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| - I enjoyed my dining experience here for the most part. I am born in raised in north Florida though and have very high standards for southern cuisine.
I dined with my girlfriend and we had a Living Social for 1 app, 2 entrees, and 1 dessert. Good thing we did though because I still ended up spending $40 on 4 drinks and the tip. But hey, it's uptown, I need to start accepting that.....Or should I?
I thoroughly enjoyed the fried oyster appetizer. It came with a bacon vinaigrette and cocktail sauce for dipping. I wasn't wowed by the vinaigrette like I thought I would be, but the cocktail sauce made up for it.
We both ordered the meat and 3, and we both ordered flounder as the meat! I always try to order something different from her, but I just wasn't feeling the other options of salmon, flank steak, or fried chicken (yes, the chicken was tempting, but I didn't want to have to pick at anything during my meal). I thought the flounder was fried perfectly. It was a little salty, but I have a salty palate so I liked it. The sides are what I really thought could have been better. When I think about southern cuisine, it's all about the sides, bottom line. I ordered the mac n' cheese, cheese grits, and mashed (creamed) potatoes. The potatoes were pretty good, but I make better mac n' cheese and grits at home. When I go out for southern cuisine, I want to eat food that's better than what I make myself. The mac didn't have enough cheese and tasted very eggy. The grits weren't thick enough and made me wish I had ordered something different. I can't really remember what she had as sides, oh well.....
The dessert left something to be desired as well. It didn't taste homemade, but who knows. We had the turtle pie.
I would eat here again with a Living Social, but honestly if I'm in search of getting my southern fat kid on, I'm heading over to Dish.
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