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| - I feel like the atmosphere is more coffee house than chic wine bar. It's too bright for sexy-eye wine induced staring and there's some 'art' on the walls that reminds me of a Friends episode. Other than that, the ambiance is nice- but no panties dropped on this date.
The service was good, and the waiter seemed like a nice guy and was polite. The wine I ordered was pretty good as well, but when I asked my server about 2 different wines, he didn't seem to know how to describe their nuances very well. It was more like- this one tastes good that one tastes better. Well, thanks for that articulate recap... blind leading the blind.
We ordered some bruschetta- Not good. The fig was way too sweet. It tasted like overly sweet fig jam had been used. When I've ordered this dish in restaurants before- it has come with fresh fig, and for the price- that's what I expected. They could at least put that in the description, because I wouldn't have ordered this if I had known. I choked it down to be polite to my date. It may have been more edible if there was actually some brie on it to counter the insane sweetness. All I could find was a little smear of brie rind, but no actual cheese. If it's brie and fig- put some brie on it.
The bread used for the bruschetta is very thick- as far as bread is concerned, it does taste good, but it is so thick that each bite of the bruschetta is incredibly dry and I just felt awful after eating it- too much bread for an app. The other bruschetta we tried was ok. I can't even remember what it was, maybe it had red pepper and goat cheese... it wasn't memorable at all, but compared to the fig one that actually was hurting my teeth due to the sugar level- it was a welcome palate cleanser.
My date also ordered the cheese plate (cheese on cheese- what was he thinking?). The cheeses were good, but I've had better and more interesting selections. I love cheese! I used to visit my local cheese counter everyday in LA- I have little reservations. It would've been nice to see some Cypress Grove selections, or Sea Stack or Epoisses or Barely Buzzed... something actually interesting- maybe less mild. Phoenix demo may not be into that though.
I guess the point is, it's okay, but I've had better. I wouldn't write the place off entirely- I haven't even tried their entrees, so maybe that's where they kick ass, but the bruschetta is a miss and the cheese plate is what it is.
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