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| - Stopped in on Sunday somwehere between brunch and dinner and got a seat right away. With the 'no reservations' trend in this city, we've taken to eating at weird times in order to try the "it" places without the hours of waiting. So far, so good.
I began my order with a County Drive In cocktail, which was a beautiful pink color and arrived in a nice tall mug. While I was skeptical at first of the combination of ingredients, I was pleasantly surprised by how refreshing it was and really enjoyed it. Not enough, however, to order another at $12/pop.
We had some oysters to start. They were fine, and the apple mignonette was delicious, although there could have been more of it.
From there, we went on to split a burger and the chicken thigh sandwich.
The burger was small but tasty, albeit a bit overcooked since we ordered it medium and there was NO pink in the center.
Now, the chicken thigh sandwich was just the opposite. It WAS pink in the center, and the texture was a little questionable, too. When we called our server over to let her know, she assured us that it was just a result of their cooking method (sous vide followed by flash fry) and that all bacteria had been killed. She did not offer to cook the chicken more; she told us if we were uncomfortable eating it we should order something else. At that point, we were pretty grossed out and called it quits.
I was super bummed out about the chicken because I was looking forward to coming back with friends to try the KFC chicken- it looks so delicious and fun! However, if they use the same cooking method on that chicken as they do on the thigh sandwich, I'm afraid that's a dealbreaker. Even if it IS safe (which I'm not sure I buy) it was still disgusting.
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