Like Dominion Tavern next door, Balsam Inn has done a great reno and is one of downtown's most stylish eating options away from the chain restaurants. I haven't eaten much here but what I have tastes - the fried chicken - was good.
My lousy reviews is generally due to poor service. Our main course arrived before our drink order - two glasses of wine, nothing tricky - and I could only cringe as I watched the waiter repeatedly bring each table the food first, then have to return inside to fetch cutlery - at least 4 times!
My review would have been 3-stars until the waiter knocked my wife in the back of the head as he walked by with the water jug! Very sloppy service.