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| - Dropping my brother off a friend and I found ourselves in Liberty Village and decided to stay on that side of town for food. On my brother's recommendation we travelled up the long flight of stairs to Williams Landing. While the music by the front entrance and walking through the bar area was a little loud, the dining area was at a much more acceptable level. The decor was modern and pleasing to the eyes, and the seats were very comfortable. While we sat in a booth, the chairs also looked like high-end and more modern versions of waiting room chairs and turned out to be just as comfortable in the 10 seconds I sat in one just to give it a shot.
Within 30 seconds of being seated the very peppy waitress came over to take drink orders and was more than happy to over-sell their in-house filtered $5 water. After an over detailed description of how they make the water, my friend decided to give it a try and I just ordered a beer. (Note: they are a Pepsi location or else I would have had a rum and coke.) After the first sip the water still tasted like regular tap water, and after a single glass my friend was onto diet-Pepsi. The menu variety was a little lacking, but we got calamari to start, followed by a bliss bbq burger and then finished the meal off with gimme s'mores. I asked which I should get the burger or the California striploin, and the still peppy waitress pushed for the burger saying how great it was.
I do not eat seafood but, as per my brother's recommend, it was incredible. I can't give a taste breakdown as I did not have it, but visually it was a better colour than you see at the Firkin restaurants, closer to what you would see a proper chef make on the Food Network. The house-made burger itself was excellent and the gruyere (swiss) cheese was a nice touch, the pulled pork is where it lacked a little. There was not too much sauce which is okay for some (I like it saucy), but the meat also tasted a little off. Not that it was rotten, just didn't taste like the slow cooked tenderness that usually befalls a pulled pork sandwich. The fried that accompanies the burger were really good and the chef understood what a well done fry is which made them that much more enjoyable for us.
The dessert left me a little under-wowed. For $9 it was house-made grahams and mallows and then some mousse and chocolate sauce. When it arrived, the fact that it was three 2"x1" smores had me a little perplexed for the price, but the taste should be worth every penny. The cookies looked good, then a really thick layer of marshmallow, chocolate sauce drizzled underneath them, and that is all I was able to see. I was hunting for the mousse only to find a very thin layer spread on the bottom half of the cookies. Very underwhelmed at this point I picked up the first one and that is when I realized that the chocolate sauce was not a garnish around the dessert to dip the smore into, it was now all over the bottom of the cookie and my thumb. After the first bite, and the last, I was still not impressed at all with this dessert.
While the meal started off well, it slid slowly down hill by the time we were done. The pricing is fine for an establishment like Williams Landing, but in our opinion the food did not add up to the same price point. The overall thought between the two of us is that we will not be returning as it is very overpriced for just mildly adequate. The peppiness of the waitress was just not enough to support the rest of the meal.
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