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| - Not much add that the other reviewers haven't touched on. I went in tonight with Kim T. to talk about the upcoming Great Cajun Cookoff and Food Fest. Knowing the Southern influence of the menu, we figured it would be appropriate to have a drink and an appetizer while pouring over the details.
Ambience - Love this room! Open but not loud, very communal and comfortable. The devil is in the details - and BT didn't miss a step anywhere!
Service - Was flawless - thank you, Court! This man knows the food and was great with suggestions!
Drink - Kim and I each had a Miss Katie's Pimm's Cup. While I love ginger and cucumber together, I rarely order a Pimm's Cup, as I am not a fan of gin. Miss Katie's is made with vodka - problem solved! The only issue with this cocktail is that it goes down WAY too easy. This drink could get me into a whole lotta trouble! (Bring it on!!) I asked Miss Katie if they carried Abita Beer (one of our favorites, from southern Louisiana). She wasn't sure off the top of her head if they had it in or not, but was going to check. She came back a few minutes later with a bottle of Abita Amber and 2 frosty pint glasses - poured the bottle into the glasses for us to split and offered it to us, gratis! Now - THAT is beyond service! I've been to restaurants that offered an amuse bouche - but never one with an amuse beer! :)
Food - Looking at the menu, we decided not to split an appetizer. Instead, we'd split an appetizer, a side and a dessert!
The bread basket came with 2 fresh rolls with cheese, and one dark wheat roll - side of honey butter. While they were fresh and hot and tasty, I really can't comment on the butter, as we never touched it - or the bread on its own, as we used it to soak up the mustard jus from the grits and sausage appetizer....
I heard great things about the grits and andouille sausage appetizer - but was not expecting this level of amazing flavor. I've never really liked grits and couldn't understand why people did. Now I do! Turns out, I'd never had them made well. As Kim put it, they should be so rich you can hardly eat them. (And they were!) Not just andouille sausuage, either - there was also hot Italian sausage and a southwest chicken sausage - all from Schreiner's. (Yay for supporting other local businesses!)
While I wasn't completely sold, Kim was stuck on the bacon and cheddar biscuits. But, what the heck. I like biscuits, I like cheddar and I love bacon - hard to make a misstep on this one, right? They're served with an apple butter, which Court strongly urged us to use. He was right! WOW! I think I may start craving these on a very regular basis!
For dessert, I could not choose. Brioche bread pudding is on the menu. I LOVE bread pudding. That's one of my all time weakness foods. The fig and pecan pie sounded really good, as did Death By Chocolate. I asked Kim to choose...and she made it easy - we should make the meal a pork trifecta and have the BACON S'mores! (Yes, that's my picture of them..)YOWZA! Chocolate covered bacon, housemade marshmallow, graham crackers and peanut butter cream. The dish is so wrong on so many levels that it turns the corner and ends up being very, VERY right!
While it's bad business to suggest skipping an entree - and there are SEVERAL I look forward to trying - the other reviewers comments about large portions are dead on. Granted, we started late and neither of us were super hungry - but the shared appetizer, side and dessert really was plenty for us and we left feeling full. Had an entree been involved, there would have been leftovers, or - worse - no dessert!
Amazing place...what a great add for top notch places in the Valley! Casual enough for everyday meals, but quality and style to impress the out of towners, too!
Beckett's Table - you are my new go-to!
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