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| - I am so bummed that I waited so long to go to Searsucker! It was absolutely fabulous. I will admit that my fondness for Top Chef and the adorable Brian Malarkey was the first reason why I wanted to eat at this new Scottsdale restaurant, but the food and ambiance will be why I go back again.
The restaurant is tucked off Camelback road and Fashion Square Mall and has these funky looking animal statues outside. Hey, I guess you gotta do what you can to get people to notice you, right?
The staff was very friendly and welcoming to us. There was a DJ in the bar area and many people enjoying happy hour. The dining room was pretty dead, but it is July in Phoenix and that can be expected of many restaurants. The restaurant was very big, much bigger than I anticipated. The ambiance was casual and sexy at the same time.
I started off with a La Primavera cocktail and it was delicious, but not remarkable. My husband ordered a red wine suggested by our server. It was very good. Of course my husband will always Google a wine on his phone if he likes it so he can compare prices. I guess it was overly priced per glass vs what you could get the wine by the bottle in a retail outlet. Oh well, that is Scottsdale.
We started off with the Smalls: Pork belly "bacon" + 63 degree egg. It was not only gorgeous in presentation, but really tasty! Kinda like breakfast for dinner.
Next up, we split the "Cobb" salad. Oh. My. Gosh. I know it is just a salad, but it was amazing. The blue cheese vinaigrette was amazing. The flavors of the toppings were incredible with every bite.
I'm crazy about veggie sides, so I almost ordered all of them with dinner so I could take a few bites of each, but we decided to just do 4. They were the bacon grits, the cauliflower, brussels sprouts, and chorizo with "corn off the cob." The sides were ok. Nothing that wowed me. The brussels were overly salty and I couldn't taste any of the flavor of the other veggie sides because there was so much extra stuff involved in them. But I'm glad I tried them and now know. Luckily, my chicken entree was fantastic. Absolutely delicious and perfectly cooked over a bead of bulgar and sweetbreads (I don't know where the sweetbreads were unless they were mixed in really well with the bulgar,) but they were fantastic. Loved this dish and would order it again.
For dessert we split a sundae, I can't remember the name of it, but it was clever. And it was really good. A sweet ending to a great evening. I can't wait to go back...maybe with a group of friends. It seems like a great place to go for big girls night out.
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