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| - I visited School for dinner and drinks this evening with a large group and the restaurant was very accommodating. We did have reservations. The service was great--all of the waitresses were incredibly helpful.
The main room features long tables (communal dining) and the offshoot room has smaller tables (you can have your own). The interior is nice and pretty comfortable with the "school" theme everywhere you look--chalkboard paint, globes, textbooks, the works. However, I wouldn't recommend going here on a cold night as it seems they haven't sorted out their heating very well. The outer wall of the restaurant is a garage door which, I imagine, would be lifted and quite lovely in the summer, but as it's now February, it provided very little respite from the cold. Quite a few of us kept our jackets on throughout the meal.
I ordered the tomato & cider meatloaf with jalapeno mash and side greens (either $14 or $16, can't remember). The presentation was simple but nice, with the meatloaf and mash in a little cast iron dish and the greens in a bowl on the side. The meatloaf was sumptuous and saucy. The mash was good as well, though the "jalapeno" aspect of it was non-existent.
Overall, quite a good experience, and I'm curious to try other dishes. Would go again--but only in the summer!
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