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| - Caveat: I ate neither meat nor potatoes, but I think I tried everything else on the menu.
The atmosphere is ...a little weird. You have enter through the theater, but once inside the restaurant it's great. Sort of French bistro meets bordello. (That makes sense to me). The chairs at the tables are realllllly comfortable, so much so that we were afraid we were going to fall asleep after eating and drinking too much.
We started with a bevy of appetizers - short ribs flatbread with arugula and gorgonzola was very tasty, as were the fried chicken livers. The bone marrow, though, took the day. It was a *huge* portion - easily three times what I've had in other restaurants.
For dinner I had the pappardelle, my second choice because they were out of veal shank. It was excellent - and you can always rely upon me to get pasta no matter where I go. The noodles were definitely homemade by someone, and the sauce had more flavor than most bologneses I've tried. Lesley had the "Pig dip," which looked amazing. Erin was less than thrilled with the Kobe beef, but Tim loved his hot dog. Yes, a $12 hot dog. Apparently it was worth the price.
The big hiccup was the service. Our waitress was unfriendly and inattentive. The place was not busy (it was a Tuesday), so I couldn't understand why it took so long to have plates cleared and drinks refilled. That said, the food more than makes up for it.
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