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| - On a Friday early evening, this restaurant was bumping with everyone wanting a cinq a sept before the weekend. I have to say, I was very impressed with the how beautiful the restaurant looked. The massive floor to ceiling windows looking onto the Eaton Center wasn't like anything I'd ever see in a restaurant before.
Getting to the food, since we were only going for a light meal, we opted for the grilled romaine caesar and mushroom flat bread (on a side note: they put the calorie count on the menu - I like the movement towards, perhaps not necessarily healthier eating, but more conscious eating).
Hooolyyy molyyy, let me tell you, I am a lover of all caesar salads with the one from Jacobs at the very top of my list, until... now. Grilling the romaine brings such a robust, charred flavour to the dish and the chipotle dressing was a nice touch (not too heavy, which is always a plus in my books).
The mushroom flat bread was alright, nothing too special about it.
The food and ambience was great - however, I'd recommend the restaurant iron out some kinks. Perhaps it's a new restaurant so things aren't running entirely smoothly just yet, but I felt service could have been improved. My server didn't provide the best experience; he didn't seem like he wanted to be there, was not personable, he was complaining how loud it was in the restaurant, dropped my drink order (no comp, no apologies, no nothing), and when it came time for the bill, he expressed his frustration with the machine not working and a previous client not paying the bill. I ended up paying with cash as I did not want to wait any longer.
I'd be interested in coming a second time for an actual meal and tasting the rest of the menu.
P.S. Ordered the soup of the day to go for my boyfriend (New England clam chowder, his favourite) and he really enjoyed it when we got back home. I had a taste of it, and if it's ever on the menu again, I'd order it as well.
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