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| - This is officially my favorite restaurant in Phoenix! Where to start? I asked about gluten and our server, Jeremy, told me they could pretty much make anything not requiring gluten work for me. S,o no linguine, but lots of stuff on the menu is gluten-free without modification. We started with the white bean hummus which came with an delicious mountain of very fresh vegetables; the mixed carrots were like candy. This might sound like a weird complaint, but there were so many veggies that we could have used more hummus. (The hummus itself could have been a tiny bit zingier.) I'm doing whining; everything else was perfect. I had the perfectly cooked pork chop. The herby butter sauce was sinfully delicious. My husband had the Caesar salad with chicken. About the dressing he said, "It has so much garlic in it, it ought to be illegal." We shared the grilled asparagus which must have been prepared over a wood fire because it was distinctly smoky, a good thing in my view. We shared a bottle of the Ano Verde Pinot noir. It was as good as any Pinot noir I've ever had, and at $40, a very good value. And then we discovered that bottles are half off on Mondays and Tuesdays, so we only paid $20 for it! We didn't have room for dessert, so obviously we'll have to go back. (Hint to my husband) I love the decor and they were playing blues, but not so loud that we couldn't talk. Jeremy provided excellent and charming service, and then at the end of dinner, showed us upstairs to the speakeasy. Another patron told us it's crazy busy on Friday and Saturday, but it was delightful on a Monday night. And we discovered white port; who knew such a thing existed? Definitely have to go back.
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