Black Jax Saloon opened up at the end of December at 78 Main Street, Centerbrook, the newest project of shoreline chef and restaurateur Jack Flaws, known for his Jack Rabbit’s Burgers, Wings, and Things and The Rabbit Hole Tavern in Old Saybrook. The menu includes barbecue brisket, sandwiches, slow-smoked wings, 40-ounce porterhouse steaks for two, tomahawk rib chops, prime rib and pork loin cut at tableside, and “stuffies,” Flaws’s big baked stuffed potatoes with a variety of filling options. Several different starters, salads, sides, and even ramen and rice bowls are also available, as well as some desserts, including the gingerbread ice cream sandwich and apple pizza. If you like it hot, you’ll be happy to hear that Flaws is using the greenhouse behind the restaurant to grow, organically and sustainably, more than 300 pepper plants that will be used by the restaurant, including jalapeno, habanero, Scotch bonnet, ghost pepper, Mad Hatter, and Carolina Reaper. Black Jax Saloon is opened from 11 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/BlackJaxSaloon.

—Pem McNerney