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We go out every year for Christmas with a few friends, so this year we chose The Greenhouse Tavern. We had a reservation for 8:30 and were seated all the way upstairs. Table was nice.
Or server did his best. When we first sat down he went thorough this speech about the menu. It took about 15 minutes. I realized that this is what they require the servers to do as we saw other servers doing the same, but\ yikes, that was overwhelming and not really helpful.
At first he told us they were out of the duck and bread board and then proceeded to talk up the "Flintstone". After we finally figured out what we wanted, he came back to tell us that they were out of the "Flintstone". They were also out of two or three of the drinks we ordered. How do you run out of alcohol on a Saturday night in the winter?
My husband and I decided the tasting menu would be too much, so we ordered two seconds and two thirds. I also shared some gravy frites with the rest of the table.
Chicken Wings - 7 to the plate. Really nice flavor. A bit salty, but it was really good.
Garlic Stuffed Semolina Pasta- literally there were three tiny little ravioli, 2.5-3 bites, tasted good, but not enough on the plate.
Gravy Frites- seriously, how can these be bad?
Strip Steak - Cooked nicely, big portion. Served with a perfect garlic aioli.
I don't eat pork which limited the menu a bit. A friend of mine ordered the pig face. He got the last one in the house for the night. He said it was good, but it wasn't so pretty to look at, for me at least.
Overall, the food that we had was good. The star was the chicken wings. I wish they would have had some of the stuff they were out of, as I really wanted to try the duck or the ribs.
2.5 stars.
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