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| - We FINALLY made it to Cure (week before we leave Pittsburgh) and thank God we did. Best restaurant I have ever eaten at, hands down. If M&P is my affordable, can go fairly often for really good food restaurant, then Cure convinced me it could be my favorite date night place ever. If we weren't moving.
The food is beyond delicious. Our meals were so perfect ... amazing ... etc. etc. David ordered the Meats platter and I got the Beef, Goat, & Pig Heart Bolognese. When they came out, my first thought was, "Gee, you don't get a whole lot for the price." Not that I need nor want a ton of food, but this looked tiny! However, after the first bite of my bolognese I didn't care. The meats were so rich and tasty and delightful and the pasta was cooked perfectly! I couldn't stop saying "Omg" at first. My bf's meat platter came with squab breast, duck confit, pork belly, chickpea frites, muhamarra, baba ganoush, harissa, za'atar, feta, and orange. There wasn't a bite on there that wasn't amazingly delicious (I don't have enough adjectives in my vocabulary to describe this food!).
When I first moved here I convinced David and his family that curing, brining, and smoking were absolutely the way to go with most meats, if you have the time and equipment. Cure just further proves that point. Cure takes a really great dish and elevates it to damn near perfection.
I guess I should talk about the cocktails, too. I think this is the first review where that part of the review didn't come first, though we sat at the bar for like an hour before we ordered food. Our drinks were very tasty, indeed, and the bartender - Colin - was nice and friendly. But seriously - dat food.
This is opposite of M&P or Eleven in that, at least at the bar, it doesn't really encourage hanging out and just sipping cocktails. Once the another couple came to the bar area (there's only 4 seats), it was rather cramped. Once we were done eating it was like, " ... Ok, let's go." But that's ok, I don't need to dwell in every restaurant. 5 stars for Cure.
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