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Oak Grove's Sprig Caters to Neighborhood Families

Children eat free at the new restaurant on Monday evenings. It opened in October and is starting its own farmers' market.

What do Superman toys, pepper cream pasta, Transformer action figures and iron-skillet pork chops have in common? They can all be found at , Oak Grove’s newest neighborhood eatery.

Owners Jennifer and Daniel Morrison said that Sprig, which opened in October, aims to provide area families with a kid-friendly, quality dining destination.

“We want an atmosphere that when you bring your child here you can have them occupied with something other than a video game,” Daniel Morrison said.

The toys are not Sprig’s only effort to cater to its youngest clientele. On Monday evenings, kids eat for free from 5pm - 6:30pm, and they can choose from the restaurant’s child-friendly, healthy dishes, which include grilled cheese with apple slices and chicken breast with mac-n-cheese.

Sprig’s kids menu aims to fill youngsters’ bellies, not pad the restaurant’s bottom line, Jennifer Morrison said.

“We almost take a wash for our kids meal,” she said. “In fact, depending on what the kids get, it costs us money.”

Sprig does not only cater to families with children. The restaurant also serves as the perfect backdrop for date nights, Executive Chef Christopher Neff said.

“Mom and dad can come back if they do get the sitter,” he said. “This restaurant kind of shifts gears and becomes more of an adult place after sundown.”

Neff began serving as Sprig’s executive chef this week, replacing Chef Robert Elliot. Both Neff and Elliot worked at Decatur’s Watershed before Sprig.

Less is more when cooking with Sprig’s organic, local ingredients, Neff said

“We get such great products here: locally sourced, farmer-grown,” he said. “You would be an idiot to do anything to that. Just leave it alone.”

Sprig’s menu is packed with fresh and local interpretations of classic hearty dishes. The “Grilled Sprig Burger” is made with house-ground, locally farmed and grass fed beef. The restaurant’s fries are cooked in peanut oil and made with fresh potatoes that are chopped in house.

“I wouldn’t always say that it’s necessarily health food,” Neff said. “But it isn’t inundated with ingredients that are hazardous.”

The Morrisons also hope to host a Saturday farmers market at least once a month. The first farmers market was held last Saturday and Neff led a pickling tutorial.

Sprig is open seven days a week from 11am - 9pm Sunday through Thursday, and 11am - 11pm Friday and Saturday. Entrees range in price from $10 to $22. You can learn more about Sprig by visiting www.sprigrestaurant.com.

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