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| - Creative, fresh, unique food, the best bottle of Malbec I've ever had and attentive service prevails over absurdly long wait times and a meal that lasts almost 4 hours:
I'll start with the good. The food is phenomenal. For me, the best part is that the menu is filled with items that I would never make at home, and probably couldn't even if I tried. Went as a first timer during restaurant week so I was able to sample a salad, main course and dessert. I went with the roasted carrot salad, as did my friend sitting next to me, and we agreed it was pretty gosh darn delicious. My favorite part was the chickpea fritters, which served as a sort of fried doughy crouton. Yum. For the main course I went for the Dill Rigatoni and let me tell you, I almost licked my plate clean. I'm so not used to these flavors with pasta but everything worked together beautifully. I especially loved how, for a pasta dish, it still felt like a light, airy meal. No complaints other than I usually like my pasta cooked a little more al dente but that's hardly even worth mentioning considering how great everything else was. Dessert was the caramel popcorn panna cotta. Served in a mason jar this dessert is probably one of the more adorable things I've consumed. Topped with salty Carmel corn the whole thing was melt-in-your-mouth amazing. Washed this whole meal down with an incredible bottle of Malbec (priced fairly at $36... we got three) and I can say this meal was truly top notch. Note: Friends also raved over the chicken liver mousse, corned beef tongue on toast, and crispy wings. Highly recommend all three.
The not so good: Went with a group of 8 during restaurant week. I know what you're thinking but in fairness the place was not overly crowded and I don't think we made any outlandish requests during our stay. Our waiter, when we saw her, was attentive but the problem was that we waited up to an hour for requests and orders. After a round of drinks we put in salads and appetizers, those took an hour. In between courses when we wanted drink refreshes, it seemed to take forever. It even got to the point where we felt like we had to order another drink when our current one was half full. The whole meal took almost four hours and while I love sitting around a table with my friends enjoying a nice long meal, this felt a little more like our party had been tossed aside. Going back to the waiter, she was nice enough to comp a drink that took especially long and split up our bills with extreme precision. She was fun to talk to and super nice. I think the wait time issues may have been coming from behind the scenes. But really, no way to tell. On top of it all, the whole wait time situation was never really addressed. Nothing like "hey sorry guys XYZ is taking a bit, we'll have it right out" or anything like that. Eventually when everything was finished up, we walked out in grumbly frustration rather than riding high from an exceptional meal, which is sad considering everyone really really loved the food and drinks.
To end on a high note: the only reason this place didn't get my five-star rating is because of how long everything took. The atmosphere is awesome, the place draws a really cool crowd and serves amazing cuisine. I would happily go back, but maybe without any after-dinner plans in case it ran long again.
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