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| - Pleasant. Surprise.
Normally I reject anything in a hotel, as I'm big on character and atmosphere of a restaurant. But I'm glad I gave this place a chance. The atmosphere is very modern, loungey (hotel-y) and stylish with these crazy curtained booths in the middle of the room (I really wish we had sat in one of those).
Well they had one of my very favorite wines (Dornfelder - a must if you like sweet reds), so that was a grand start. My boyfriend ordered the short rib ('twas baller), and I ordered the watermelon salad (holy crap; baller), and the mussels (a unique, flavorful alternative to your run-of-the-mill lemon butter mussels). The menu is REALLY masterfully designed, such that you can pretty much eat well here on any budget and any appetite, by mixing-and-matching menu items to try several of the many interesting plates. While they did what they could, I don't love the hotel location, or the hotel-feel of the restaurant itself, hence the 4 stars. But I've already recommended the place and I'm so glad we found it!
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