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| - We are walking through the toy store in Cotswold about to head to the car when blammo, drenching rain, hail (seriously! like golf balls!), gale force winds... Basically Armageddon stood between us and our car - so we decided to take the short route to Table 274.
It's gotten decent write ups on yelp, and I can see why. The atmosphere is nice. They have (what appears to be) original artwork on the walls, actually some nice stuff. The bar area is quarantined off enough from the dining area that you don't mind the sports on TV.
Beer list is good, wine list is meh. Our server wasn't confident recommending a "fat tire" like draught beer, but overall service was very good.
The food was good, but it wasn't fantastic. The set up is sort of strange as well. You can order small or large plates, and the small plates are meant to be like tapas that you share with the table. That's okay, but for some reason I struggle with the idea of tapas in an American style restaurant which is what this place is.
We had the mushroom risotto, which was the best of the dishes, despite being slightly undercooked and a little over-cheesy for my taste. The crab cakes were okay, but would have really benefited from more crab meat. The chopped salad was fine and dandy, but MAN that balsamic dressing is over powering!
Overall it was a nice surprise, and certainly a step above the old place that used to occupy the space, Charley's.
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