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| - I have been to Bistro on Main a few times over the last ten years. Each time I have had great service and the food has been fabulous! Last night I took a friend for a girls night out, and we had another wonderful experience.
Alcohol- There is a full bar available, and one full side of the place-mat sized menu is use for beer, wine, and other alcoholic beverages. I didn't get past the red wines so I can't speak of the quality of the beer options. Tuesday night is 'Half price Wine by the Bottle" night and we took advantage, ordering two bottles of reds that normally are well above our 10/bottle Grocery store purchases. Our waiter was well informed on the (simple but sufficient) wine list and provided excellent recommendations. Our first bottle was served with a slight delay on our 'Kitchen Plate" of cheeses and nuts but we enjoyed getting to know the wine with no other distractions. The second bottle arrived with our entrees and we may have broken our rule by leaving a little in the bottle to assure our sobriety when we left. Both dry, complex reds made us swoon with the first heady sip. ahhhhhh...
Service - We arrived to a packed parking lot, just after 7pm, without a reservation, and were seated in a few minutes. Because we wanted to to enjoy our wine and dinner, we took our time, holding a table in a busy restaurant from our 7pm seating until they closed at 9:30. We never felt rushed and our waiter encouraged us to linger over the wine and food, adding desserts and coffee to tie up the evening. The kitchen was hopping but we were a little disappointing in the delay between the kitchen plate and our bottle of wine (thus one star is knocked off) and generally felt the course were served a little off in the timing. I think this is due to the kitchen processes rather than slow service on the part of our waiter.
Atmosphere - The bar and lounge area is small, nicely decorated, and perfect for a dinner or just drinks and appetizers. I've eaten there in the past with my in-laws, and we all enjoyed the feel of the place. Last night we were seated in the main dining room, which is decorated in dark woods, browns and burgundy with lighter (Yellow?) walls. The tables are bare wood, and the silverware is wrapped in a white cloth napkin. It's not a quiet room, but not overly loud, totally fine for business discussions and also nice for a date night.
Food- Every course was beautifully prepared, not crazy plate art but definitely thoughtfully presented and attractive. The food is upscale, often locally sourced, and the preparation reminds me of Napa style or Tuscany. Last night we both ordered pork dishes because I only eat pork when it's been farm raised, outdoors, on pasture with lots of fresh air and sunshine. You can truly taste the difference from the bland, mushy factory farm pork (I avoid it for it's lack of flavor and cruel conditions). The special was the pork shank (pictured) which was literally falling off the bone tender and melted in your mouth. The pork chop, thick cut and cooked to the chefs preference (medium rare) was moist and tender, especially for a pig who spent it's time moving about, and packed with the rich flavor only pastured pork can provide.
In addition to the Kitchen Plate, and pork entrees we also ordered a pizza (half price on Tuesdays) which we split as a second course, and we couldn't decide on our dessert - the banana bread pudding or the peanut butter and chocolate mouse. After a few nanoseconds of thought we ordered both, along with coffee. OMG SO GOOD!
I am not going to wait so long before I return, but due to my limited funds, I will probably stick to wine and pizzas and Tuesday nights!
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