Sean Brock has been busy lately. In addition to The Continental that opened at the 5th & Broadway concept last year and Audrey, he has now opened June, his latest tasting-menu-style restaurant above Audrey and adjacent to cocktail concept, The Bar. As a 20+ course experience, Brock’s goal for June is to push what is possible with Southern food and hospitality by curiously exploring the ingredients indigenous to the American South and putting a strong emphasis on extreme seasonality and intense attention to detail.
June is an opportunity to share the best products and techniques available while seamlessly blending Brock’s culinary connection to Appalachia, highlighted in his book, The resulting tasting menu is a journey of bites, each more stunning than the next. Brock and his team serve five-acts – canapes, water, land, dessert, and petit fours – harmoniously working in sequence for a visionary dining experience pushing culinary limits. Plate size is measured by the actual number of bites, and the experience roughly rounds out to two to three hours.