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| - Another terrific restaurant on my Zakc Bruell tour of Cleveland.
Came for dinner Saturday night at 7:15 and was asked if we minded sitting outside, to which I promplty replied yes I do mind. (I didnt spend an hour on my dress and hair to sit on a sidewalk thank you) so the hostess found us a nice table inside. Thank you!
Perused the wine list and decided on my favorite Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon which really was fairly priced at $120.
My dinner companion, who is less then adventurous, was under strict instructions to "eat outside the box" tonight. So for starters we had the beef tongue with sweet and sour eggplant. It was very good, I was interested in the eggplant make up and was not disappointed in the combinations of flavors.
Moving onto our salad course my friend had the arugula salad with pumpkin seeds, goat cheese and turnips and ate every bite, I had the shaved mushroom salad, which is basically a large bol of shaved mushrooms but it's served with a lemony caper dressing and baby sprouts that added the perfect blend of zing and texture. I cant wait to make this one at home!
For dinner he opted for the veal breast with salsa verde and polenta. It looked delicious and he enjoyed it as well. I had to try the skate wing as I never had. It was lightly fried with lemon and breadcrumbs and served with a panzanella salad. Very good, odd texture skate has, it's stringy to cut yet extremely delicate in your mouth,,,very interesting...also very good.
For dinner we opted to split the warm cherry tart with chocolate gelato as we both wanted "just a bite" of sweetness to finish off our meal. WELL, I had a bite, maybe two and said dinner companion devoured the rest of it and raved about it all night and the next day!
Dinner with wine and tip was about $250 and worth ever penny of it. Service was exceptional, atmosphere was cozy and classy and dinner was superb.
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