Had a light brunch there today after the Farmer's Market - our first chance to stop by since it opened a few days ago.
-Attentive unobtrusive service. From day one - no small feat.
-Stark Japanese flavor to the ambiance: dark wood and stone horizontals massed monochrome walls softened by dessicated organics on surfaces and hanging from the ceiling and a few monochromatic illustrations on one wall. Pleasing but as a prior reviewer noted, somewhat cold. We ate at what seemed to be a cork-topped table.
-Amazed at the reasonable prices. Green lentil soup with a dollop of yogurt, mixed vegetables in sherry, pork belly hash, shrmp over grits and manchego. All local, all delicious set us back less than $25.
-And the thing that ripped the 5th star off - Starbucks coffee. With one of the best micro-roasters I've tasted just 2 blocks north at Royal [and a gaggle of excellent ones within 2 miles nowadays] they couldn't go local with the caffeine roastery?