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| - The best thing about Luma is Wine Down Wednesdays. With 22 wines for $22 ($11 on Wednesdays) and a great wine list otherwise, you're sure to get a good bottle of wine at a reasonable price, which is rare in restaurants.
I have been to Luma on two occasions now and I really desperately want to love it, but the food is holding me back . Let me get that out of the way. For appetizers, we had the zucchini roulade, which is really excellent and not as heavy as it would seem considering that you're talking about something that is fried and covered in sauce. I tried the macaroni and cheese and was unimpressed - there were huge chunks of chicken in it that were not seasoned and didn't add to the dish. The goat cheese puff sounds amazing on the menu but in real life was also underwhelming - it mostly tasted of the mushrooms that accompanied it.
For a main course, I first tried the tenderloin alfredo. This is a serious dish for a serious appetite. Although it combined most of my favorite things - steak, pasta, and alfredo sauce - I could only finish about 1/3. The flavor was excellent. On my second visit, I had the duck and apple ravioli. The waitress assured me that it wasn't overly sweet, but it was. It wasn't a bad dish, it just wasn't great. Jenny ordered the veal cutlet, and it was amazing - I'll be getting it the next time.
What will bring me back to Luma is the atmosphere. Last week on a beautiful spring evening, my friends and I relaxed on the spacious patio and had half-priced wine. Even if the food tends toward the mediocre, it's hard to beat that combination.
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