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| - Before I start my review of my experience at Furlough let me just say...
DAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
(insert rapid above head finger snapping here)
This place was the bomb, no questions asked whatsoever. Our group ventured over last Friday night for a casual dinner mixed with sophisticated cocktails and we were not disappointed. In fact I would go as far as to say the drinks were almost TOO sophisticated as the cocktail menu resembled a collection of short stories rather than a list, so I skim-read and went with the namesake cocktail, which was made with Backwoods infused bourbon base, patchouli syrup, cacao bitter and sweet vermouth, stirred over ice and strained into a coupe glass, garnished with a flamed atomized essence of cigar. As you can imagine it basically a leather-bound book shy of sounding like Ron Burgundy in a glass. For my tastes it was TOO creative, too much going on and not my flavour, but a bigger cocktail nerd than I would likely dig this.
Following the Furlough, I ended up ordering a slew of Old Fashioneds and those, well those were about as enjoyable as glasses of baby laughter and rainbows - amazing. I was in three deep before I realized I was likely racking up a hell of an alcohol tab, and a solid buzz.
Needless to say, food was essential and the menu looks to please each of your tastebuds individually. To start my friend and I decided to go halfsies on two appetizers; steak tartar and the lobster toast. The steak tartar was unbelievable, great seasoning, perfect little egg on top and a great portion size for a starter and not bad for sharing. On the other hand while the lobster toast was delicious and left me wanting more, I gotta say it was little more than an amuse bouche, definitely not a sharable appetizer, and for the price - come on guy, those two microscopic pieces of toast, lobster and sauce are a little off. Don't let the pretty pictures fool you.
It then came time to order mains and both the server and one of our group advocated for their burger. If you regularly read my reviews, it doesn't take much to twist my arm when it comes to a burger, sometimes just saying "oh look they have A burger" is enough". So the fact that the server said it was very popular and my one friend said she'd heard amazing things....
4/5 of us ordered the burger without hesitation.
Soooo glad we did this. The burger, cooked just below medium so it is literally dripping with juices down your fingers. Simply served with 5yr cheddar and sautéed onions on a fresh bun, it is perfect just the way it is, nothing else needed. I saw my one friend the next night for drinks and we both mentioned that we'd been thinking about that burger all day since, a good sign but also not good as it means i'll only be able to hold off so long before I become fully addicted and become a lunch/dinner regular here...
Only half a star off for a slightly over-complicated cocktail and half a star off for the teeny tiny lobster toast but other than that a flawless victory for Furlough.
Eatcrest Out
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