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| - We went on Friday eyeing their fish fry and wanting to try the dinner small plates/tapas menu having coming before for Sunday brunch and enjoyed it.
What we ordered: Bluegill Fish Fry, Triangoli, Malfatti, Pimento Cheese, Pierogi, Arancini, Biscuits
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Bluegill Fish Fry($17): The portion was 5 good sized fillets(bear in mind that Bluegill is a small fish) that were lightly battered and perfectly, and I mean perfectly seasoned. This fish fry is not a salt bomb that will have you reaching for water ever 2 bites which was great. What was not so great was the measly side of tartar that came with the fish. If your someone who's used to tarter with every bite of fish fry your going to want to request an extra portion on the tartar.
Triangoli($12) - These triangle shaped raviolis, hence the name "Triangoli" were a favorite of mine for one simple reason, brown butter. Brown butter for the uninitiated is when butter has been melted down and the resulting liquid reduced to impart a rich brown color and nuttiness to the butter. As you may have guessed this goes great on all manner of pasta and is well complimented by a classic filling of spinach and ricotta.
Malfatti($11) - this is another pasta dish that comes to the table piled high with sausage and pesto mixed in which adds a great hit of acid and prevents this dish from being too heavy with a good hit of acid.
Pimento Cheese($6) - As the menu description says this has "all the cheese" as well as a nicely charred "toast" bread to spread the cheese onto. If I had any complaints here I would just say that the cheese arrived at the table cold making it harder to spread on the bread then we expected. All around a solid dish.
Pierogi($10) - I have yet to meet a pierogi that isnt doughy and lacking in the flavor department and sadly this Pierogi was no exception. Filled with homemade sauerkraut and mushrooms you would expect an umami bomb. No such luck this dish lagged behind everything else I had in terms of taste by a wide margin. As for the caraway jam you either love it or you hate it.
Arancini($8) - The first thing that comes to mind for me when I think of Arancini is Dry. This arancini was is the exception. I attribute its superbe flavor and lack of dryness to the garlic fonduta filing which prevents the rice from drying the fried ball.
Biscuit($6) - Right off the bat this was one of the best Biscuits I've ever had. It came to the table nice and warm with a buttery richness that doesn't disappoint. But wait theres more, because this beatiful biscuit comes topped with a garlic honey that compliments the biscuits richness and really makes the dish one to remember. Be sure to get every crumb! We ordered this last and it worked great as a dessert.
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Service - Service consistently falter throughout the night and is why I can't rate 5 stars. While we had no problem getting a table and getting our food in a timely manner the other essentials of a good experience were underwhelming. The water we got is best described as very room temperature. With lots of small plates and different types of dishes it's key that plates are cleared in timely manner, they weren't. By the end of the meal we had a stack of dirty dishes at the end of our table that the server seemed oblivious too until we ordered the Biscuit.
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