Restaurateur Jon Dressler will open Dressler’s Metro on Monday, February 8 in the Metropolitan shopping center. His first Dressler’s Restaurant is in Birkdale in Huntersville. (Read about it here.) On the menu at Dressler’s Metro are Thai crispy calamari, Low Country crab dip ,heart of rib eye, New York strip, halibut, tuna, and Dressler’s mom Joan’s famous New York cheesecake and carrot cake. Scott Hollingsworth is chef. Lunch hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily. An intermezzo menu will be served in the bar from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. Dinner hours are Monday through Saturday 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
This article appears in Feb 2-8, 2010.


