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| - Fortunately, what is bad about this place is very fixable. The decor was very warm and nice. The service was very good, we were checked on multiple times and everyone was very pleasant. Unfortunately, the food was extremely lackluster. The problem with it isn't the cooking process or presentation, but rather, the sheer flavor (or lack thereof).
We ordered a bevy of food, but unfortunately the only notable dish was the pulled pork sandwich which maintained a good balance of flavors between the meat and coleslaw. My pork chop with apple chutney was mostly bone and tendon/sinew, and the chutney was the only source of flavor in the dish; the breading and pork had no flavor/seasoning, and the mashed potatoes it sat upon had no distinct characteristics outside of lumpy (not salty, not creamy, not seasoned, just nothing). Again the same could be said of the collard greens, just nothing to justify someone making it for you with how absolutely plain and average it tasted.
The yams tasted, again, simplistic; no distinguishable tastes outside of the sweet potato itself and the marshmallows that sat atop the dish. The macaroni and cheese bites looked the best from a presentational aspect, but again there was zero discernable flavor. It was haunted by the ghost of cheese rather than embracing any form of gooey cheese-ness; the sauce they serve with it on the side was the only way they became palatable, but again the sauce seemed to be inspired by cheese rather than containing actual cheese.
I will hopefully return in a couple months to see if they've improved at all; I sincerely hope they will. The issues they have seem to only stem from one main source: their recipes just exude no noteworthy flavor. Their staff deserve a better rating than the two stars I am giving it, but the staff and ambiance are the only reason it received the additional star.
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