East Austin will be getting a taste of South Texas and the coast beginning next week. Helmed by executive chef Jesse DeLeon, Rosewood will open for dinner service at 1209 Rosewood Ave. on Tuesday (May 15).
The restaurant, which was born of DeLeon’s Victoria Provisions pop-up with partners Chas Spence and Clark Evans, will serve a menu of reinterpreted regional dishes such as poached shrimp with black garlic salsa and quinoa, blue crab with guacamole, suckling pig porchetta, whey-braised lamb and more.
Panzanella salad at Rosewood.
DeLeon, who recently served as chef de cuisine at Geraldine’s and has worked at cornerstone Austin restaurants Zoot and Vespaio, will source from Gulf fishermen and Hill Country farmers and ranchers and intends to butcher in house.
General manager and sommelier Jeb Russell will oversee a bottle list, with prices ranging from $26 to $90, that focuses on family-owned wineries like Texas labels McPherson Cellars, William Chris Vineyards, Becker Vineyards, Duchman Family Winery, and Rosewood will offer 16 wines by the glass. The beer menu will also celebrate Texas brands, like Austin Beerworks, Big Bend Brewing Co., Blue Owl Brewing, Jester King and more, and the restaurant will also offer a full bar with specialty cocktail menu.
Rosewood was build in a late 19th-century Victorian-style home. (Credit: Chase Daniel)
The restaurant in the Victorian building that sits at the hillrise intersection of Rosewood Avenue and East 11th Street was designed by Austin architect Mark Odom (no relation), and the 19th century building features a multitude of seating areas, from a wrap-around porch to a chef’s counter, bar area and dining room.
Rosewood will initially be open 5 to 10 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, with brunch and lunch service to be added this summer.