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| - I really want to love this place, I really do! But... the food just isn't there... I've had +/- 7 or 8 different dishes now (two visits) and only two have been better than average (just slightly better). Those being, the mac and fried green tomatoes. However, I think both are over priced. 4 slices of a tomato is like $8 or something? Youch! Justin homie, we all know green tomatoes and batter don't cost dat much!
Conversely, the gumbo is so far from what I was expecting and just flat boring that it really took me back. I literally looked at my wife when it came out and asked if she thought that was the gumbo?? It looked like rice and KFC gravy (similar taste to appearance). Almost no flavor, complexity, zing, pow, pop, bang, etc! Maybe that's traditional gumbo? Don't know, but in my humble opinion, it needs a total redo. We're talking tear up the script and start over again. A page one rewrite.
Ok, 'nuff dissin' on the expensive food. The building/property/story/decor/location/atmosphere/super close to my house is uber tight. Real good stuff, so I slide it up to 3 stars (really more like a 2.85). All that said, I really do encourage you to check it out for yourself. Venue Projects did an outstanding job on the whole thing. Wishing them the best of luck and will definitely be back but beg and plead they keep working on the food and prices.
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