The concept is simple: farm-to-table contemporary comfort foods with a special emphasis on fried chicken and barbecue.

Of course, there’ll be craft cocktails, too. And, local beer.

When Adam Hegsted’s new restaurant opens in Ponderay in mid- to late June, the menu will be modern and hearty. Barbecue items – chicken, pork ribs and shoulder, brisket and pastrami – will be the showstoppers. So will the buttermilk-brined fried chicken.

“It’s basically a double-fried chicken,” Hegsted said. “So, we blanch fry it, and then we crispy fry it.”

Hegsted, the chef and owner behind Spokane’s Yards Bruncheon, Wandering Table and Gilded Unicorn, perfected his barbecuing skills as a young executive chef at the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel. Lately, he’s been working on his fried chicken technique, too – hosting monthly fried chicken nights at his Wandering Table restaurant in Kendall Yards since January. Those Wednesday Night Fried Chicken Suppers have proved to be popular. So Hegsted’s building the dish into his regular menu at his new spot/Adriana Janovich, SR. More here.

Question: Do you like barbecue chicken?