This restaurant’s name makes one think of an upscale law firm but that stylized sign above the door and etched on its windows leads you into a remarkably welcoming dining environment with excellent food and bar.

The red watermelon and cucumber salad with nam pla, peanuts, rice puffs, and Thai basil.

Slow cooked border springs lamb with crispy rutabaga and greens

http://www.hawthorneandwood.com/

Second visit to Hawthorne and Wood

Pictured above — top right and left North Carolina white shrimp remoulade with mirliton squash, avocado, horseradish and fines here’s.

Bottom left the middle top row, rosti potatoes with deviled eggs, celery in a house steak sauce.

The bar makes great cocktails, even of the ‘mock’ variety on request. I asked for something refreshing and not too tart or sweet with cucumber.