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| - We tried out Wendigo for dinner tonight and overall had a good experience. I would rate the following things as 5 stars:
1. Atmosphere- cool old building, very tastefully decorated, tables were a decent distance apart (so you don't feel like you're on an awkward blind date with the people next to you). Lots of beautiful old wood, art on the walls, and even a beautiful little wooden stage that would be prefect for small bands to play there
2. Service: our server was friendly, attentive, and overall did a great job
3. The drink selection was very good- a variety of really good beers both bottled and on tap
4. The cheese curds were AWESOME. Good enough that for some reason my husband felt compelled to exclaim "GOD BLESS AMERICA!" after eating one. Very large and clearly made from scratch, greasy but somehow also light at the same time. The ranch dipping sauce was excellent, though we were not huge fans of the sriracha sauce. I'm not sure why this stuff is so trendy nowadays (seriously, it's EVERYWHERE! It's the PBR of condiments- it's been around forever, but once the hipsters "discover" it, it's suddenly on every fancy restaurant menu, even though it was never that great to begin with. Sorry, getting off topic, here. End mini-rant.)
And here are the things I would give 3-4 stars:
1. Husband had the Phorench Dip with sweet potato fries. He said it was tasty, but he felt like the aforementioned sriracha overtook the flavor and said it would be great if they just had a different flavor of aoli instead.
2. I had the Roasted Artichoke and Ramp tart. It came with a decent sized mixed greens salad, which was really good, though I was not a huge fan of the tart itself. First of all, I didn't see or taste anything resembling ramps. What I did find were what appeared to be overcooked asparagus. When cooked, Artichokes tend to get mushy, so when you put them together with asparagus, it comes out just tasting bland and...well, mushy. I think it would have been better had it been artichokes with maybe a different vegetable. It certainly wasn't horrible, but I probably wouldn't order it again.
Overall, we would definitely go back- there were plenty of other delicious-sounding things on the menu we'd like to try!
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