Second Empire Restaurant and Tavern offers a variety of food items and wines. It offers a range of appetizers that includes mesclun salad, goat cheese, fried Georgia quail and saut ed Portland lobster. The restaurant s entrees include grilled Australian lamb racks, grilled veal porterhouse chops, grilled Angus beef rib eyes and pan-roasted sea scallops. It also offers a range of desserts that includes cr me br l e, flaky puff pastry, buttermilk coconut chess pie, German chocolate cake, cheesecake, chocolate souffl and key lime pie. Second Empire Restaurant and Tavern also provides its facilities for organizing various gatherings, such as receptions, business events, weddings and rehearsal dinners. The restaurant is housed in the more than 100-year-old Dodd-Hinsdale House located in Raleigh, N.C.