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I was headed to a local lunch spot downtown earlier than usual due to a 12:30 meeting (12:30? seriously?) and this was the first place we found that was serving lunch to the 1st lunch period crowd (remember those poor kids in elementary school that pulled the short straw and ate lunch at 11 AM - that was us that day).
Now I am not a drinker. My dog imbibes more than I do, so the beer list was kind of lost on me (besides, I always think it is bad mojo to go into a meeting after lunch and wreak of anything, especially alcohol).
My CW and I were the first to be seated - maybe that was our mistake. She ordered the quiche of the day and I ordered a sirloin burger w/ sweet potato fries.
Her salad was okay. Nice greens although not much else going on in it.
From there, it went straight downhill. When CW's quiche arrived, it was lovely to look at - leeks and andouille sausage - and cold. Not warm, not cooler than you would prefer. It was flipping cold. So she explained that to the waiter who took it back. Then she waited and waited and waited. Expecting it to be nuked, this was taking quite a while.
When he brought the plate out, it was a new piece of quiche - he explained that when they tried to heat up the original piece, it crumbled so they made a new quiche. As a former waitstaff (waitress but trying to be PC here), I would have stayed around and made sure that this piece was more to her liking. But he bolted. And - you guessed - this piece was equally as bad.
Now I know - you are going to say she was picky. But I actually touched the quiche to allay my fears and it was flipping cold. My guess? The quiches were either chilled or frozen and they didn't know how to reheat them. She ended up with a 1/2 of a chicken salad panini with dried cherries although I will be darned if there were any dried cherries in it. So CW is going vote this bistro off the island.
My lunch? I ordered the Brew-a-Burger Sirloin rare. When it came, I don't think it was much warmer than CW's quiche - yes, I order it rare and expect the inside to be warm but I also expect the outside to be hot which it wasn't. The cheese sat on the top and never softened, let alone melted. I also expect a rare burger to be flavorful without the addition of much else - and it wasn't. About 1/2 way through, I almost wondered if they had given me a ground chicken burger in error. At that point, I figured it was not worth pursuing.
Should they have given CW a free lunch? Or a GC for a free lunch upon a return visit? Doesn't matter what they should have done as they did nothing - the bill arrived and was paid as expected.
All in all, it was not a great food experience. I don't think we will be returning for lunch anytime soon. Was it a bad day for the kitchen? Did we arrive before they were really ready to serve lunch? Not sure but, either way, when you spend $25 plus tip for lunch, I think there are better places to drop it. Pity the kitchen staff cannot live up to the restaurant's name.
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