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| - My original spot that my brother took my family was Soul. But since they didnt have indoor seating, because it was full, and there was a 30 minute wait time on a Sunday (they had outdoor seating, but it was too cold)... We came here. I'm glad that I had the chance to check out this place.
Located on the corner of two streets, it gives a feeling of it being up to dated and almost, dare I say "city like" feel? Hm, I guess that's what I was thinking when I walked in.
Inside, you'll find a nice open area and two floors. They have a full bar, my favorite place because you can see what they have on tap, and plenty of seating. Our waiter was Matt, and was a good one too (even though he sometimes forgot what we asked...I'll give him a break though.)
So lets get to the goodies. For appetizers we got devils on horseback. Not bad. The only problem I feel like this dish had was that it was loaded with cream cheese. I'm not in particular about it or fanatic, but it wasn't too bad.
Second appetizer was the fried pickles. I would also like to mention that they have fried okra mixed in there. These weren't bad, but nothing really amazing to compliment either. Just fried pickles, okra, and some ranch dip.
The third appetizer was the Korean BBQ skewers. Now these, they're just lacking some flavor. I can see the potential of this, but also the portion I felt was a little too small and lacked the BBQ taste. I wish they would have just a little more taste and that would have made the difference for me.
The entree:
I got the pasta and provisions pappardelle. You know that excitement feeling from reading the dish and then after tasting it, you have that "that hit the spot" feeling? Well, sadly I didn't get it this time. Yes, I finished my dish, but the aftermath of the dish was just okay. I don't know what it was about though because to me when I ate the pasta it was either too wet (I know theres cream with it, but it wasn't that type of wet) or too thick. The texture in my mouth felt as if I was eating something mushy.
Yet, more notably...the flavor of the cream sauce was good. So it was like eating flavorful mush!
(On the side note, my mother got the Shepard's Pie. This dish is great, I suggest it over what I got.)
Overall, this place I'm just going to give 3 stars. Some dishes lacked flavor and the price of the food I thought was a little pricey, but not too expensive. I would pay any price for some amazing flavor! Hey, at least I didn't have to sit in the cold for food.
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