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| - The two star review reflects my disappointment after having such high hopes for Tanzy. I am having a hard time actually writing this because the experience hit me strangely in so many ways and I have a lot to discuss but I want to write something considerably shorter... So here it goes.
The decor is beautiful! The concept is neat! The crowd meticulous!
Now, the food...carpaccio that was so thin it melted on a room temperature fork. Zero salt minus the few fried capers and dried up convenience store Parmesan. And twice the weight of the beef was a pile of hand crushed, yes, hand crushed arugula, obviously wilted by the heat of someones gross mitts. Disgusting. Calamari steaks cut into French fry shapes and sauteed does not translate into the grilled calamari I had deceptively perceived after reading the menu. Each one of these were 14 and 12 dollars...Christ!
The more than one star review is due to the amazing cocktails we had. Whilst they each had something around 12 ingredients in them, as do all of there signatures, there was still a strikingly nice balance! Sign of a competent bartender. But my martini was 20 bucks, which I knew, and my girlfriend's cocktail was 14, for about 4 oz. But delicious none the less, and expect a wait for each one as the mixologist has to gather his mountain of mis en place for each drink.
Maybe the weirdest thing about Tanzy is that every time I have come here, at least to grab a drink before a movie, is that they let the kitchen staff just walk around the dining room and bar to watch tv or whatever. It's really funky to be shadowed by some greasy line cook who smells like sauteed, excuse me, grilled calamari while I'm trying to enjoy the smell of my 8 dollar supplement of mescal. And since the kitchen is opened up, you can have staring contests with the food runners, busboys, and line cooks as they watch you drink, eat or watch them.
Go to Grimaldi's if you're grabbing food and a /or a beverage before catching a flick next-door.
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