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| - Visited this restaurant for the first time on a Saturday night, with reservations. Res was for 7pm - the 3 piece jazz/r&b band started playing at 7:30 (and they were great, by the way). I believe the musicians change from week to week. I had requested to be seated in the upper floor, where the band plays, so I did not get much of a look at the bottom floor. The atmosphere is nice, with exposed brick walls, colourful paintings and chandeliers. I will say that the space is very small, we were fortunate that for the first half of our dinner the tables on either side of us were empty - I can see this place feeling a bit cramped when it is at full capacity.
The menu here is not huge, but offers plenty of tasty-sounding options that you can't get at every other restaurant in the city. I had the corn bread to start (deeelish) and a my main, the jerk smoked chicken with mac n' cheese and collard greens on the side. The jerk smoked chicken had an amaaaazing flavour, very saucy (probably too much for some people, but I enjoy sauciness!). The Mac N Cheese was ohhhhh so creamy, and a very generous helping - the waitress, bless her, suggested I add some crumbled bacon to it, and how could I say no to bacon?? The collard greens were really tasty! First time i have tried them - definitely not for the veggie hater; if you like spinach or swiss chard I think you will be ok with these. For dessert, split the feature that day which was a mango cheesecake, very light and full of flavour.. If you're having a drink - give the squeeze tease a try - rum and gingerale with a little lemon - goes down very nicely :)
The server was very friendly, helpful when asked for menu recommendations. I did not find the service slow as others have mentioned but again - the place really didn't start filling up until I was nearing leaving (9:30ish).
Overall, great place, nice change from the usual, I will definitely be back in the future to enjoy some good tunes and try out some of the other menu items.
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