I chose Bodega for my department's Christmas Lunch at work; we have a large party and couldn't find anywhere that could accommodate our group and had a menu that everyone would enjoy. After some searching, I stumbled upon Bodega and the choice was made.
Bodega is a house that's been remodeled to be a restaurant. There are two front rooms and we sat in the larger one with the bar in it. I think bathrooms are in the basement but I didn't venture down there so I couldn't tell you!
We had a party of 11 for lunch so it took some time to get everyone's orders straightened away. The server was a bit aggressive in her approach to the table for the duration of the meal but that's probably just a personality thing. Our server was also the bartender, so she wasn't always paying attention when we needed drink refills or a new fork or something.
I cannot go to a place like this and see poutine on the menu and NOT order it. WOW. OUT OF THIS WORLD. Soooo insanely good. If I hadn't been with my coworkers, I might have licked the plate clean. Such a delicious combination of mushrooms, cheese and fries. I ordered the lamb shank for lunch and again, OUT OF THIS WORLD. This lamb shank is the best I've ever had. It was smothered in some kind of delicious sauce with cranberry reduction and perched atop truffle mashed potatoes. A few of my coworkers tried the lamb shank and agreed that it was by far the best thing on the menu.
I was happily surprised with Bodega; I was a bit worried with some of the mixed reviews that I saw online, but Bodega pretty much hit it out of the park. We did have one negative, one of the servers handed a plate to my boss and it ended up burning his hand. It was an unfortunate occurrence, and I'm not sure if the restaurant did anything to make up for it, but otherwise, the meal was very good and everyone enjoyed. I look forward to coming back to Bodega again and perhaps trying that lamb shank again... excuse me while I drool onto my keyboard.