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| - My wife and I really enjoyed this restaurant. We came for Sunday brunch and we were not disappointed. My wife had the Smoked Salmon & Spinach Benedict off of the brunch menu ($14.95) and she loved it. I have to tell you that I have had a difficult time finding restaurants that can prepare eggs Benedict properly. It is especially frustrating when breakfast houses featuring this dish can't get it right. This venue operates primarily as a dinner house and they nailed it. The eggs were cooked perfectly, the hollandaise sauce was on point and the entrée was served hot. I had the Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes (3) off of the dinner menu ($31.95) This entrée was served with a Calabrian Pepper Aioli sauce on the side and a small salad of Arugula & Tomatoes. It was a good thing that this sauce was served on the side versus over the crab cakes as I found it too hot for my palette. I would order this with the hollandaise sauce instead and add black pepper to taste. Once again, I am usually disappointed with this item in most venues that feature it. Not here. These crab cakes were very good and definitely worth a try. We decided to share a "seasonal" Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler for dessert. This dessert was too sweet for my liking. In fact, not knowing better, I would have thought I was eating strawberry jam. I think a part of me was hoping for more of a tart note from the rhubarb. Overall, an excellent meal in a very nice venue. Service was good. However, the server was a bit too friendly. He kept making conversation and asking us questions while we were eating our meal a little bit past the point of being comfortable. He was not rude, just overly friendly. It was awkward to say the least. In his defense, he did provide my wife with a complementary order of Vera's Lemon Cookies for her birthday, which she described as, "Delightful, fluffy pillows of deliciousness." It just doesn't get any better than that.
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