The Restaurant at JL Bar


The JL Bar cuisine is reflective of the current seasons, with the emphasis on using locally sourced ingredients which are selected with great care by our culinary staff. To compliment and add a further dimension to your dining experience, The JL Bar Wine Cellar boasts an extensive selection of wines to accompany the delicate and flavorful entrees. Open to the public, The Restaurant at JL Bar, has a full breakfast, Sunday brunch, lunch and new dinner menu. View the menu buttons below to browse the current posted menus.

HOURS OF OPERATION

Open Daily 
Breakfast 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Lunch 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Dinner 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
(last seating at 8:00 p.m.)

Sunday Brunch
Brunch 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
(last seating at 1:00 p.m.)

Published menus are subject to change. Reservations are required for on-property guests and the general public (non-property guests). Dress attire is casual. Sunday Brunch Menu replaces the Lunch Menu only on Sundays.

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"When you acknowledge, as you must, that there is no such thing as perfect food, only the idea of it, then the real purpose of striving toward perfection becomes clear: to make people happy."

Thomas Keller

Meet Our Culinary Staff

Senior Executive Chef - Michael Collins

Chef Mike grew up in Sacramento, California, and learned to cook by watching his Sicilian mother and grandmother dish up spectacular Christmas Eve dinners and nightly meals that were just as tasty. When he was 12 his mother took a traveling sales job. With a father whose idea of cooking was making a sandwich, Chef Mike was determined to make meals just like his mother and grandmother had. By age 16 he was helping at local restaurants, and at age 18 he became a professional chef and completed a culinary apprenticeship at the Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia. In his nearly 30-year career he has taken various chef positions at four and five star resorts in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Arizona, Louisiana, Maui, Utah, California and Texas.

JL Bar Cook

Just a few days after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Chef Mike began consulting with and later accepted the challenge of being the Executive Chef at the historic Windsor Court Hotel. He was tasked with reopening all culinary operations at the world class hotel, while revamping the menu at its fabled restaurant, The New Orleans Grill. While Chef Mike ensured that every guest had the perfect meal, he will never forget meeting with then President Bush on several occasions and preparing many meals for him and his staff during their visits to the city.

Chef Mike is working on updating the JL Bar menu’s, keeping many of the dishes that locals and guests love while bringing his own unique creations to diners’ plates. He envisions the menu as one that blends Hill Country Flavors and influences, combined with Subtle Sophistication to produce rustic dishes that are full of bold yet simple flavors. Chef Mike is working to train his sous chefs to cook by taste, rather than recipe, a skill they will continue to need as the resort strives to purchase as many local ingredients as possible, including eggs, fresh produce, meats and seafood.

“My goal with JL Bar is to make it friendly to both travelers and local residents,” said Chef Mike. “My vision is to create dishes and an atmosphere where everyone feels comfortable coming in, relaxing and eating fabulous food that is also friendly to their pocketbooks.”

When you acknowledge, as you must, that there is no such thing as perfect food, only the idea of it, then the real purpose of striving toward perfection becomes clear: TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY. That is what cooking is all about.

- Thomas Keller

Sample Dishes