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| - Twice now I've been to The Porch at Siena in the new development behind the Whole Foods Marketplace on Washington Road in the South Hills.
I'll start off by saying that for what it is, I like it. I like the selection of ever changing craft beers which they have on tap, and they have some good ones. Example being The Porch has Lost Abbey on draft. This is something I've never personally seen on a draft list, so I was pretty pumped. Definitely had to have one.
The Porch...Probably my favorite part of the facility is the outside dining area in which you can see their small garden where they grow herbs, tomatoes and other crops which are used in their finished product. I like when a restaurant does this. They had a pretty nice crop going too by the looks of it.
The Porch seems to be pretty heavy into their wood fired oven which I really like. They seem to have some generally solid offerings such as their pizzas. The margherita pizza which I had ate on our first visit had a nice flavor however it seemed to require a bit more sauce. I did enjoy how they gave you a small sampling of different herbs, parmesan cheese and dry chili flake. I liked this much more than offering a shaker full of each. Pizza is good for a wood fired pizza, however there are better. I think some improvement could be made here and I'm sure in time it will improve.
On our second time at The Porch we shared the Farm Bread. With the oven toasted bread you get apple butter, a jam(which was exceptional, and in fact made me start liking jam) and a honey butter. All were nice. Three large pieces of bread are served. Some pieces seemed to get a little black. Could have done a better job there.
My better half had the potato soup which she said she liked. However I tasted it and the bacon in it to me was a bit smokey, I would say more than normal. I don't generally care for potato soup so it was a bit lost on me anyhow.
For her entree she went for the caesar salad which was a nice sized salad. I'm not a fan of caesar dressing so I can't say how it tasted, but it certainly looked appetizing.
I had the Hanger Steak with smoked potatoes, broccolini and a saffron zabaione. The steak was salted perfectly, the steak was cooked to a medium rare which was perfect. As for the potatoes the smokey lingering after taste was a bit heavy and it didn't really do it for me. It over powered the fingerling potatoes. They also seemed a bit under cooked. The broccolini was quite good and had a nice crisp texture to it, but not much flavor over all. The zabaione lost on me so I can't comment much on it. It was a good plate though for $23.00
Service was good, however our server seemed a bit nervous. I couldn't tell if she was new, but she did a good job, was pleasant and that's what counts. We will return.
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