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| - A lovely setting, and a very warm welcome from hosts who know how to greet people and make them feel comfortable.
The service is exquisite: never condescending, never in-your-face, responds to questions, prompt, hip without being annoyingly hipster, a true pleasure.
The food, though, could use some refining. First of all, too much on the menu has bacon, cheese grits, or both. It would be nice to have a bit more variety. Not everyone is of the mind that "everything is better with bacon." A bit more nuance with flavours would be appreciated.
My arctic char was perfectly seared, but was accompanied by an Israeli couscous with lobster that was lukewarm, and unpleasantly mushy.
Crust on the butter tart was quite tough, but the accompanying raisins were delicious. Lemon tart was not of pristine freshness.
So all in all, a good experience, and definitely in the right direction. But several missteps with the food that could be rectified with a bit more attention in the kitchen.
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