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| - first, this place would have been three stars if not for the fact that it replaced crepes parisiennes...
first, ambiance, if you don't care skip it. the renovations and location look good but now it's a completely sit down restaurant yyet still with a paper menu that you would expect of a suburban pizza joint. the place reeks of middle brown pretentions with little to back up it's nature. french people can be rude i am told but at least they make good food. further, mixed in are some of the alternative commercialized hipster movements such as a focus on italian coffees and water served not in a glass but rather a jar with a straw. this place is seeking a younger but classy ambiance and in my opinion falls flat for trying too hard. also the music was fairly lame, crepes parisiennes went the whole hog and played very french music, cafe moulin plays slow alt pop...
still, good coffee and in a ceramic cup. so plus twenty points.
as to the food, it seemed fitting that i would order my typical order at crepes parisiennes. i can't speak to moulin's sweet crepe, but their attempt of a tomato and cheese crepe was sub par. a tasteless crepe with cherry tomatoes and an overabundance of cheese to cover the lack of anything else. the cherry tomatoes make the mix less juicy as they retain much less water in cooking, further the cheese here was fattier leading it to remain rubbery at serving temperature. at one point i realized i was simply chewing a large chunk of cheese.
did i have fun acting like a snoody critic right now? yes, so this was a bit meaner than my typical fare, but still i won't be back unless i just want something sweet and a cup of coffee, then maybe...
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