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| - my goodness, what a disappointment our dinner was! i came in with a group, not ravenously hungry and looking for something light, so i can't rate the signature steak dishes. it being summer, i thought the tomatoes florentine salad was a no brainer. for a dish that has "tomatoes" as it's first name, at the risk of sounding too political, i'd call this salad a "disaster." How I was looking forward to the fresh from the garden flavor of ripe summer tomatoes! Sadly, the sliced "heirloom" tomatoes were the same hard, cold, flavorless, strip-mined variety you might buy in the dead of winter. My sister had ordered the wedge salad, and immediately offered me her tomatoes, knowing i was a tomato eating machine that night, and strangely enough, her little wedges of tomatoes were the opposite end of the flavorless tomato spectrum, mushy and ice cold. i also tried the lobster-crab bisque, which was also a disappointment, too sweet, a little overly fishy flavor, and if there was lobster in there, i'd be hard pressed to pick it out on a blind taste test. The last dish i can report on is the summer vegetable side dish - again, where is the flavor? very sparse seasoning which i assume was just salt and pepper, not quite cooked zucchini and yellow squash. another table-mate asked if i could pick out the seasoning, I have no idea what the little dark flecks were, I tried to get a hint of basil or other summer herb, but there was nothing. On the "pro" side, the service was good, our server dealt well with the challenge of separate tickets and our large group. My cocktail was well made and tasty.
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