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| - My partner and I go here almost every night, so I can tell you a lot about the place.
Don't bother with the "food" food, if you can. It's not that it's bad food, but it's almost never worth what they're asking for it. What makes this place awesome is Happy Hour, with lowered drink costs and half priced appetizers. Sunday - Thursday has a second Happy Hour from 10pm - Midnight (kitchen closes at 11:30).
Appetizers I've had:
California Roll. (4 stars) Amazing. It in no way resembles real sushi (but do California rolls ever count as "real" sushi?). The dish is served as a rice "cake" topped with crab and tabiko, cucumber and avocado. The plate is drizzled with a wasabi soy sauce and dollops of Sri Racha chili sauce.
Spicy Tuna Roll (5 stars) My favorite. And at happy hour prices the most sushi bang for your buck. Same "cake" style as the California roll, but without rice. Just spicy tuna, edamame, cucumber. I'm a sucker for spicy raw tuna, and there's TONS of it in this dish. I've never been able to finish a whole one. Oh snap, Atkins friendly appetizer?
Calamari. (4 stars) A pretty big portion with two types of dipping sauce. The calamari tasted fresh and tender - not rubbery, and the batter was light enough to not overwhelm the taste of the squid.
Chinese Garlic Noodles. (3 stars) It's good enough, but it's just garlicky noodles covered in parmesan with big hunks of mushrooms. A good starchy filler if you're really hungry/plan on drinking heavily.
Blue Crab Cakes (3 stars) These are actually delicious, but what keeps them from being 4 star is that you only get two and they're falafel sized (so be sure to get them when they're $6 during happy hour). The mango chutney was a nice touch.
Spinach Cheese (3 stars) The dip is alright, certainly heavy on the spinach (a plus) but it's served with deep fried pita. Seriously, why can't they serve it with baked pita or something that hasn't been dredged in oil? Seemed ill thought out to me.
Margheretia Pizza (4 stars) This little pizza (8 slices, thin crust) is incredibly light and tasty, with whole cloves of roasted garlic - YUM.
Four Cheese Pizza (3 stars) Fontana, Parmesan, Ricotta and Mozzarella. Not overpowering, good balance of flavor, but the giant lumps of ricotta keep it from being a 4 star for me.
Onion Ring Tower (3 stars) It's got a cute little serving plate (the onions are stacked around a central "pole") but it's just your basic onion ring - a little on the oily side, which might be excellent if you're pairing it with one of Yardhouse's many, many (MANY), draft beers.
Sliders (4 star) Comes in "Classic" or "Barnaise." I think I prefer the classic, because I find bearnaise off-putting, but it does come on the side and that style of slider has fried onion strings (but no cheese). Both styles come with shoe string fries and a pickle. $5.95 for either at happy hour, but I'd almost pay full price for these.
If you ARE in the mood for "food" food, then please, at all costs avoid the Mac and Cheese. It's advertised as a "grown up" version, but in this case "grown up" means oil. Oily cheeses, oily bacon, and...truffle oil? The one time I tried it I needed to pile noodles up on the sides of the plate in an attempt to let the puddle of oil drip off. This wasn't a little puddle either, it was practically a lake in the middle of the bowl. I abandoned it about a third of the way through.
The Creme Brule is good, but not worth the $8.25.
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