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We ended up here before 5pm on a weeknight to celebrate a couple of things and wanted to go to Raw Bar. So, we paid to park on the street (so convenient, right out front!) and were so excited as we had wanted to try out Raw Bar for quite some time BUT they were closed for a private event. Sad face. We made the most of it and went to Yellow Door in the same Hotel (Arts) and thankfully, we were dressed appropriately. The place may be a tad too fru-fru for some (for example my dad in his day would have turned on his heel and walked out!), but we just wanted a drink and some eats. NOT the kind of place where any kind of Happy Hour is found, and likely not the type of place where wait staff expect a measly 15% tip, right?!
We had a seat just off the bar and were met with 2 half flutes of prosecco - deelish, nice touch!
The menu for before 5pm is verrrry limited. I was dying for some seafood so to share between the 2 of us we ordered the dungeness crab salad with butter lettuce and the seafood rotini (dried pasta, not fresh). There were the only 2 seafood items they had at this time. The sizes were acceptable and the flavors were good but the seafood is a little sparse. In the pasta you get 2 shrimp, 3 mussels, 3 clams and 2 small bites of trout for $22. The crab in the salad was... ok for $16. House drinks (cocktails) were $12 (they do not carry cranberry juice?)and hubby got away with a beer for $7. We took a look at the full menu and may come back for a late night dinner one day down the road. The huge imported black horse inside the restaurant is a must see and the little Le Creuset coquette of delicious little chocolates at the end made getting the bill just a little bit sweeter.
3 stars, all the way!
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