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| - actually 2.5 stars, and that is to say, nothing memorable. I read tons of reviews on this place and wanted to love it. Unfortunately from food to service, it just didn't deliver. Save the spring vegetable spaetzle, nothing was good. Here's what we had...
the acclaimed cheddar bacon biscuits - positively overcooked. The outsides weren't just crunchy; they were rock hard. The insides were dry and flavorless.
the zucchini pancakes - tasty but undercooked and greasy.
b burger - though ordered well done, it came medium. I know some foodies think well-done is gauche, but that's what my mom wants, that's what she orders so just deal with it and bring her what she wants. And don't act all pissy about it when she sends it back.
vegetable chopped salad - such promise on the menu that fails to impress on the plate. As other reviewers have said, it's an amateur salad and utterly lacking flavor or originality.
grilled salmon with panzanella - salmon was well-cooked but nothing special. The panzanella salad was an interesting twist that just didn't work for anyone at the table - cornbread croutons that failed to absorb any flavors. frankly the panzanella flavors just didn't mesh. you were eating croutons, cucumbers, tomato, and some dressing.
my glass of Pickett Fence pinot noir tasted like the bottle had been sitting open for a couple days.
my other comments about the food are get over the bacon in everything and use the raw corn sparingly. Sometimes it just doesn't work and frankly gets boring when one or the other is in so many dishes on the menu.
Lastly service was poor. The aforementioned b burger was sent back to be refired. Should that take 20 minutes? Certainly not when the restaurant is just gearing up for the peak hours... Beyond that, our server was unattentive and mistakenly laboring under the idea that he was charming. This is a nitpick, but if I hand you my credit card with the bill, you should probably hand it back to me when you're done not to my Dad. Pay attention just a bit.
With so many new, fun places to try in Phoenix these days, we won't be back. Blah, trying to hard to be hip, and just not that good. Doesn't hold a candle to FnB.
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