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| - Fun fact: owners of Soyo and Oyshi own this joint =)
which makes the food/experience here even more amazing.....to think that restaurants known for Asian food could make American/Italian inspired food THIS good.
Again, this is spot caught my eyes and stomach once I saw it on Instagram. Came here after a night of shopping and movies with the boyfriend; and since it's right by his house, we stopped in to use up the GCs his family gave us.
You would never expect a shabby chic décorated restaurant in this log cabin exterior. So cute with open space, rustic furniture, romantic lighting, and a chandelier. This restaurant would be great for a first date or date night =)
We got there little past 10pm and the hostess said there was happy hour at the bar/lounge til closing = PERFECT!
We sat at the bar and our bartender, Anthony, was so friendly and great from the start. BF ordered beer and I ordered one (maybe 3 more) of the specialty cocktails that Anthony had recommended.
I can never say no to grilled octopus so that was the immediate choice for me; BF is a sucker for scallops; and our third app, crispy gnocchi, was chosen from its popularity on Yelp reviews.
Octopus kind of shocked me because it was whole baby octopus. It didn't shock me because of the head or anything (I'm Asian, I've seen that before) but, only cuz I've only seen them served like that at Asian buffets...not nice/cute restaurants like this.
Anyways, the octopus was ok; scallops were superb but, the crispy gnocchi was my fave! Despite my dislike for pesto, this pesto sauce was pretty good...not to pesto(y) and very creamy!
I was quite full from all the apps but, we had to order the spicy seafood pasta and shrimp po'boy. The shrimp from the shrimp po'boy was crispy and had a good batter on it. Spicy seafood pasta was the hit of the night...Just enough kick and spice to my liking. Wish I could bathe in that sauce!
I can not rave enough about this place. Great local business with amazing food and even better workers.
Hoping this local business stays open and I'll be there as often as I can to help it so.
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