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| - This place currently is " a place where you want to be seen". If that's important to you, then quit reading this and go. Otherwise, this place was a mixed bag. First - the service:
I felt like I had walked into a room where an argument had just taken place. There was no interaction, helpfulness, or friendliness between the staff. A younger lady and a middle aged man constantly walked around (manger and maitre d'?) with stern looks, never a smile to the customers or - forbid!- a stop by the table to see if everyone's enjoying themselves. Our waiter was friendly enough - to us - but didn't know the dishes as well as he claimed. He answered preparation questions incorrectly, we came to discover when our food arrived. Water glasses would be filled - for 1/2 the table. Dishes and drinks were slow to arrive. The main dishes were very slow to arrive - we were happy enough talking among ourselves and didn't ask about them, but our waiter stopped by 3(!) times to say the dishes would be out soon.
There was an excellent jazz trio playing in the bar area, one of the highlights of the experience. Yes, it was loud in the entire restaurant, but not as bad as others in this city - who don't have live music.
The food: I was served the caprese salad - 3 small to medium tomato slices, a tablespoon of cheese, on an very large plate for $15. Everyone looked at it when it was served and asked,"where's the rest of the salad?" All of the salads were small - the smallest wedge salad I've seen, and the Caesar wasn't much better. Taste was very good, though. We all had fish - 3 swordfish - small but excellent,and grouper, small also. The grouper is served on a corn fondue - if you don't know what that means don't feel bad. Our waiter didn't either, even though he gave a (completely wrong) answer when asked while ordering. It means basically a hollandaise sauce, with maybe some creamed corn in it? Fortunately it was under the fish, so the filet could be removed from the dish and enjoyed without it. The grouper itself was very good. We ordered a couple of side dishes, these were of a pretty good size - but one was the Brussels sprouts, and they were burnt. We eat and make Brussels sprouts frequently, I understand what the chefs were going for, but the fine line was crossed and they were burnt.
A couple of us ordered desserts, creme brulee and an apple cobbler. It took so long to arrive, we were sorry we had ordered them, but they were very good.
So, in summation : this is a chain (with 16 locations and growing). Pretentious atmosphere. Strange, slow service. Pretty good food, poor value. I really don't want to go back, and that's the final measure. In Pittsburgh, for the same cost or far less, there are so many better choices for dining.
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