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| - There's just something inherently wrong with paying a bill of $30 for a plate of mediocre Southern food...however, I will give some props for the atmosphere and friendly service. But I reiterate. SOME props. Not enough to bump the star-factor up to 4.
First off, I'm the kind of person who will, yes, pay $8 for a "gourmet" banh mi sandwich that should cost $2 at a food stall in Chinatown. I "get" paying $12 for a bowl of delicious, slurpy ramen noodles.
However, paying $30+ for fried chicken, green beans and mac and cheese and a shared appetizer and dessert seems...seems...really wrong. While our server was chatty and helpful and gave us recommendations, I was sad to discover the fried chicken was dry, but okay. The green beans were good, but unfortunately rivaled ones at KFC, and mac and cheese was good, but again, nothing exceptional. (Ordered as a side, I believe the sides were $5 each.)
This exact meal could have been purchased elsewhere for half the price.
Oh, and the Southern dumplings (forgot the exact name of them) were odd. I'm Asian. I know dumplings. These were...generic tasting, came in a cute steamer...and were accompanied by two sauces. One so outrageously hot, the other not so hot...and both mustard based and not special. For the price, $8 is not worth it.
I should also point out, because of my HANGRY state (hungry/angry) after getting lost for 20 minutes, I learned my friends, who were already at the restaurant, weren't being seated b/c I hadn't arrived yet. This is ABSURD. Even with reservations! So I called the restaurant, told them to seat my friends.
The fact Speed Street was going on, and the restaurant's primary garage wasn't open was acceptable...but since there was no validated parking elsewhere available...I thought that wasn't what a restaurant, designed to be upscale, is supposed to do.
Oh, a few more things. Yes, the band was rockin' and diners were swaying enjoying the scene. I felt comfortable there...and from what my friends said, the drinks were great.
However, this simply isn't enough to get me to go back. I hope for good things for this restaurant...and there seemed to be a good crowd later in the evening, so we'll see how this place does!
PS: Yelper Angie P. deserves props for her review...I dined with her and the usual suspects of our noshing group, and her memory is amazing, the detail on her review blows mine outta the water!
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