NORTH CARROLLTON — The former owner of Greenwood restaurant MeMe’s is back in the food business with a new restaurant, The Britshire Fine Dining.
The restaurant is in a corner building in North Carrollton next to Sanders Grocery that was formerly a fish and steak house.
MeMe’s burned in 2008. Carlisle said she was ready to return to the food business after a two-year hiatus.
“I am a nurse, a dietitian, but I always go back to cooking and serving food,” she said.
It’s something she’s done since she was 12 years old, when she got her start in Columbus at the Gilmer Hotel — and it’s what she loves.
Everything served at the new restaurant is homemade.
“We make our own hush puppies and onion rings,” Carlisle said.
She uses only top-quality meat, too. “People brag on our steaks and hamburgers,” she said. “I had a man tell me the other day it was the best hamburger he had ever eaten. It has five ounces of meat, and we weigh each one.”
The menu also includes seafood, though Carlisle said oysters are “too high” right now. She is still carrying shrimp, though it comes from the Northeast instead of the Gulf.
There is a catfish buffet each evening. The catfish comes only from the United States and in particular the Mississippi Delta, she said.
Regular hours at this time are 5 to 10 p.m. Carlisle says she hopes to open for lunch eventually.
On Sunday, The Britshire serves a buffet from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. In addition, patrons can order from the regular menu, which includes homemade caramel cake and various pies.
In addition to entrees, sides and salads, the menu includes sandwiches, and child plates are available. For salad lovers, there is the garden salad as well as grilled shrimp and grilled chicken salads. Carlisle makes a special Nosser house dressing in addition to other homemade dressing choices. The Nosser dressing goes on the fried green tomatoes as well.
Carlisle decided to open a restaurant in North Carrollton after she saw an ad in the newspaper. She and her husband, Vernon, are looking for a Carroll County home to purchase.
“We lived in Avalon for a long time,” she said. “I love Carroll County people. I’m from the hills.”
The Carlisles’ daughter, Jalyn Childers, also works in the restaurant.
There is a chef from the Gulf Coast, Robert “Bobby” Martin, who does a lot of Cajun food. Richard Barksdale from Columbus also cooks, and Tracy Pirtle “does all kind of things,” Carlisle said.
“We’ve got a good group,” she said. “We’re like a family.”
