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| - This place wants to be better than it actually is. The ambiance is really quite nice. They did a great job restoring the building and the grounds. It is beautiful, and it was also the first smoke-free restaurant in town. I very much appreciated that at the time.
The food wants to be outstanding, but it is only very good. For as much as this place costs, I want it to be better. More innovative, more spectacular. The wait staff is mostly very young and not quite experienced enough to pull off the fine dining experience. One time, one of them addressed my dining companion as "dude." He took offense, and rightly so. We are not your surfin' buddies, we are your customers.
That said, this is a great place for a big celebratory dinner with your whole family. It's a beautiful setting, the wine and beer lists are good, and your grandmother will be able to find something she wants to eat. So will your vegetarian cousin and her picky five-year-old, and so will you.
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