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| - When I heard about the mushroom bar, this sounded like an ideal place for me to go. In the end I would suggest this place as it stands currently as a place for a drink and an appetizer of stuffed mushrooms before going elsewhere for a full meal.
The drinks were excellent. I suggest the cucumber melon drink on the menu, served in a copper mug. They really should build this up as a special drink on the menu... as Hanny's in downtown does with a very similar cocktail. It is quite tasty!
My partner and I shared two of the portobello mushrooms and were very pleased with them - tasty, but a bit costly at $8 each. They were certainly fantastic.
The dinner, however, took quite a long time to come out, and when it did was not worth the fanfare that the appetizer had created. I had a burger The bun was delicious, the meat... standard, and I ordered Chipotle mayo on the side. The potatoes served with it were nicely spiced on the outside, but once biting in, the center was dry and uninteresting (I dipped them in extra chipotle mayo and it was quite good).
My partner had the Penne pasta. We were hoping for a bigger surprise with the pasta, but it was your standard pasta from any run-of-the-mill Italian restaurant.
I will definitely be willing to give this restaurant another chance especially since I work nearby and the lunch menu looked better, but do hope that next time the dinner menu matches up to the drinks and the appetizers. This place has potential, so I hope to see it move up in the coming months!
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