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| - There really should be a two and a half star rating. I mean, come on, the territory between "Meh, I've had better" and "A-OK" is pretty vast.
In any case, we popped in for Happy Hour to check it out. First of all, a gorgeous space. Really. This is exactly what a modern restaurant should look like.
It was also disconcertingly empty. The staff was friendly, attentive and gracious as I have found them to be in every Fox restaurant I've been in. Good job on the training there, Sam. Say what you will about the food but it's truly a pleasure to get attitude-free service in a town where that isn't necessarily the norm.
The first thing that strikes you about the Happy Hour menu are the extremely low prices. I mean, come on, two bucks per item? Cool! Bring one of everything.
Classic slider - excellent, lovely homemade biscuit for the bread
Short Rib slider - even better
Chopped salad - uhmmm, just ok. Nice fat chunks of avocado
Smoked Salmon on Toast - very nice
French Fries - perfect, crispy and dark
Everything was good but these are canapé sized portions, so even after five items, we were still hungry.
The drinks part of the Happy Hour was a bit light however. The house wines didn't look too impressive so we ordered cocktails, listed at $5. We had two lovely, over-sized martinis and were charged $8. Odd. When I asked about this I was told that the martinis were more because they had more alcohol. Okie dokie. Then put that on the menu.
I much prefer the Happy Hour at Montana Avenue with the half-priced bottles of wine.
Our bill was about $33 with tip.
All in all, not bad but not the best Happy Hour among Fox Restaurants and for that matter, not the best Happy Hour in Fashion Square. That honor would go to Wildfish, twice the price and worth every penny.
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