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| - Man was I excited for this place..
The concept seemed right up my alley, a large beer selection, seemingly delicious food options, a welcoming community environment that's close to home. I was sorely disappointed. Last night, my boyfriend and I stopped by for the first time, we were slightly surprised to see counter service only but didn't let that hinder our judgement. It was packed full on a Tuesday night, normally that's a good sign. Being so new I'm sure that's been the case for the past few months. Unfortunately, that's where our first annoyance arose, like I said, it is good to see a place booming with business but the acoustics were terrible. We could barely focus on what we were saying between the two of us. Those garage doors are going to be a life saver in the summer.
Onto food and drink...we found a spot by the window, assessed the menu and made up our mind on food for the evening. We went with the meatballs, a spicy Italian sausage, a side salad and an order of frites with saffron aioli and curry ketchup, got two beers to pair. Our dinner was prompt to hit the table, we quickly indulged.
The frites were first up to bat, they were enjoyable, the sauces were pretty good too. The meatballs came next, this is where the meal took a turn for the worse. The description sounded delectable, I was ready for an explosion of flavor. I'm aware that lamb can be dry, I assumed the yogurt sauce would moisten them up if need be. I took one bite and it was the weirdest combination. There was no depth, just bland and some overpowering spice. The meat was indeed very dry, dry and very bland. It seemed as if the chef tried to soup up the flavor of this lacking meat with what tasted like an offensive amount of ginger, turmeric or a similar spice. It absolutely killed my tastebuds. I love spice and flavor but this was absurd. It was completely inedible. I'm not ultra picky either, I'll usually try to at least finish something to not be wasteful but I simply couldn't. Another disappointment was the portion for the price, I understand lamb isn't cheap but three crappy meatballs for $12.50, man did that hurt.
We were far to eager for the sausage to arrive, hoping that'd make up for the meatballs, it didn't. It had the same exact problem, bland as ever, with a similar flavor used, just not as heavily. The side salad was what it was, average tossed greens I don't have much to say beyond that.
We wanted to tell someone of the heavy displeasure but felt awkward toting our food up to the counter while they were clearly busy. This is where I wish there was a server to inform of our issues, possibly allowing us to try something different.
I really hope for the sake of the place that it was just an off day, someone prepped something wrong, I don't know. I hate to say it but this was one of the worst meals I've had in a while. I'd consider returning for the beer or wine, possibly a cheese or meat board. Other than that I was rudely turned off. :(
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