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| - What a wonderful restaurant, and it is well worth the hype and investment, both for lunch and dinner. In my visits there I've tried (and genuinely have no critique for,) the following items:
LUNCH:
Warm Homemade cookies (hold me, so perfect);
gnocchi with wild mushrooms (i dont even like gnocchi and i inhaled this);
the sandwich combos, chicken, garlic meatball, and prime rib sandwiches were all unreal.
I have no negative things to say about their lunch and for the price, i cannot believe the value/size/ and of course, undeniable quality of the food. I mean all in with tip if you dont get an alco beverage, you're looking at under 30, and honestly any other place in calgary downtown with even a fraction of that quality will be aroound the same for sitdown lunch - 16-25 for the meal. Might as well posh it up and treat yourself to Charcut.
The service, both at lunch and at dinner is impeccable - knowledgeable, attentive but not pesky, and friendly without being insincere.
DINNER:
Oysters - the tomato mignonette is ace, and fresh grated horseradish is always a great touch. for reference, i despise raw or even pickled tomatoes, and yet i loved this mignonette.
Charred octopous - full flavored and non chewy, loved the balance with the sausage it was totally worth it
kitchen pickles - ok pickles sound lame, but really, they are so good and so refreshing
bison brisket - mmmmmmmmmmmmm - end of that
butcher steak - standard, argentinian style skirt steak with chimichurri (which is more herbal than spicy compared to a regular chimichurri).
Prime rib - i dont need to tell you about this, you already know. and unbelievably reasonable at $4.50 an oz.
we've also tried their creamed corn, poutine and charcut potatoes as sides.
the potatoes are AMAZING (everything else is also good). its the kind of thing where it's almost as good as the steak itself without stealing spotlight.
basically what i'm saying is this place is worth the hype, and i'll get into fisticuffs with anyone who says otherwise. thanks to the chef and his wonderful staff both FOH and BOH for always making it a consistent experience.
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