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| - I had heard great things from friends but the wife and I needed to check it out for ourselves. So we headed down to the cellar. I will say that you really feel like you're in another world when you first enter the cellar through the sliding door. The wife even exclaimed "it's like we're not even in Charlotte anymore". Promptly we were seated and our server was quick to introduce himself and explain the menu and the concept. There was a lot of info to consider, and we perused the extensive beer (both draft and bottle), cocktails, wine and spirit lists. There were definitely some rare beers on draft, but the real rare ones are on the bottle list. Prices for the bottles are overall reasonable, while others are definitely wallet busters. The drafts that we chose were alright but not spectacular. My favorite beer of the night was a peach sour beer from Allagash. It was from a bottle and definitely pricey. The wife switched to a cocktail on the second round, and if her Vieux Carré is any indication of the quality of the cocktails at the cellar, we will become regulars here. I will say that the bar crew seemed to know what they were doing.
On to the food, the smoked salmon flatbread was split between us and it was delicious. The flavors of the salmon were perfectly paired with the basil mascarpone spread and fried capers. The flatbread itself is very thin and crispy, not doughy like other flatbreads. The wife got the black grouper entree as her main and the burger sounded too good to pass up for me. First of all, the portion on both entrees and the flatbread were very generous, especially for the price point. My burger was cooked medium or maybe a little under which was perfect. The result was a juicy tasty burger that I will order again and again, along with recommending to others. The wife's grouper was cooked perfectly and the accompanying candied carrots, pesto rice and grilled artichokes complimented well the fish. No room really for a real dessert, but room for a liquid one in the form of a Greenman brewing chocolate stout to spilt between the 2 of us.
The service was on point, friendly, informative and engaging in conversation with us about beer, food, etc. I will say that the only drawback was the wooden vintage like high top chairs which are a little clunky and definitely not comfortable for the majority of people. Maybe I felt it more sitting on that chair since others in the booth or the low top tables had really cushy leather chairs. The haves versus the have nots I guess? We shall return often, but may skip if only high tops tables with vintage chairs are available. I would be worth the wait for me to get a cushy leather chair on my next visit.
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