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| - Finally, they got it right.
I'm on record as saying that I didn't care all that much for Ten Restaurant by the end of its lifespan, and when I heard that a group of investors/benefactors had come onboard to reopen the place into another restaurant, I was very leery. A chance conversation with a patron outside another restaurant reinforced my opinion, as this man told me he wasn't very impressed with the experience.
Thank God I was able to judge the place for myself - and I was very impressed.
After months of hemming and hawing with reasons not to go, I finally bit the bullet and went for dinner along with a buddy, and the experience was great. While this is largely the same space and table setup, it's clear that the management has addressed the two key complaints - the service and the food.
Our waiter was very attentive and constantly checking up on us, asking if we needed anything. I ended up settling for the Port Burger, which came piled high with cheddar cheese, thick banana peppers and mushrooms, which made for a delightfully-spicy taste that set it apart from any other burger I've had in the last year. My friend settled on a half-pound of wings and also reported that he was impressed with the flavour and presentation.
While I was always a fan of Ten's reuben sandwiches, I wasn't keen on a lot of the menu items and found their serving sizes to be too small for my tastes. That complaint has been largely addressed in this iteration of the restaurant - the burger I had was much bigger than I expected, though the fries (plentiful as they were) felt like they were missing salt or something else. As Kris U mentioned in his review, the taste was a bit similar to the nearby Burger's Priest, though the presentation definitely adds an extra "wow" factor that isn't present at the other establishment.
I found the space itself to be a little more quaint and homespun than before. This is definitely a space that lends itself well to quiet hangouts and get-togethers, though I found it a bit distracting at the end of the night when the live music started up. Maybe that's just my "old man yelling at clouds" mentality seeping in.
Regardless, The Port House was a fantastic experience, and I'm eager to go back and try some more of the other menu options.
They finally restored some luster to the center of the village. The wait was worth it.
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