The Buckhead restaurant is opening its second location at 1105 Canton Street this fall to bring a “beach chic” dining experience to Downtown Roswell. Chef Derek Dollar, who also leads the kitchen at Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails in Crabapple, will lend his touch to the menu.
“With a lighter approach to cuisine, we’re looking to bring fresh seafood options to Canton Street,” says Dollar. “There are some great chef-driven restaurants on the corridor already, and I’m proud to be a part of this dining destination.”
Dollar, who will continue to helm the seed-to-fork menu at Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails, has plans to enhance The Big Ketch’s menu of fresh seafood with new items unique to the Roswell location. These include conch fritters, a variety of specialty oysters, grouper Reuben, Charleston curry seafood bowl, and jerked pork chops with caramelized pineapple. Guest favorites from the Buckhead location, like basil-Blue Moon mussels and their grouper sandwich, will also be available.
The Big Ketch and Milton’s are owned and operated by Southern Proper Hospitality Group, which also operates Buckhead restaurants Smokebelly BBQ, Gypsy Kitchen and The Southern Gentleman. This company’s newest restaurant in Roswell will feature two separate dining rooms and a bar area, as well as an outdoor patio. The Big Ketch Roswell is scheduled to open in October 2015 and will serve lunch and dinner.
