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| - After seeing this establishment featured on Andrew Zimmerman's "Bizarre Foods America", myself along with a few other family members decided to give it a try. We made reservations for a Thursday night around 7:00pm. Upon arrival, the hostess greeted us with a smile and promptly escorted us to our table. We were taken upstairs to a loft/dining area with about 8 tables.
Almost everything on the menu here is unique. Our waitress was nice enough to take the time and explain the menu to us. She made sure to answer any questions we had and afterwards took our drink orders. I started out with a Manhattan, which took me all of two minutes to drink. The mixed drink sizes were on the smaller side, so I switched over to beer and had a few delicious IPAs.
Onto the food. My uncle and I ordered the two dishes Greenhouse tavern is know for. He ordered the bores head and I ordered the Fred Flinstone rib. Both of these dishes took a little over an hour to cook, so we had time to enjoy some chicken wings while we waited. The wings were cooked in duck fat, rather than conventional oil. These were by far the best wings I ever had. The flavor was just plain outstanding. Very savory, with a flavor you might associate with lime, but is actually ginger.
Then, our main dishes were served. It seemed like everyone sitting around us stopped what they were doing and watched the spectacle that was our dinner. The plates that were placed in front of my uncle and I were not plates, but rather platters with enough food on each to feed a small family. I almost felt intimidated trying to figure out where in the world to begin. It truly looked like a meal Fred Flinstone would eat if he was a real person.
The rib flavor was similar to a good roast beef. However, it was a chore separating the fat (lots of it) from the edible pieces. After a while, I just got tired of the taste and gave up on it. I'm not saying it wasn't good because it was. I just think the dish is more about the "overall experience".
I wish there was a half star option because I would have given 3.5 stars instead of 3. Excellent service, small mixed drink portions, excellent wings, decent entrees, pretty much sum up my opinions about Greenhouse. Thank you for reading.
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