Before the magic can begin in Settle Down Tavern’s prep kitchen, “The Oracle of the Pickle” must arrive. That’s what restaurant co-owner Ryan Huber calls prep manager David Turley — the man behind Settle Down Tavern’s pickle program.
In their own section of the menu, Settle Down’s pickled offerings are listed around a drawing of “David the Pickle Man,” who’s caricatured as a pickled cucumber with square frame glasses, a newsboy cap and saddle shoes.
“We’ve always had burger pickles and other pickled things on the menu,” says Huber, “but [Turley brings] his whimsical and highly nuanced approach to the program.”…