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| - After much deliberation I decided on rating Smoke a 3 and not a 4 for a few reasons.
Let's start out with the not so good aspects of my experience and get it out of the way. This was my second time here, the first being a very short time after they opened. I remembered my first time as having waited almost an hour to get my food so I hadn't gone back in awhile, but decided to give it another shot.
When I walked in they were pretty busy, and I stood at the hostess stand for about 5 minutes without anyone coming up, so being alone, decided just to sit at the bar. A hostess approached me as I was sitting down and I asked if it was fine if I sat there to which she somewhat flippantly replied "yea, I guess so". A bartender did approach me right away and was very friendly, immediately telling me about the special that day- a chimmi churri chicken taco. After looking at the menu for a couple minutes I decided to get that and a side of broccolini and corn. The bartender took my order and I proceeded to wait...and wait...and wait. A half an hour later I finally got my one taco and veggie side. By this time I was ravenous. A few minutes into the wait the hostess came back up and proceeded to seat another single customer at the bar. To my right were two empty bar stools. To my left were 2 bar stools, one being taken up by my bookbag, another being taken up by a different patron's coat. Instead of seating her on one of the empty stools she said "here, you can seat at either of these stools" without even acknowledging the coat or bag. Of course, we both removed our item so the woman could sit, but it was just odd to choose those seats when there were empty ones right beside me. Another thing that I felt was slightly ridiculous was the cocktail prices were higher than most of the food. Getting one drink would've almost doubled my bill. Even the wine was $10 a glass. Some of them sounded great, but I'm really not interested in getting a $12 dollar drink to go with my taco I'm eating off of a tin tray.
As far as the food goes, the taco was delicious. I would hope so, since it was $7.50. (For one taco!) It was the size you would expect a taco to be, nothing out of the ordinary. The side of broccolini and corn was tasty, but very stemmy.
The bar staff was great, checking in on me twice, making sure I had water and seeing if I needed anything. I did remember from my first visit that it used to be BYOB, and I asked if it still was. I was told you could bring your own bottle of wine (only) and there was a $15 corking fee. $15?! That's more expensive than a lot of bottles themselves! I've never heard of a corkage fee that high and I've worked at several places that had them.
The decor was beautiful - industrial and rustic at the same time. The women's bathroom was very clean. Maybe someday I'll go again if I decide I need a fancy taco night, there were plenty of things on the menu that sounded great. But I'll have to save my money and make sure I have nothing going on for the next hour and a half.
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