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| - With 2 hungry and tired 7 yr olds, and 1 hungry husband, I really wanted to go somewhere new. Being in the Strip, I knew I had eat at Marty's. After driving by, I decided to check Yelp for their business hours. "Breakfast and Brunch" is what it said. What? It was 6:38 and they *seemed* open. So I called them from the Yelp link.
Me: "Hi, what time are you open until today?"
Marty's: "We close our kitchen at 7:00".
Me: (thinking oh great, this isn't an option). "Oh, so I guess we are too late?"
Marty's: "We still have 20 good minutes for cooking".
Me: "Oh thank you! We'll be right in".
Street parking was easy so we all headed inside. There we found the rather open eating area accentuated by open glass walls and sunlight streaming in. Smiles from everyone inside helped to ease my "hurry up and order" feelings.
The lovely women at the cash register helped the 4 of us to decide on ordering options. This was no easy task as the 2 children, who have rather sophisticated paletes, where not diggin' the food descriptions. And....one of them is a vegetarian and one allergic to milk products and has IBS.
Thinking our orders would be bagged for a ToGo order, I was quite surprised when we were shown to a table already set with filled water glasses and utensils in place for our meal. "They are being really fantastic and it is closing time" I thought. "Perhaps they have us confused with somebody of importance? No vacuums or sweeping around our feet or tables being restocked with condiments for the next day. No frowns or displeasure could be detected from the open kitchen. Nothing like that at all. In fact, you would have thought they just opened for the day.
After a total of about 10mins, all 4 meals were delivered to our table, piping hot and freshly made. Seemed nothing had been sitting under a warming light.
So now we get to the food: Truth be told, there were mixed reviews. For myself, the homemade potato chips were pretty good. Perhaps a bit of salt and pepper or homemade horseradish/ranch type dressing would have made them fantastic. The Crispy Goat Cheese and Carmalized Onion Salad was genius! The blended flavors, including a vinaigrette dressing, textures and amount combined for a perfect 10! I can't seem to get that salad out of my mind. A true foodie love affair has begun here. I mistakenly over ordered and still had an entire BBQ sandwich sitting in front of me. Half went to the hubby, who thought it was awesome. I kept half, just to take a small bite mind you. I ate the entire half, sans the cheese, and agreed with the hubby. The homemade pickles atop the BBQ are another genius culinary move. Only thing that could have made it better for this fire lovin' gal would have been fresh cut jalapenos.
My hubby's ordered meal, Parpadelle With Fresh Grilled Veggies, was good. A bit bland but good. That being said, the vegetarian 7yr.old loved it! This was a good thing because she didn't like her Bacon-less BLT sandwich because of the homemade mustard. By the way, hubby and I loved it and can't wait to order it as a complete BLT.
Child #2, who normally doesn't like pasta with tomato sauce because of IBS, LOVED her Spaghetti. The meatballs received an "okay" rating from her but were gobbled up by the hubby who gave his paata to 7yr old #1.
In the end, all plates were returned to the kitchen completely clear of food. If not by the orderer, by someone else at the table.
During the musical plates dinner, the service was invisibly impeccable. Meaning that waters were filled, plates cleared, extra napkins were provided and smiles present all without being a disruption to our mealtime interaction.
The only reason that I didn't give Marty's a 5th star is that I did not get to experience the grocery side.
I will be returning to try more menu items, check out the groceries and to continue my foodie love affair with my Goat Cheese Salad boyfriend.
By the way, I have a feeling we were not being mistaken for anyone of particular importance. Just Marty's Market's way of treating everyone as royalty.
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