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C&C Italian BistroChef David Dickensauge, Jr., owner at Cork & Cleaver, which features upscale, casual, authentic Italian cuisine, is a happily busy man. The chef is assisted on the financial side by his business partner and father, David Dickensauge, Sr., and appreciatively so.
“Dad is retired Air Force," Chef David notes, “with no clue about the day-to-day operational part of a farm-to-table restaurant. We both do what we're good at, and it works out perfectly." As operational manager and chef, Dickensauge is either sourcing food, planning menus, preparing food, or managing the restaurant. “We’re not warming things up here,” the Chef notes. “No big truck pulls up to make deliveries here. I’m busy with marketing, cooking, making sure the restaurant is running, the food is perfect, and the kitchen meticulous. I design everything here, and I run it.” And it shows. Lisa Monti, restaurant reviewer for the Shoofly Magazine, stated it perfectly in her February 2018 review of C&C—“Dickensauge has crafted weekly specials that might make you want to double down for lunch and then back for dinner in quick succession.” |
While the menu changes eight times a year to reflect the availability of fresh foods from Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama, the fare is always true Italian, the pasta is always made in-house, and the pizza prepared in a special gas-fired brick oven.
Weekly specials are popular with the local crowd, a crowd that enjoys special Happy Hour deals from 4:00 to 6:00, as well. Monday draws beef lovers for the $20 ribeye and/or sirloin filet, each served with black truffle ricotta salada and twice-baked potatoes. Pasta fans enjoy the $10 Tuesday homemade signature pastas and/or a selection of artisan pizzas. Wine Down Wednesdays are becoming quite a big deal in part because of the great selection of wines by the bottle at half price and in part because of the freshly shucked char baked oysters that sell for $8.00.
Thursday deserves a paragraph of its own. Thursday evening diners should prepare themselves for a four-course set dinner option for just $38 a person. The menu varies, but a recent Thursday, Chef David prepared a first course of roasted cauliflower with a goat cheese and feta spread, a second course of seared scallop over scallion mashed potatoes with roasted red pepper sauce, a third course of coffee crusted tenderloin (4 oz) with grilled polenta and sautéed vegetables, and a fourth course of ricotta cheesecake in a Mason Jar with fresh blueberries & lavender.
On major holidays, Chef David offers six-course meals with a seventh course lagniappe.
There’s really no excuse not to try C&C Italian Bistro at least once. The weekly specials make it easy, but don’t stop there! The menu itself guarantees one of the finest dining experiences on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. You'll be back.
Weekly specials are popular with the local crowd, a crowd that enjoys special Happy Hour deals from 4:00 to 6:00, as well. Monday draws beef lovers for the $20 ribeye and/or sirloin filet, each served with black truffle ricotta salada and twice-baked potatoes. Pasta fans enjoy the $10 Tuesday homemade signature pastas and/or a selection of artisan pizzas. Wine Down Wednesdays are becoming quite a big deal in part because of the great selection of wines by the bottle at half price and in part because of the freshly shucked char baked oysters that sell for $8.00.
Thursday deserves a paragraph of its own. Thursday evening diners should prepare themselves for a four-course set dinner option for just $38 a person. The menu varies, but a recent Thursday, Chef David prepared a first course of roasted cauliflower with a goat cheese and feta spread, a second course of seared scallop over scallion mashed potatoes with roasted red pepper sauce, a third course of coffee crusted tenderloin (4 oz) with grilled polenta and sautéed vegetables, and a fourth course of ricotta cheesecake in a Mason Jar with fresh blueberries & lavender.
On major holidays, Chef David offers six-course meals with a seventh course lagniappe.
There’s really no excuse not to try C&C Italian Bistro at least once. The weekly specials make it easy, but don’t stop there! The menu itself guarantees one of the finest dining experiences on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. You'll be back.
