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| - The food here was not bad, but not particularly inspired, either. I neglected to make a reservation (if you're not a member of the Frick, you can't make a rese over the phone when you're reserving the tour, but must make one in person upon your arrival. I forgot.) but they had a spot for us outside, and it was shaded, so we were fine with that. We all started with the soup of the day, which was a cold gazpacho with cucumber. It was pretty good at the start, but had too much garlic in it, so that's all I tasted by the time I was halfway through. I had a salad with Bibb lettuce, diced tomatoes, red onion, Spanish almonds and crumbled bleu cheese in a balsamic vinaigrette. It was basically a big pile of diced tomatoes and way too much onion, so it had the look of a salsa on a pile of lettuce. I liked the vinaigrette, but this salad was not well balanced, and the overuse of onion just killed it for me. Restraint with the ingredients is what's called for here. It was also a small salad for the $11 price tag, so not a great value either. My companions had sandwiches and liked them, so I didn't choose well I guess. I liked the surroundings and the service was fine, but our tab for 3 people for lunch was $70...too much.
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