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| - A friend and I ate at Harvest for Restaurant Week. We chose it because it had some solid vegetarian options, and everything sounded really good! This was my second time at Harvest, although the first was probably ten years ago (or at least it seems that long ago), but I do remember it being very good back then. Before I review the food, I must say, the service was impeccable. Our server was so incredibly friendly and helpful. I have had a rash of bad service the last few times I've been out and this was such a refreshing change.
I chose some kind of Lemon Drop drink made with Door County cherry juice. It was just the right level of sweet and sour. I'm not really a mixed drink kind of girl, but I felt like a beer wasn't quite appropriate in this instance! For my first course, I chose the butternut squash and cider soup. I love me some squash soup. Or pumpkin. Or really any kind of winter vegetable. The soup was good, but not amazing. It tasted very, very fresh...which seems like a good thing, but in some ways it could have used a bit more cream or seasoning or cider or something. There was also a giant hunk of solid squash in the middle of my soup. I'm not entirely sure if this was on purpose or not, but I have to assume that one would be aware of dumping that into the bowl. So, it was probably supposed to be there. I could have lived without that.
My main entree was potato gnocchi which was served with mushrooms and parmesan. I have mixed feelings about this dish. The gnocchi itself had an excellent texture, but was somewhat flavorless, as gnocchi tends to be. The "mushroom ragu" wasn't a sauce at all and seemed mostly like a bunch of mushrooms and some kind of other watery sauce without much flavor. I finally found that if I ate every bite of gnocchi with a chunk of mushroom, it was quite delicious, but to eat it plain was rather underwhelming. I think in the past the gnocchi I've had at other establishments has had such tasty sauce, that I was expecting the same here. This was my least favorite part of the meal.
Things really looked up at dessert time. I chose the espresso budino and my friend chose the crack pie. My budino (aka: pudding/custard) was maybe in the top five desserts I've ever had. It was SO good. And this is coming from the girl who doesn't drink coffee. It was thick and rich and tasty and I wanted to ask if perhaps I could pay extra to have another little dish of it. My friend's crack pie (served with cherries) was almost equally as good (though not quite). The waitress described it as being a bit like creme brûlée, but it was actually quite different. I don't really even know how to describe it other than to say it was delicious!
If I had to rate just the food on this recent trip to Harvest, I probably would only give a 3 or 3.5 star rating, however there are a few things that make it a solid 4 star experience. First, the service, as I previously mentioned. Both the hostess and our server were wonderful. Second, the $25 price point for the meal. Last year, I ate a $35 Restaurant Week meal at another restaurant and felt like I had been screwed. At Harvest, I felt like I was getting an excellent deal. AND, because the temperature were pretty frigid that day, they offered a $25 gift card with your meal. I assumed my friend would be the only one to receive a gift card, as she was the one who had gotten the email about it, however the server brought us both out gift cards. So, I paid $25 for a meal that was surely worth more, and I got a $25 gift card to come back and eat again...can't beat that.
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