Until recently, I had only been at Merchant for cocktails. That's enough of a reason to love this place, as they have so many delicious & creative cocktails (be careful though - they're strong!).
BUT, I finally at dinner at Merchant, and oh my goodness - what have I been missing?!?
Our group of 4 started with the Ploughman's platter & an order of cheese curds. The Ploughman's Platter was one of my favorite meat & cheese starters ever - lots of good meat & cheese (of course), but it's served with some excellent pickled treats as well.
For my meal, I ordered the Steak Frites. I'm not normally the type to order a steak for dinner, but it was such a good call in this case. The steak was cooked perfectly medium rare & it just melted in my mouth. Excellent.
Others in our group had the Osso Buco & the Scallops entrees and we all basically licked our plates clean.
5 stars for Merchant!