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| - Located in the dining row between Venetian and Palazzo. This restaurant is open for lunch and dinner. My friends made a reservation for dinner. We arrived early, greeted friendly by the hostesses and our waiter.
Drink orders and beverages were described to help us decide. Some of the drinks we elected to try include the Blackberry Bourbon Lemonade, Southern Revival, and Yardbird Old Fashion. Drinks came out well timed. Drinks each had different admirable elements.
Blackberry Bourbon Lemonade was sweet match of blackberry and lemon. Not tart. Well masked bourbon. Definitely there.
Southern Revival was made with
Wild Turkey, passion fruit and basil. This was one of my favorites. The drink masked the alcohol with fruit flavors. Not overly sweet. Just right balance of sweet to alcohol.
Yardbird Old Fashioned was strong as expected. Not much else I can say to that effect to describe.
Not long after drinks our food order of green tomato blt, Chicken and Waffles, Artichoke Pasta with Chicken, and Daily Catch blackened catfish with cheese grits. Food all came out hot temperature and stayed that way for some time after arriving.
The green tomato blt were nice pieces of pork belly. Not overly fatty, seasoned, and with balance of lettuce and tomato. Chicken and waffles was a large dish that would have been better served for two. Crispy golden crunchy skin, moist juicy meat, maple butter waffles and spicy watermelon. The watermelon was a different complementing piece from the usual chicken. The square pieces were nice on own, I just didn't feel it. The waffles were thicker than I prefer. Maple helped.
Artichoke Pasta with added chicken was well seasoned. Chicken pieces reminded me of the fried chicken from the waffles. Tender noodles.
Daily Catch blackened catfish with cheese grits was not over cooked tender and bursting with flavor.
Mac n cheese was a small dish but not lacking in taste.
Dishes were all polished off and check was settled promptly. Not the best of the best but certainly good attempts to being pretty good.
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