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| - The gabardine serves simple food with a gourmet flair... making it ... not so simple?
In a cute little restaurant with dim lighting and an open kitchen, the place seemed perfect for a date... and for me a catch up with a friend visiting from far far away. Service was definitely not the quickest, and we were pretty much waiting for our server to come to our table, do his job, and rush off to the next task.
After much debate, I went with the smoke trout salad with beans, shredded olives, and roumalade... in my mind, a twist on a nicoise inspired salad :). Not going to lie... the portion was smaller than I expected and left me wanting more. The smoked trout was very aromatic and it seemed to be infused with every bite.... still wish it was a little bigger.
My friend who got the smoked meat salad said it was good, especially the potato salad.
For dessert, we decided to share the strawberry and rhubarb shortcake with marscapone cream. I was surprised that there was only one shortcake (thought I had seen 2 in other photos). The rhubarb pieces were cut at a good size so I could actually taste it. The marscapone did taste more like whip cream.. but I guess I will never know.
We ordered soda water and it seemed to be unlimited and charged at $1 / person. I think this place is really cute, but may be a better fit for lunch appetites. There are dishes like mac and cheese and chicken pot pie for dinner plates that may satisfy the dinner palette.... heard it is REALLY GOOD.
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