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| - I was here at the end of April for a last dinner before I left the city for the summer. We arrived fairly early in the evening; the restaurant was almost completely empty and the staff was still setting tables. The décor was modern, with lots of red and black accents. The temperature of the restaurant was a little too cool to be comfortable and I had to still my companion's sweater in order to keep warm.
They appeared to have a full bar running and the wine list was decent.
It took a while for a waiter to bring the menus and water. However, when we asked him his suggestions on the menu, he was more that willing to help out and point towards things that he thought we might like. To split between two, we ordered a garden salad, boeuf tartare, bruschetta, and tuna mini-burgers. The wine list was also decent and we both found reds to try. They appear to be running a full bar and were advertising a $1000 bottle special while we were there.
The food took a while to arrive; however, when it did arrive I was delighted by the artistic presentation. It was all very good, but my favorite was the boeuf tartare. It was creamy with slight lemon undertones, absolutely perfect to spread on the crispy bread that was provided. Equally delicious eaten by the spoonful. The bruschetta and green salad were both fairly standard restaurant style. Good and flavourful, but nothing to elaborate at great length upon. The tuna burgers were....well... beef... I think they probably messed up our order as both were on the menu. The beef ones were delicious, yet I had been looking forward to trying the tuna and was a little disappointed.
The total for the entire meal including alcohol came to around $70. While it was a good meal, I think the price was a little high considering the not-too-stellar service, the small portions, and the fairly standard quality. I'm not entirely convinced that I'll return, as I think that I can do a little better for that much.
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