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| - Goodness gracious, this place is friggin' amazing.
I wanted to show appreciation by taking my secretary/sounding board/second mother to CG for lunch. That, and I've been coveting the Ribeye Steak Sandwich ever since Paul C posted Yelp pics. Paycheck be damned, I was going to have my precious.
We started off lunch with calamari as appetizers, and in the words of Chesney: No sauce, no aioli, no problem. It's tossed with cherry peppers at just the right ratio where you get the fresh fried calamari kicked up with a little heat. You won't miss having nothing to dip it in, which turned out to be a plus - it's two seconds quicker that you're scarfing them down.
As for the sandwich, we've all done this in our reviews - "OMG, like, this filet is soooo good. Like, I would totes marry it!" or "Dat BBQ doe. I'm in love." This sandwich, however, doesn't warrant such amorous affection. No, me and this sandwich, we're going for it all - double suicide... so we can be together forever and ever into eternity and infinity. Caramelized onions, Harvarti cheese, and perfectly medium-cooked steak just hanging out between some pieces of French bread. Hm, forever might not even be long enough.
My only regret was scheduling a meeting at 1PM forcing us to cut our lunch short. In fact, I completely lost track of time due to good eats and good co. Our server could sense my urgency, and quickly handled the pay process with virtually no wait time. Impeccable service from beginning to end. Armeen (sp?), the GM, put together one helluva team - glad I finally paid him a visit.
Speaking of paid, lunch was pricey, but well worth it. So maybe it's a good thing that this was the first time I've been here despite working in the same building for the past three years. Otherwise, I'd be living out of a cardboard box, taking the Charlotte Trol(LOL)ley, and picking a banjo now in front of Starbucks down the street. Doesn't sound so bad if you got CG lunches, me thinks.
dmo out.
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