Since this place is going out of business in a month, I figured I'd swing by for one last hurrah. Boy was I disappointed.
The bread starter was extremely soft and tasteless. Almost to the point of being mushy. Fine... it's just the bread. On to the appetizers:
Steak tartare: It didn't taste bad, but then again it didn't taste period. It came out looking like an uncooked hamburger. I could taste the lettuce and the olives, but that's about it. I don't know how they managed this.
Chicpea fritters. These weren't bad, but were sort of a nondescript fried something-stick.
The main dish we ordered was the salmon. It had a "fishy" aroma and flavor, for lack of a better word. Perhaps an indicator of it not being as fresh as it could be.
Overall, I was quite disappointed. Not necessarily because it was *bad*, but more because my expectations were much higher, based on my prior visits. This is definitely not the NACL of the past, and it's sad to say but I don't think I'm going to miss you much.