Wonderful suburban hangout. If only I had a place like this in ... Pint margaritas and nicely strong make for a wonderful evening. The local conversation made this place all the more entertaining.
Started off with the Italian margarita - Amaretto ... and it comes in a pint. Awesomely strong. This is a good start.
The bread basket is surprisingly good. I liked the crispy little puffs when I normally try to avoid the complimentary filler... I emptied my basket - darn it.
My first course were the mussels and they were sucked down on the toast points. I would have liked the toast points to be thinner and doubled but taking half bites worked. The dish was a great combination and very tasty. I have never seen such PHAT muscles before. GMO or something. Either way I loved it.
The complimentary green salad was non-descript micro-greens. Pretty fresh but they may be stocking more then they can use in a night.
The innocent offer of another margarita was answered by the buzzed little voice of OK... a mistake. The Otto's maragarita seemed stronger then the Italian. The Italian really destroyed me for all other margaritas; the Otto seemed to be missing the Amaretto. Despite the absence, I still sucked it down... I really shouldn't have.
The main of duck was DELICIOUS!!! I subbed the mashed potatoes for cous cous and the sauce came on the side. The cherry reduction was fantastic and wished I had more to dip in it. The duck was also moist and crispy if that is possible.
Still half a margarita to go and contemplating calling Uber, I had to chug it before my chocolate truffle cake came. I have this stigma of not wanting cocktails tainting my chocolate... a port is best but I am already regretting the 2nd margarita.
The truffle cake was super chocolatey but too hard. It was warm which is good but too hard. I was expecting more of a very thick mousse but the texture did not stop me from devouring the thin slice.
Would love to come back and try the lamb.