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The State 

Restaurateur comes up with right recipe: 

                Food and music

By OTIS R. TAYLOR JR.

otaylor@thestate.com

The full article will be available on the Web for a limited time: http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/16020427.htm

 

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Doc’s Gumbo Grille ****
256-4440
11:20 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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Doc’s Delicious Gumbo Grille
By Skot Garrick
[reviewed 3/19/03]

Tucked comfortably in the alley behind Haven’s Frame Shop on the corner of Gervais and Pickens, Doc’s Gumbo Grille is an unassuming little bistro offering sandwiches, unique salads and pasta dishes under a comfortable wooden awning. There is a small indoor restaurant that can seat 25, but with the onset of moderate temperatures, Columbians should take the opportunity to enjoy lunch in the tranquil outdoor setting.

Owner and head chef Doug Goolsby, just coming off a lengthy stint as chef and bartender of the Sherlock Holmes Pub, has originated a treasury of recipes over the years, the best of which form the basis of Gumbo Grille’s menu. Many items, such as the soups, salads or pasta dishes, are served with freshly baked garlic bread that justifies a visit on its own. I suggest Doc’s Greek Trinity salad ($3.95 or $5.95) by virtue of Goolsby’s own recipe for Greek dressing, but the Bourbon Street Salad ($6.96), featuring garden greens topped with smoked turkey, black forest ham, bacon and egg is also a winner.

By the time I dropped by Doc’s several sandwiches had already been recommended to me. But I stuck with the Louisiana theme and ordered the Bayou Pasta with shrimp and andouille sausage, opting for the Cajun cream sauce over the tomato creole sauce. While waiting for the pasta, I sampled a cup of the Seafood Gumbo ($2.95), once again choosing to go with the optional andouille sausage. Rich and tangy with a hint of Goolsby’s own signature blend of spices, the gumbo would make for an excellent meal in itself, perhaps sided with the small house salad. The Bayou Pasta consists of a bowl of penne pasta covered with large shrimp swimming in a light orange cream, with a scattering of diced andouille. Despite the coat-and-tie crowd around me, I could not resist getting my fingers sticky: Tossing my own tie over my shoulder, I tore chunks out of the large loaf of baked garlic bread to sop up the excellent signature Cajun cream sauce.

Food at Doc’s is prepared in a windowed trailer just off of the patio dining area, giving diners the opportunity to watch the cooks at work. The combination of excellent food and relaxing locale make Doc’s Gumbo Grille a “must add” to any Columbian’s list of downtown lunch restaurants. Goolsby is currently finalizing a dinner menu and hopes to expand his hours in time for spring, offering diners a greater variety of original dishes along with the chance to dine almost beneath the stars.