Pirogue Grille
North Dakota
Pirogue Grille serves a seasonal menu in downtown Bismarck, with 70 seats and cooking that combines regional ingredients with wider influences. The menu moves between established dishes and new preparations as the season changes. North Dakota bison short ribs, braised in red wine, give the menu a direct local connection. Other examples include house-made venison sausage, Parmesan-crusted walleye with red pepper vinaigrette, and scallops with a fenugreek cream curry sauce. The drinks offering includes cocktails made with house-prepared syrups, such as a chokecherry margarita and blackberry sage sour. Chokecherry also appears among the desserts, carrying a regional ingredient through different parts of the meal.