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| - We were here in Rocky River from Los Angeles for a family reunion and looked for a nice place to take our son who recently moved here. We're foodies, we admit, and appreciate good food and service. We received both here. We arrived at 7:30 on a Sunday evening and it was a bit noisy at first, but that just turned out to be the boisterous group next to us who soon left, leaving us in peace.
Lobster bisque can be hit or miss. The worst I've ever had was in Boston, but this is supposed to be the specialty so we took a chance. Excellent. Creamy, layered with flavor, and filled with large chunks of honest-to-goodness tender lobster. Main course was the cedar plank salmon, very tasty, mild, and expensive cut of fish done to perfection. We paired that with a very nice Ferrari-Carrano chardonnay and lingered over the meal. My wife is very gluten-sensitive, so we split the flour-less chocolate torte and it was sublime. She's now asking when we can go back.
Service was excellent, the decor very attractive, overall a delightful way to spend an evening. Not what we expected on a trip back to the Midwest town I left 50 years ago when Beardens was haute cuisine. As to price, our son has been telling us how inexpensive everything is in Cleveland, but this shocked me. Cost for the meal for the three of us was quite a bit less than half of what we'd pay for the equivalent in California. If you can get meals like that anytime you want, without waiting weeks for a reservation, at those prices, then I envy you. Great meal, great service, and an excellent value to boot. We'll be back on our next trip.
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