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| - OMG SO GOOD! I saw this place pop up in my Yelp feed and immediately bookmarked it as a place to check out ASAP and so glad I did! Other reviews say this place is hard to find, but a quick look at the map and you can see it is in the middle of East 8th street (a side street between Prospect and Euclid), and if you're going East on Euclid you can see a big banner on the side of the building. I was lucky and got a spot right on Euclid and with a few quick steps I was inside and quickly seated at the bar with my friend.
First off, very nice modern and classy decor, and very spacious. The kind of style that doesn't need to try and still comes off as an inviting and perfect setting for a business meeting, happy hour with friends, or date night with your lover. The music played overhead is neither loud nor annoying; my friend was actually doing a little shoulder shake in her chair to one of the songs.
Now for the food. During happy hour their bar snacks are a dollar off, they have $6 fancy drink specials, and a discount on their craft beers on tap as well. I skipped the drinks tonight and aimed my focus on the food. I started with the homemade bacon and cheese tots and instead of their ketchup, I asked for a side of their cajun aioli to dip my tots in. I'll be honest here, I usually don't like tots because they are too small and fried for my tastes, but I hadn't had carbs in 5 days and I was about to stab someone so I went with the tots. SMART CHOICE! They come in a serving size of 8 and are maybe double the size of a regular pre-made frozen tot. Ohh and that canjun aioli? Just the perfect amount of kick that went really well with the tots.
Next up was a reuben sans bun with green beans instead of the house chips. The corned beef had a delightful. unique, slightly sweet taste to it that really made it stand apart from the stuff you'd get at Slyman's or Danny's Deli. I was told this is because they make their own brine for the corned beef and use various spices like nutmeg in it. I also really enjoyed the side of green beans; they had a light seasoning of salt and pepper on them and were cooked perfectly in my opinion (not so soft and limp like canned beans, but also not so stiff and gross like the frozen ones). I did steal two noodles from my friend's jerk pasta and lordy lordy, I must say I don't know how people can remain composed and not lick the sauce off the bowl that stuff was so good!
One of the owners stopped by to see how we were enjoying our experience; I ALWAYS appreciate a business taking the time to make sure their customers are enjoying themselves. We all got to talking and the owner showed us the private banquet room in the back that can fit about 45 people and has it's own bar. I would definitely suggest this place for a Yelp event, a supper club, or even a professionals networking event.
My bill was $21 including tax and 20% tip. Not bad in my opinion especially when the food is homemade and has real flavor. If you check in with the Yelp app you get 10% off your bill, and hold on to that receipt because it is good for 10% off their Sunday brunch! I will definitely be coming back and telling everyone about this great new addition to downtown!
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