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| - We first went to Citizen for "happy hour" apps and cocktails, because I was intrigued by the online reviews and always want to try something new. We had the mac and cheese and the "other" chopped salad. (Not the famous one.) I had a pisco sour (good) and a gin cocktail off their menu (I wasn't crazy about it.) BF had Stellas. We wanted to sit on the patio, which was a bit sterile. Just a little color please. The bartender who waited on us was friendly, knowledgeable, kind, and great. Host was great too! The salad and mac and cheese we ate were very tasty. If you are looking for a value, go to Bungalow or somewhere else, because, as my BF says "Happy Hour is supposed to be less that $40 :)" Citizen wasn't, but we decided it woudl be a better dinner place. I prevailed and...
We bought a $100 gift certificate, which came with a complimentary $25 certificate. We went back for dinner the next week with my sister and her husband who were visiting from Washington. It was exceptionally quiet on a Friday night, which might have contributed to the restaurant feeling a bit sterile. We all agreed the space needed some more division as it felt a bit "cafeteria." Maybe skip the white tablecloths. (We were just brainstorming They don't seem very "gastro pub".) The menu was very interesting and although, our server was not as exceptional as the bartender we had the first time, she was very nice.
We had the popcorn and original chopped salad to start. The popcorn was greasier than I thought and not as flavorful. I still liked it and enjoyed more than enough of it. More bacon pieces, less bacon grease please. The salad was FABULOUS! Now I know why it is famous. I would come back for this salad any day. Great presentation. Great taste.
For entrées we had the pork, grilled cheese, ribs, and pastrami. The pork had excellent accompaniments and was cooked almost perfectly. Love the figs! The ribs were rated a 9.5. Delic! The grilled cheese was said to be on a brioche and was served on white bread and was somewhat underwhelming. The pastrami was a starter portion (which was fine) and was NOT a good cut of meat. Because it was a small portion of meat, it was apparent, 1/2 of the portion of pastrami was pure fat. Yucky. The spaetzle was okay. The brussell sprout kraut was okay. (This was my dish if you can't tell :). Underwhelming.
I had the Manhattan which was excellent and the champagne cocktail which was quite tasty. Sister is prego and had water and tea. Brother had vodka and the rocks and BF had beer.
Desert was a bread pudding to share which was tasty, but not quite as interesting as the menu would lead you to believe. Cappuccino was EXCELLENT!
We like this place. I want it to succeed. I don't know if they need to throw some rugs on the floor, to put a room divider next to a table or what, but they need to make it feel like a gastropub if that is what they want it to be. Right now it feels like they are lost somewhere between fine dining and I'm not sure.
Focus on the menu. And the good servers. Add some more decor. And the quality. And we will be back. Good. Almost great.
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