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The service at the Salty Sow drives me away, but the food keeps me coming back. I've been here a half dozen times over the past 2 years. We first came in on Labor Day when they were offering buy one, get one free entrees. Service was great our first time and has been terrible every time since.
I visited this past week with a friend for our weekly Happy Hour. I asked our server about one of the cocktails and I assumed he must have been new because he gave me the look like he had no idea what was in it. That's fine if you don't know - just tell me you need to double check. I decided on the Blanche - homemade blood orange frozen margarita - which was great; not too sweet and generous with the tequila. My friend had the bourbon sour, which also was heavy on the bourbon - thumbs up!
Happy Hour offers $2 off signature cocktails, which run $7-$9. They also have a nice variety of small bites for either $5 or $7. First round, we got all three tacos (pork belly, spit-roasted pork, and catfish) and the crispy brussels sprout leaves. The food was delicious! I loved the pork belly taco and my friend raved about the catfish. The fried egg on both pork tacos was cooked perfectly. The brussels sprouts were amazing. I find too many places make them too crispy. These were cooked perfectly and the golden raisins added just the right amount of sweetness. I am normally not a huge fan of raisins, especially in savory foods, but they hit the mark on this dish.
First round of apps and drinks completely gone for 10 minutes and no sign of our server. I had to flag him down to get another cocktail - this time The Petey (Deep Eddy grapefruit vodka, mint, orange, agave & soda) and an order of the honey rosemary honey dipped fried chicken and the chicken liver mousse. The Petey is a great summer drink - again, not too sweet and generous with the booze. The chicken was spot on - so moist and not greasy at all. The chicken liver mousse was for my better half who told me that I had better plan to sleep at my friend's house if I wasn't bringing an order home. It is his favorite app in the Valley.
Half way through our second round, the server asked if we wanted the check. No he did not ask if we wanted any more food or another round of drinks - the check. I said, "No, but we would love another round of drinks." Halfway through that round, the check was dropped, followed shortly thereafter by our server letting us know he was leaving. Did we want to close out? Mind you, this was at 8:25 PM. If this was midnight and we'd just been sitting there for hours, I can get it. And this is why it will be several months before I come back.
I've also had the entrees on previous visits (the chicken thighs, halibut, and beef shoulder stand out) and I've yet to have a dish that I have not loved. Please Salty Sow, raise your service game up to the level of your food quality.
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