| rev:text
| - My boyfriend and I stopped into Cafe Hollander on a Monday night around 9 PM after catching a sneak preview at Sundance. For my birthday I'd been gifted a City Tin so I had a $10 off coupon burning a hole in my purse and had never been to CH so it seemed like the perfect opportunity.
We were seated quickly since there wasn't much of a crowd except for a handful of people watching the NCAA championship basketball game at the bar. The server took our drink order then was gone for...awhile. He came back with our drinks and we ordered the table bread (I had not eaten lunch or dinner because I'm terrible at life so I was super hungry) and put our entree orders in at the same time.
The bread came out pretty quickly. Described as "pull-apart fresh-baked buns" I had expected something more along the lines of monkey bread, but it's just a cluster of rolls that they don't separate before serving. The tops were just shy of being burned and the rolls were on the dry side overall. I did like the chive butter and it was nicely presented, but I don't think I'll need to order them again.
Our entrees came out in a reasonable time. My boyfriend got the Happy Cow Burger cooked medium and I got the Bacon Avocado Chicken wrap. Both of us got frites.
His burger was bright red in the middle, just a tad more cooked through than rare. He is not picky, so he ate it, but it was nowhere near what he ordered in terms of doneness.
My sandwich, on the other hand, was one of the best sandwiches I've had in awhile. Everything was fresh, the chicken and veggies were good quality, the seasoning and sauces all worked together - I loved it. It's not a fancy sandwich, or a blow you away with creativity sandwich, but it's the best execution of this general idea I've come across in years. I was less impressed with the frites - they were crunchy but didn't have a lot of flavor. I rarely put anything on my fries, but I found myself wishing I'd ordered a dipping sauce to liven them up.
By the time we'd finished, it'd be awhile since our server had checked on us. After five minutes of sitting there with us looking around trying to spot him, he finally came by and asked if we wanted boxes. We did, and he left. And we waited. He came back with boxes and offered a cup to take home the butter for the leftover rolls. He left. We waited. He came back and asked if we wanted him to run the check and get a cover for the butter cup. He left. We waited. And waited. And waited. He finally came back and we were able to sign, box up, and leave. All in all, it took 15-20 minutes from the time he asked if we wanted boxes to leaving.
When I started writing this I had marked my review at four stars - as mentioned, I am in love with that sandwich, and our server was really nice and personable - something that seems to be the opposite of many reviewers' experience with staff. However, as I've reached the end I've realized there is a lot to be desired, especially since we were in on a slow night. A couple other things that stuck out - the table across from us sat without being cleared the entire time we were there and had been that way when we sat down, the host seemed slightly perturbed that we wanted a table for food when we came in, and it's unclear why our server barely checked on and took so long every time he disappeared.
Will I come back? Yes, but I'll be prepared for it to be a drawn out process and not a quick bite to eat.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)