CAPITOL HILL: Chef Weland Adds New Dishes and Cocktails at Garrison

Chef Rob Weland has added to the dinner menu at Garrison. The full dinner menu is available here http://www.garrisondc.com/menu/ and highlights include a handmade farro cavatelli made from house-milled flour ground from Anson mills farro piccolo, farro antica and red fife wheatberry; and a Crispy Envelope of Pig’s Trotter with slow cooked egg, red onion marmalade and mustard. 

A new fall cocktail menu by lead bartender Jessica Moyer includes a seasonal take on a Manhattan called All The Leaves Are Brown made with Dad’s Hat rye whiskey, black walnut infused vermouth, bitters, and an Aperol soaked fig. The bar team has also created a menu of non-alcoholic beverages and sodas, such as The Celebration, a 'faux Champagne' made with house-made ginger beer, soda water, and allspice lime foam.

New Dinner and Dessert Items:

• Cider Glazed Rutabaga with calvados, tarragon, hazelnuts ($11)
• Autumn Radish Salad with sage, heirloom apple, tangerine lace ($12)
• Farro Cavatelli with broccoli, garlic confit, red pepper flakes, parmesan ($25)
• Sweet Potato Tortellini with black walnuts, sage, brown butter, parmesan ($24)
• Crispy Envelope of Pig’s Trotter with slow cooked egg, red onion marmalade, mustard ($27)

• Warm Date Pudding with prune & armagnac ice cream ($9)
• Pear & Mission Fig Cobbler with creme fraiche ice cream ($16 for two)
• Baked Hot Chocolate with bourbon ice cream, pecan tuile ($11)

New Cocktails ($12)

• All The Leaves Are Brown
Dad’s Hat rye whiskey, black walnut infused vermouth, bitters, aperol soaked fig
• Right Stuff
Traverse City bourbon, bitters, pineapple cardamom
• Jessica Appleseed
house pickled heirloom apples, fall spices, vodka or gin, dolin blanc
• Legend of Don Amado
Don Amado mezcal, Combier, Grapefruit, vanilla bean syrup
• Dark & Foamy
Hamiltons Pot Still rum, house made ginger beer, lime & allspice foam
• Flying Purple People Eater
Catoctin Creek Gin, creme de violette, lavender

Nonalcoholic Mixed Drinks & Sodas ($6)

• Ginger, no Fred
simply delicious housemade ginger beer
• Wrong Stuff
pineapple cardamom soda, mint sprig
• Upward Dog
grapefruit vanilla fizz, star anise
• Always a Bridesmaid
lemonade vanilla fizz, bitters
• The Celebration
i.e. faux "champagne": ginger beer, soda water, allspice lime foam

Garrison is located at 524 8th St SE on historic Barracks Row in Washington DC's Capitol Hill neighborhood.