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| - After walking into the fairly dim restaurant for lunch, I had a mini-panic attack. I thought, "how am I going to take pictures of my food!?!" Luckily there's some outdoor seating! While being led outside, I noticed the modern rustic decor. I liked the pops of orange throughout the restaurant. Coincidentally, they get a lot of SF Giants fans because the training camp is nearby (Go Giants! Now you need to start an odd-year winning streak!)
The upside to sitting outside is the natural lighting. The bbq smoker is in the same area, so the downside is that you end up smelling like smoked meats. I guess some could view that as an upside, too. Hey, whatever makes you happy.
The food was pretty delicious! Everything was pretty much made in-house accept the bread and tortillas. The bacon board ($24) was beautiful. It contained slices of pork belly on each end, cherrywood smoked bacon, jalapeƱo bacon, pepper bacon, sweet onion jam, red pepper jam, mustard, pickles and bread.
My husband had the green chile pork tacos ($12). We had so much food I had forgotten to get a taste but he said they were really good. We're used to street-style tacos having 2 tortillas but these only had one. However, they were sturdy enough and didn't fall apart.
The french dip ($16) was tender and flavorful. A dip in the au jus made it extra moist & juicy. The au jus, though, was a bit too salty IMHO.
The beef brisket ($17) was served with tortillas, coleslaw and bbq sauce. I was offered their spicy bbq sauce but I passed. Being from San Francisco and sitting outside in the Arizona sun, I didn't need anything else to make me hotter. = p Anyways, the brisket was so good! I loved the texture of the tortilla; filled with the brisket and coleslaw, and dipped in the bbq sauce was the perfect combo. The bbq sauce added a bit of sweetness but not too much. The coleslaw itself wasn't too sweet or tangy like most slaws I've had and it provided the perfect crunch and textural contrast needed for the perfect bite.
The service was just as good as the food. The price point was just a bit too high.
By the way, the bathroom sinks are a trip! They look almost completely flat but tilt downward ever so slightly towards the back. My daughter wants one in our house now...haha!
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