Coquina

About Coquina:

Coquina Restaurant On A Street in Ashland Offers Delicious Northwest Cuisine With A Delicate, Creative Flair. Lynn and Daniel Flattley Opened the New Eatery A Couple of Weeks Ago in the City's Historic Railroad District. It's in the Space Formerly Occupied by Palace Cafe in the Restored J.k. Van Sant Building. the Flattleys Ran the Wild Rose Bistro in Bandon for Seven Years Before Leaving the Coast To Do Business Inland, and They Have Followers. One Couple Arrived During My Visit To Coquina Last Friday Night and Announced They Had Been Steady Customers of the Bandon Bistro. Lynn Flattley Is Chef While Daniel Flattley Hosts the Nicely Designed, Simple Dining Room Set With White Tablecloths and Glass Candleholders On the Tables. I Asked for Seating Near the Back and Ordered A Leggy 2008 Red From Mannina Cellars Based in Walla Walla, Wash. It Was One of the Four Varieties of Wine by the Glass. There's an Extensive List of Bottled Wines From the Northwest, California, Italy and France. Some Are Organic. A Full Bar Also Is Available With A Couple of Specialty Cocktails, Such As Pomegranate Cosmopolitans and Dan's Margaritas, Along With Organic Juices and Coffee. Daniel Flattley Presented the Menu and Explained That Entrees, Salads and Appetizers At Coquina Will Change With the Seasons ?it's Hard To Imagine Anything in Ashland More Creative Than Coquina (542 A St., 541-488-0521), As the Lately Blooming Railroad District Keeps Chugging Along. the Folks Running Coquina Came Inland After Several Successful Years in Bandon, Possibly Because They Got Tired of Having Golf Balls Driven Into Their Kitchen. Sitting in the Outside Back Patio, Diners May Decide They've Found the Exact Right Place. Coquina Calls Itself "american Nouveau," A Name That Could Mean Anything. But It May Be the Only Way To Describe A Dish Called Pork-N-Beans That Is Actually A Slab of Rich and Unusually Meaty Pork Belly Paired With A Cake of Fat, Tender Cannelini Beans and A Dose of Sweet, Intense House-Made Kraut. This Would Be Classic Bar Food -- If Your Bar Served Mostly Chateau Latour. the Same Spin On Something You Thought You Knew Surfaces in Another Appetizer -- Prosciutto With Fresh Figs -- Which Bring More Texture To the Match Than Melon Does. Spinning Entirely On Its Own Is A Salad of Sweet Pea Tendrils in A Pear Vinaigrette, Set Off by Hazelnuts and Candied Guanciale (Pork Jowl). It's A Powerful Argument for Eating Your Greens. Among Entrees, Sea Scallops Were Sauteed To an Impressively Consistent Golden Hue, Immersing Their Tender Sweetness With the Faintest Crisping, and an Unexpected But Endearing Cherry Tomato, Corn and Snap Pea Salad. Duck Breast Was Rich and Juicy, Set Off by Chanterelles and A Punchy Blackberry Gastrique, But Not Strikingly Unusual. Neither Was Gnocchi With A Bolognese Sauce, Even If the Menu Promised the Involvement of Goat. Everything Can Be Overshadowed by A Finish of Chocolate Torte With Pomegranate Sauce, Cocoa Intensity Cut With an Unusual Tartness. the Dish Enhances A State of Mind Already Bolstered by the Appealing, Largely Oregonian Wine List and the Outside Back Patio. by David Sarasohn, the Oregonian On October 12, 2011 .

Coquina is located at 542 A St in Ashland, OR - Jackson County and is a business listed in the categories American Restaurants, Restaurants/Food & Dining, Eating Places, Full-Service Restaurants, Limited-Service Restaurants and North American Restaurants. After you do business with Coquina, please leave a review to help other people and improve hubbiz. Also, don't forget to mention Hubbiz to Coquina.

Categories: American Restaurants, Restaurants/Food & Dining, Eating Places, Full-Service Restaurants, Limited-Service Restaurants and North American Restaurants

Meals Served: Dinner

Alcohol Served: Full Bar

Location Features: Dine In, Wheelchair Accessible

• www.coquinarestaurant.com/