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| - So went to Taste of Dahntahn FINALLY tonite. I am an urban enthusiast, so I watched the way they redid this old building and took one of the 10 oldest buildings in downtown Pittsburgh from about to fall down and psuedo condemned to one of the nicest building redos in the history of downtown. And being that I'm such an urban enthusiast I have no excuse for not going sooner.
Decor- the way the place is redone is typical of a lot of urban spaces these days space wise, it's small in there. But the decor screams "rat pack", you really feel like Sinatra or Sammy Davis Jr are going to perform at any second. But once you see the LED kindle style menus, the beautiful painting of downtown Pittsburgh, the tabletops with pictures of the bygone days of downtown Pittsburgh, you just know they cut no corners at all. The way they redid the whole building they put a ton of money into the place. They really could have phoned it in but they didn't. It is so elegant in there, amazing.
Service - our server was on top of her game. Very unexpected for a Monday. Usually you get the C crew on Monday. Nope. Bartender came out from behind bar and sat us inside of a minute. She was right there after two minutes to get a drink order, made us aware of soup, special, veggies right away. Every time the diet coke was 3/4 down a new one was there, and she was asking if she could remove the old one. Brought the steak knife before the chicken arrived, brought the soup spoons before soup arrived. Just plain awesome service. She was excellent. And at the end she noticed I had my credit card out already - she caught on that all of the sudden I was in a hurry, took it after asking and got us out in 3 minutes once she noticed we had to go.
Food- best chicken noodle soup I've had in a million years. And the bread, not sure if they make it or buy it, but it has an asiago popover consistency, so airy and crisp where it needs to be. Heavenly. Nice soft butter to spread, good stuff. Wife had the all you can eat crablegs, and the plate you could see red drops from some sort of chili oil, and you could smell the Old Bay. Very rare with crab legs, most places steam and serve. Not this place, they seasoned to perfection. And they were such top notch crab legs, not the casino crap quality. My sous vide chicken was not sous vide. The skin was crisp. I'm a chef, so there's no way you can get skin crisp on a sous vide anything. However, the herbed risotto that went with it was to die for, amazing. So creamy, so flavorful, nothing short of amazing. Broccolini was garlicky and awesome. And the flavor on that chicken, so moist, so flavorful, awesome dish.
Will go back and cannot wait to go back. Kudos to these downtown foodies opening another place ( they are involved with Nine on Nine ) and for saving such a jewel of a building. Excellent, just excellent.
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