This was my first time at Josephine’s and I’m glad I made it before they closed their doors! The service was impeccable, the food was superb, the atmosphere was warm and inviting, and the restaurant itself was quite spacious. I was so sad to learn that Josephine was closing their doors this month after a decade in business, so I’m glad I made it in for the first time! I ordered their happy hour double cheeseburger with a glass of wine and shared the duck fat hash browns and cornbread. Delectable! For such a nice restaurant and prime location, the price tag was more than reasonable and absolutely matched the service received. If you have a chance to visit this 12 South staple before they close their doors for good, please go!

Oh-kay! I'll explain more detail below .... But we had.... Cornbread 🌟🌟🌟 Heirloom tomatoes🌟🌟🌟 Crabcakes.🌟🌟🌟🌟 Peach cobbler 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Let me go into more detail. 1. Cornbread is a buckwheat base Cornbread. It's good (not amazing). It's dense and oily. I'd say vegetable oil but I am hoping olive oil. Our Cornbread was a bit overcooked so it was more dry. I was super disappointed in the butter that was served. We are butter snobs. So we were so disappointed that it was just regular ol butter. I was hoping for some farm to table butter, honey butter, truffle butter, chive and fig butter... something! So that's why 3 stars. 2. The Heirloom tomatoes were also good buy not amazing. It needed more salt for sure and some freah cracked pepper wouldn't hurt. And it was totally crying out for some acid. This dish desperately needed a drizzle of balsamic dressing. In fact it's asking for it. Just my 2 cents. 3. Crab cakes. Were served over parsnip puree, grilled asparagus and a blood orange brown butter hollandaise sauce. I can tell you I've had a blood orange browned butter sauce before that was not good at all. This was the star of the show. I'm still feeling like lemon made its way in there instead of blood orange, but what do I know. The brown butter hollandaise was the best tasting thing we had. I do wish the crab cakes were cooked way crisper. Like the pan wasn't hot enough and needed more oil. The asparagus was also cooked well. Still crisp which is nice. You forget there is parsnip puree cause the hollandaise is so good. 4. Peach cobbler Don't be confused. You will expect a cobbler but technically it's a pie. The topping is a pie crust not a crumble like you'd expect. The vanilla mascarpone ice cream was really good. The Peach filling was also amazing. However. The crust was not cooked all the way so that was a bummer. For sure everyone was nice. Our server was great.

Went here to celebrate my wife and her recent accomplishments. The food was amazing. Just delicious, and you can tell it was prepared with care. Crab Cakes, Strap steak, and a great appetizer with scrappel wrapped in lettuce. Our server Shannon made us feel right at home. I want to go again!!