaxed, come-as-you-are dining experience with an enchanting ambiance. However, it is the top-notch service and fresh, flavorful dishes that make this Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort restaurant truly captivating, keeping guests returning again and again.
The family friendly restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, and offers late-night choices, as well. The menu includes a varied selection of starters, soups and salads, along with burgers, sandwiches and full entrees. There are also small plates – chicken pot pie, chopped steak and gravy, grilled pork chop and the pot roast plate, to name a few – perfect for those looking for a good meal at a reduced portion size.
At Under the Oak Cafe, there is an emphasis on fresh, quality products. Most of the sauces used, such as the spicy tartar found on the blackened cod burger, the zingy bang bang sauce that perfectly coats the hand-breaded Gulf shrimp, and the remoulade that accompanies the fried green tomato BLT, are made in house. There is even a Scarlet sauce used on the popular chicken wings.
Items that are fried, including the chicken tenders and catfish, are done so to order in the restaurant’s own fry mix ensuring everything served is full of flavor and enjoyable.
New seasonal selections found at Under the Oak Cafe include the bang bang shrimp po-boy and the cod burger, featuring several Pacific cod fillets blackened New Orleans-style and served with pickle chips, thin red onion slices on a toasted brioche bun. The spicy tartar gives this sandwich the perfect zing.
Savory hamburger choices include the Oak burger that has two juicy, quarter-pound Angus beef patties and an array of toppings. The turkey-ham-bacon club, the Reuben on marble rye and the bacon chicken ranch are a few of the over-sized sandwiches found. Favorite entrees include the seafood platter, fried pork chops and grilled salmon.
Breakfast choices range from classic bacon and eggs to country fried steak and eggs, French-rolled three-egg omelets and the popular loaded breakfast burrito. A warm tortilla stuffed with eggs, sausage, peppers, cheese and more, this breakfast dish is one of several available all day.
And don’t forget the desserts, including hot beignets, all made in- house at Scarlet Pearl’s own bakery. The multi-layered carrot cake with cream cheese frosting is also a winner.
Under the Oak Cafe is open for breakfast Monday through Thursday, 8 to 11 p.m. and Sunday, 7 to 11 a.m.; lunch and dinner are available daily, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., and late night offerings are served Friday and Saturday, 10 p.m. to closing.
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