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| - There are restaurants that are usually great, but occasionally slip, and then there are those rock solid choices you feel free sending friends, business associates, pretty much anyone who needs to trust you to. You know it'll be consistently great, and you know it will wow.
Petite Maison easily has the food of a 5star restaurant, but with the dark cozy cool of a bistro instead of a classic salon. There's a nice balance of bar service vs tables, so you're likely to be able to get in. I recently visited on a Saturday night, and the kitchen went out of their way to squeeze us in at 8pm. Nuts. But its about relationships to them... there's just zero pretentiousness.
The service really stood out as well. Some of the waitstaff has been there since the beginning- they're affable, easy to talk to, and don't vacillate... if you ask for an opinion, they'll actually give you one. You have a larger kitchen at home they PM does, but they're always happy to invite you into theirs so you can see their efficiency. Any restaurant that's that proud of their kitchen is cool with me.
The food is just awesome. Its classic bistro- so there's always steak frites or mussels or some pate.... and they're all AWESOME. The specials stand out as well- on this last visit it was a whole striped bass for two.
The pricing is completely reasonable.. and this is definitely one of those restaurants you want to introduce yourself to the proprietors: Wendy and James.
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