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| - After having an overwhelmingly positive first experience here, and preaching the gospel of Longboards to all who would listen, it's time to recant.
I don't want to die a martyr for a restaurant I don't believe in.
Here's what happened. We stopped in just after 5pm on the day they opened. Everything, with the exception of the strange salsa situation (they don't give you much and they charge a lot for it) was wonderful.
The food was great, the service was attentive, and we were impressed with their draught beer selection. I ordered the tempura avocado tacos and LOVED them. The Mr enjoyed what he ordered as well.
And that's where the good stops.
Yesterday evening, we stopped in after calling to make sure that they had power. We sat at the bar and ordered ginger ales to drink. Driving on all those curvy roads to circumvent the downed trees and intersections without traffic lights had made me both hungry and queasy. But the ginger ale tasted weird. The ratio of syrup and carbonated water was way off. This portended much of what was to come.
We chose to order the guacamole, since it supposedly was made to order. Um, no. It wasn't. It tasted okay, but wasn't anything to write home about it. And the chips were BORING. Plus, our server/bartender tried to convince us to buy salsa for $.50 no fewer than 3 times throughout our meal. What?
I ordered the tempura avocado bowl, since I had enjoyed it so much in taco form just a few weeks ago. The Mr had a chicken burrito with "baja" fries. Hmmmmm...bland. Everything.
My bowl had rice and beans (which were okay), diced red pepper (didn't really go with everything else) and a TON of minced onion. There was some dairy-laden sauce on top. But the true travesty was the tempura avocado. The tempura batter failed on every level. It was not crisp. Not flavorful. It added nothing to the bowl. And the flavor of the avocado was just wrong. I ended up pushing it all to the side of the bowl because I couldn't eat any more. Which surprised even me, since I'm an avocado lover.
The Mr's burrito was forgettable, except for the high concentration of cumin, which made it harder to forget. Oh, and the "baja" fries? Just french fries with some supposed lime salt. All we tasted were fries. Such a disappointment.
I'm sad. I wanted this place to be great. I wanted them to create a culture of fun and great food. They've done neither. My verdict: save your money and go somewhere with creative menu items, good prices and a consistent experience. Not Longboards.
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