This Weekend at The Alley at Stomping Ground

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Written By Nicole Jones

Friday, April 2 - Fish Fry at The Alley at Stomping GroundIt's that time of year when we put away the chicken for one Friday night and bring out the catfish! Stomping Ground's annual Fish Fry is back! This Friday, we will be slinging cornmeal fried Catfish, Old Bay house potato chips, and a side of my tartar sauce.Heed our warnings now: this is a popular night! We encourage you to make reservations at The Alley or order online for carryout when we go live at 4:30pm on Friday. I highly recommend enjoying this in person in the Alley since fried fish is best enjoyed hot out of the fryer with a crispy boi (aka cold beer) to wash it down.   Sunday, April 4 - Easter Brunch "Basket"For me, Easter brunch is a quintessential southern affair. We are gathering some of your favorites; buttermilk biscuits with sorghum butter, asparagus and fennel frittata, country ham, a side of grits, and freshly squeezed OJ, so you can focus more on your egg designs and less on the stove (and dishes). Serves 2 (possibly 3) for $30. Order online and select your pick-up time, swing by our take-out window at your time slot, and bust open those biscuits at home.    

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Head Janitor, Chef, and Proprietor | Modest Bread

Nicole’s cooking style is rooted in, but not limited to, her love of southern biscuits and her diverse culinary upbringing. A military brat, she spent her childhood in the Chicago suburbs enjoying her great-grandmother Mae’s Lithuanian cooking. As a tween, she moved to Paulding County, Ga. where she begrudgingly fell in love with the charmingly perplex small towns of the Deep South. She fondly remembers grubbing on Martin’s biscuits, late-night Waffle House debauchery and cooking with her family. 

After graduating from the University of Georgia, Nicole started a marketing career at an art nonprofit in Atlanta. At 25 years old, she became the youngest executive at the local Atlanta NPR affiliate. Chasing her dreams, she moved to Alexandria, VA where she took a short post in the Whole Foods marketing department. Realizing that cooking had been her true love all along, she began night courses at L’Academie de Cuisine. She completed her apprenticeship at Blue Duck Tavern where she was promoted to a line cook after graduation. From there, Nicole worked as a private chef for busy Washington D.C. executives and their families.

As grown-ups tend to do, Nicole realized something about her childhood -- the best parts were enjoying small town communities, cooking with her great-grandmother and sharing meals with family and friends. She opened Stomping Ground (now Rubia’s) to build a safe and welcoming community around yummy, handmade food from local sources. As her first foray running her own kitchen, she has shamelessly hired better, smarter cooks to fill her kitchen and your bellies. 

Modest Bread is a collection of idiosyncratic neighborhood restaurants devoted to hospitality in Northern Virginia and includes Rubia’s, Bagel Uprising, Mae’s Market & Cafe, and Virginia’s Darling.

www.modestbread.com

2309 Mt Vernon Avenue

Alexandria, VA 22301

703.664.0445

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