Slate Restaurant in Dr Phillips Orlando

Slate Restaurant (Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram) at 8323 W. Sand Lake Road in the Trader Joe's shopping Center is a new restaurant launched by Concentrics Restaurants in June 2015 in the Dr Phillips area of Orlando.

Concentrics Restaurants is the company responsible for Luma on Park and Prato, both located in Winter Park.

Slate is open seven days a week. 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. (Sun-Thurs), 5 p.m. – 11 p.m. (Fri-Sat) Lunch service will begin July 2015. Their phone number is 407-500-7528.

It's a modern American restaurant offering a wood-grilled menu. Dominic Rice is the Executive Chef.
The regularly changing, seasonally driven menu features house-made pasta, pizza and charcuterie and other approachable fare such as whole fish, fresh salads and burgers. SLATE also offers a variety of small batch beers, boutique and fine wines and craft cocktails.

The interior was designed by The Johnson Studio.

Tuesday evening they served three tables of media folks family-style, with each of us grabbing bites from community plates. This gave us all a chance to sample and take pictures of many different dishes in one sitting. This sampling evening was complimentary.

Hearth roasted red snapper, lemongrass, spoon bread, summer squash $26 

Short Rib, apple-jalapeno puree, grilled baby carrots $26 

Sweet pea and cheddar macaroni, sesame $9/$15 

Half roasted chicken, green beans, marble potatoes, smoked butter $22 

Warm crab-artichoke dip, Meyer lemon, olive oil crackers $13 

Warm crab-artichoke dip, Meyer lemon, olive oil crackers $13 

Sweet & Sour Crispy calamari, Calabrian chili sauce $13


Sweet & Sour Crispy calamari, Calabrian chili sauce $13

Charcuterie & Cheese Pick 3 for $14 of pick 5 for $20
Soppressata -Finocchiona – Spicy Chorizo 
Felino –Prosciutto – Lomo -Chicken Liver Mousse 
Ford’s English Cheddar –Burrata –Fiore Sardo 
Rogue Blue – Bucheron- Mahon 

Charcuterie & Cheese Pick 3 for $14 of pick 5 for $20

Seared tuna, Bibb, pineapple, edamame, peanuts, avocado, chili-orange vinaigrette $18

Seared tuna, Bibb, pineapple, edamame, peanuts, avocado, chili-orange vinaigrette $18