Watch Hill Proper Expands Menu
Watch Hill Proper announced a kitchen and menu expansion that will give the public a more upscale dining experience. Moving forward, as Watch Hill Proper Bourbon Bar & Kitchen, the restaurant will offer a full dinner menu and additional seating to accommodate patrons coming in to dine.
The new menu, available beginning Sept. 23, was designed by Chef Michael Crouch and will feature more of the Chef's innovative, modern cuisine with a classical French influence. The expanded kitchen space, which has now doubled its original size from 500 sq ft to 1,000 sq ft, will also allow for the addition of Sunday Brunch service beginning later this fall.
"The Culinary team and I are eager to provide our guests with a more fluent and elevated dining culture that matches our impressive whiskey selection. This expansion and new kitchen elements will allow us to offer more than we had previously. Everything from my dinner series to tasting menus is designed to give you an experience you won't soon forget," said Crouch in a news release.
"We are elevating the dining experience of Watch Hill Proper,” added co-founder Josh Howes. “We are excited to have Chef Michael Crouch and now have the means to truly showcase his culinary capabilities and the talented team he has put in place. This new kitchen and full dinner menu bring everything together, allowing us to offer a more elevated dining experience that matches our unparalleled whisky selection, great wine selection, and world-class cocktails."
Since opening in April 2022, Watch Hill Proper's American whiskey selections have grown to over 1,600 unique bottles, making it the largest American Whiskey bar in the world. The restaurant is on pace to host more than 200 public and private events this year, which include bourbon and wine tastings, meet and greets with bourbon master distillers, themed dinners led by Crouch, and the Fred Minnick dinner series.
The restaurant also offers space for private events such as rehearsal dinners, birthday parties and corporate events. Watch Hill Proper will no longer accept new members to its membership program after Sept. 30 to better to serve the general public and its current members.
Watch Hill Proper will now be open Tuesday-Thursday from 4-11 p.m. and Friday-Saturday. 4 p.m.-midnight. The kitchen will close one hour before the bar closes. Watch for updates in the fall with the rollout of brunch service.
