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| - I stopped by here this past Friday evening with my fiance before heading to a show. Whenever I got there the place was pretty packed and it would become even more full during the time that we were there. Thankfully my fiance works downtown and so she already had a table for us whenever I arrived. It ended up being quite a nice table as we were facing out to Penn Avenue and the outside windows/doors were open giving us a nice breeze. Other than that the restaurant looked pretty modern with almost all of the tables being hi-top tables with some of the tables looking like that were recycled and re-purposed. There was also some cool art near the exposed beams of the ceiling as they have a wood planks up towards the ceiling with a number of bottles on top running the length of the restaurant.
Since it was still happy hour whenever my fiance and I arrived, we decided to start off our meals by getting some drinks. They have a pretty decent selection of beers, most of them being $5 during happy hour, so I went with the Elysian Jasmine IPA while my fiance went with the Fat Head's Bumbleberry. For our meals we decided to start of the evening by splitting the Crispy Brussels Sprouts appetizer. It consisted of the fried Brussels sprouts topped with a Jack Daniels' balsamic glaze, candied bacon and blue cheese. I really enjoyed it as the crispy Brussels sprouts were good on their own but when combined with the sweet glaze, sweet and salty candied bacon and pungent blue cheese, they ended up being really good. The only thing that I would possibly change with them would be to have the glaze on the side as I think that the glaze made some of the Brussels sprouts soggy and so why even make them crispy in the first place? Then for my entree I went with the Ten P. Burger which is their signature burger while my fiance went with the seared sea scallops which she enjoyed. I ordered the burger medium and besides the patty it had on it a fried egg, watercress, red onion jam, cheddar, bacon and pickled vegetables and came with a side of french fries. The burger itself ended up being pretty good with some nice flavors, especially the red onion jam, and although I missed any taste of pickled vegetables, I could see them on it. My only problem with the burger is one of my biggest pet peeves with burgers and that was that they didn't toast the bun. Seriously, if you are serving a gourmet burger with a ton of toppings, TOAST THE BUN. I want my bun to hold all of the ingredients they are heaping on it and not be a soggy mess that is falling apart whenever I bite into it like this one was. Apart from the burger, the french fries that came with it were some of the better french fries that I have had recently, crispy and seasoned nicely.
The bottom line for me is that I would head back here again in the future. Since I did not look at the menu before coming here, I was a little surprised with the prices. However the quality and taste of the food more than backed it up. I really did enjoy the flavors that they had in the food and would be interested in trying some more menu items in the future.
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