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| - Great name, great location, nice space. Good first impression walking in, hostess immediately sat us at our reservation time. We waited a few min before a waiter came by and told us to wait for our actual waitress? There were 4 tables in the total section so I'm not sure how they were so busy? Our waitress made it a point to review the menu with us and tell us that "chef checks the produce every morning and then the menu is made." The menu was the exact same it's been online and on their website since they've opened, and she didn't mention any daily specials that would imply a daily menu change?
My wife and I weren't super hungry, before our waitress came we had decided on charcuterie and a few small plates. When we told her of our menu choices, she almost pressured us into ordering more as if what we were getting wasn't going to be enough money wise to make it worth her while to be our server. She was extremely condescending, she judged us because we didn't order multiple courses etc, however was shocked and almost flustered when we ordered the most expensive champagne bottle on the menu, 2-3 rounds of cocktails, and multiple desserts. I HATE when a server thinks they can treat you like crap because they think you won't spend enough money for them to get a good tip.
Food: we had the charcuterie board, it was ok, a runner dropped it off, nobody explained what each item was until it was sitting on our table for a good 5-10 minutes. We had the hush puppies which were good, the jalapeño sorghum butter was amazing. The roasted carrots were a little too mushy for my taste, I expected a little bit of a bite, but the consistency was more like a boiled carrot. The carrots weren't peeled or trimmed, I'm assuming to go with a rustic farm to table vibe, but a few of them didn't even look completely clean. The asparagus with the egg on top was interesting, nothing special? The fingerling potatoes were deep fat fried, with an aioli that didn't really taste of anything. For dessert, we had the lemon ricotta cheesecake, which tasted super eggy and not really of lemon or ricotta. The strawberry shortcake dessert, the strawberry topping had so much sugar in it it literally tasted like a strawberry daiquiri.
Cocktails: my wife liked the gin and green chartreuse drink, it was refreshing. I had a Benton's old fashioned that didn't really have any sort of bacon or bacon taste, just like a liquid smoke aftertaste. We also had some standard cocktails (Moscow mule, etc), they were fine, but nothing special for the cost. The champagne bottle we had was good, their sparkling wine choice was nothing special, and the bottle itself wasn't even really cold.
All in all, I'd probably come back for a drink and some hush puppies. I think whatever staffing issues other reviews have mentioned definitely applied to us as well. I really didn't appreciate being made to feel cheap or less than, especially since we ended up leaving having spent about $300 for 2 people. In uptown Charlotte. On a weeknight.
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