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| - This is a combined review of Elements and Jade bar, because I spent 6 hours here recently on an indulgent day of eating and drinking. Two of us met for lunch on a Thursday at 12:30, and were almost entirely alone in the restaurant for the duration. Thusly, our service was impeccable.
We both started with an order of shishito peppers, the soup of the day which was a light creamy lobster and artichoke soup (!!!!!), and an order of edamame wontons. We split our entrees, the braised brisket sandwich and the turkey burger, both of which were tasty and filling. During the course of the lunch we also enjoyed a glass of champagne each, a half bottle of Sancerre and a full bottle of Pinot Noir, which we ended up bringing over to Jade bar around 3:30pm.
Bartender Steve graciously welcomed us to the sparsely populated bar and we chatted about drink trends and we ordered our first round: for me the uva bella and for Kat, the dragon's tonic. I thought both were delicious. As the afternoon turned into evening we started telling Steve what liquors and or what flavors we liked and he started created off-menu drinks for us to taste test. That was dangerously delicious. By 5:30 the bar was packed and we were well into our third round. I finished up with a moscow mule with extra ginger in it that did not disappoint and then abandoned ship in favor of going home to hold onto the floor for dear life.
It was a spectacular day with great company and a great Sanctuary staff. I would be back at that bar in a minute for anything Steve wants to mix up, he is truly as talented as his predecessors.
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