Update: Sample Menu of Grassroots in Scottsdale

The AZFoodDude first reported on Grassroots here and has now seen a preliminary menu and can give you an idea as to what's on it, including appetizers, soups and salads, sandwiches, a selection of dishes from sea, air and land, as well as desserts.  The following will be a sample list of items for each category as the actual menu has many more to choose from...

Appetizers (portioned for sharing):

• Home-Made Smoked Salmon ($10) - Chilled Scottish Salmon, soft toast, capers, red onions, remoulade.
• Baked Oyster Rockefeller ($11) - Creamed spinach, Parmesan bread crumbs, hollandaise, Louisiana Hot Sauce.
• Dad's Grocery Bag ($11) - Loaf of French bread, 3 cheeses & 3 cured meats, olives, nuts.

Soups & Salads:

• Wally Boy's Chili - $4/cup, $6/bowl, $8/bread bowl
• Creamy Clam Chowder - $4/cup, $6/bowl, $8/bread bowl
• Roasted Chicken Waldorf ($12) -Fuji apples, celery, radishes, cranberries, golden raising, grapefruit, red onions, toasted pecans, watercress, shaved asiago, mustard-yogurt dressing.
• Broiled Shrimp Louis ($14) -Hard boiled eggs, cherry tomatoes,red grapes, roasted corn, avocado, radishes, romaine, Louis dressing.
• Roquefort Wedge ($9) - Iceberg, sheep's bleu cheese, cherry tomatoes, diced red onions, crisp pork belly, bleu cheese dressing.
• Cobb ($11/$14) - Roasted chicken or Marinated filet, mixed greens, chopped egg, avocado, Nueske bacon, cherry tomatoes, English cucumber, Roquefort bleu cheese, balsamic vinaigrette.

Sandwiches:

• BBQ Brisket ($11) - Slow roasted brisket, slaw, asiago, red onions, sliced pickles, thin BBQ sauce, toasted brioche.
• Shrimp Po' Boy ($12) - "Dragged through the garden," remoulade, French baguette.

Sea, Air & Land:

• Cedar Plank Salmon ($17) - Raspberry chipotle butter, grilled asparagus, mushroom risotto
  
• Blackened Snapper ($19) - Drawn butter, dirty orzo, maple butternut squash.
  
• Spit Fire Rotisserie Chicken ($13) - Half chicken, dirty orzo, maple butternut squash.
• Duck Duo ($17) - Breast, leg, sage brown butter sauce, mushroom risotto, sauteed chard.
• Bone-In Veal Loin ($22) - Rich demi-glaze, bleu cheese smashed red potatoes, black beans & brown rice.
• Aged Prime Rib ($22) - Au jus, loaded baked potato, creamed spinach, available after 4pm.

Dessert:

• Sweet and Salty Bar ($6) - Almond crust, roasted & salted nuts, home-made chocolate, gooey marshmallow.
• Bubba's Oreo Cookie ($6) - creme de cocoa, vanilla bean ice cream.
• Pimms Cup ($6) - English gin, melon, cantaloupe, watermelong, red grapes, lemon cucumber.

UPDATE (12-16-11): Grassroots is now open.