| rev:text
| - Drive past this place every day to and from my trek to work. I first noticed it a few months ago when they put up the signage. The cool, sans serif font and brightly-lit sign caught my attention. As a designer, I'm always intrigued by good design. So I had this one in my mental "to do" list for quite some time.
Finally hit it up last night and admittedly was not impressed. Upon walking in, it seemed very bare. I'm all for minimalism, but it didn't seem designed that way on purpose. It felt like when you live in a big house with not enough stuff to decorate it. The layout was sort of odd and it just felt empty. Granted, we went when it wasn't very busy, but still. That was what I immediately felt upon walking in.
I ordered the prosciutto salad and my friend the cheeseburger with gnocchi and bolognese. They had a pretty good beer selection, but neither of us felt like drinking so will have to review that at another time. The service was pretty fast and our server was very pleasant, as was the rest of the staff we encountered. The presentation of the food was attractive, so I can appreciate that. But I found my salad to be fairly bland with not enough dressing. I don't even like a ton of dressing, but it was just an awkward salad to eat, if that makes sense. It came with some homemade cheddar crackers which were also somewhat bland. I did not try my friend's cheeseburger, but he said it was pretty standard. Good but not amazing. The gnocchi and bolognese was way too sausage-y and didn't seem like anything special.
Overall, a little to pricey for mediocre food. i like their concept/design and think they could take it a lot further. (hire me!) ;)
|