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| - At maybe 50% capacity on a Saturday night, I'm wondering if this is the norm or cause of the winter wetness that it ain't so busy.
The PIADINI flatbread comes with fries with black garlic aoili or house salad. The feature of the day was a Genoa salami with mushrooms, mozzarella, and some hot peppers. Flatbread was crisp at advertised by our server and toppings not bad but overall on the dry side. The garlic aoili was bomb though and made for a nice dip for both the piadini and thick cut fluffy fries.
The PAPARDELLE BOLOGNESE was nice and saucy with a hefty amount of meat in the sauce, and a nice hit of basil and juicy tomatoes throughout. The fried anchovy was nice but sat ontop of the dish, whole, so if you didn't think to ration it over the course the dish, you'd end up with a big salty hit of fish. Pasta excellently al dente.
Another member of our group ordered the FLATIRON which seemed to be a surprisingly small portion. Described on the menu as "Potato Tostones, Crème Fraiche, Beet, Juniper, Glace De Veau", my allergic-to-peanuts friend did not expect to have to ask about nut content of the dish. To our surprise, the steak came on a bed of beet puree, with a side of potatoes... dusted with ground pistachios. She asked the server whether the dish had any peanuts and was met with a curt response, "there's pistachios, it was on the menu". Definitely not impressed with this kind of customer service, particularly when no comment nor request was made on our end. Checking back now on the actual description of the dish, the server was clearly flat out wrong and rude.
Overall the pasta is the only redeeming factor for this place but given all the other choices in the distillery, I probably won't be back soon.
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