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| - I really wanted to like this place...boulangerie in house? Fantastic. The bread was awesome, BUT the food...the service...the wait...
We had a reservation, no problems, but we started at 7 and waited 30 min for app (raw scallop), another 40 after that for 2 pastas (squid ink pasta and gnocchi), and then another 50 after that for 2 mains (steak and cod). Nearly an hour between courses? That's ok, there's awesome bread. We asked both servers twice who were helping us for more bread between the pastas and the mains, both servers said absolutely! And then none came. Only when we pointed out it had been 45 min since pasta did they bring another basket, 1/2 as full as before. Even water was a struggle - I get that it's busy, do you really need to carry a jug of water that only fills 2 glasses at a time? Who does that help? Management, get them bigger pitchers. Or carry 2 at a time so you can serve an entire table of 4 (not an exorbitant party in my opinion...).
I called beforehand about bringing a cake for my friend's birthday - another 30 min and 2 requests just to bring it up the stairs (OH and the server told me it would take a while because they are slammed downstairs when I asked for it the second time. I asked why? I baked the cake. I told them I didn't mind popping down to get it, and then he said they didn't want to bring it because they didn't know whose birthday it was! What the WHAT? Is...is this a joke? Let's go with yes.)...losing patience at this point because I know I spent money for time I know I'll never see again, and for food I barely remember because my memory isn't like that of an elephant's. They brought it with no knife...we requested one, they said they wanted to cut it downstairs...to which my friend asked "won't that take another half an hour?" But it didn't matter because they whisked it away anyway. But they did stick a candle in it which was nice. I guess for $15 to cut the cake they didn't want us to lift a finger. 3.5 hours later we left ($5/person - our 4th member had to leave after 1.5 hrs). I was ready for Elevensies.
The food!
I LOVE raw scallop! So I was...disappointed. These were sliced unevenly - lopsided and varied sizes...the vinaigrette was nothing special, and then seasoned with coarse sea salt. I was looking forward to the smooth texture of raw scallops...it was interrupted by the crunch.
Pastas arrived cold, gnocchi was good, but not the best, maybe because it was cold. The squid ink chitarini was an amazing texture. We ordered the large portion of both for 24, it was not, in my opinion, worth that in quality or in quantity.
The cod was overcooked! Sandy in texture...sigh...and cod is so buttery normally...Steak was good but DROWNED in a rich, creamy, herbaceous sauce. Looking at other tables they had about 1/2 as much sauce.
Our bill wasn't huge, after reading some of these reviews I thought we'd have lots of food (especially since the 4th left before we finished the pastas and didn't have any part of the entrée dishes), but we could have done double what we ordered. But it took so long to get the first round a second ticket would have taken us into the next day. I don't know if it was just a new chef on the pass, it was not what I expected.
Sorry, I only would recommend the boulangerie. Would not go back.
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