I like this place because I can mix and match interesting apps and salads. The devilled eggs @ $2.5 apiece sound better than they taste, with smoked trout and lobster not given a chance to shine. Devils on horseback offer an app that everyone does now - dates stuffed with chorizo and wrapped with bacon - but the mix of sweet and salty and chewy and crisp still works well.
I can't quarrel with the selection of artisanal cheeses and smoked meats, but the accompanying fruit is a joke with two tiny slivers of apple. Why not provide a magnifying glass some can find it? The apple or fruit should counterbalance the rich flavors of the cheese, but 2 slIvers of fruit doesn't do it.
I think the presentation is a shade better than the flavors, but it's still a welcome oasis in the wilds of Hudson.