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| - Ok, I'm starting a new category called Hipster Hype. That's when a restaurant throws in a communal table, brings back old school classics like deviled eggs as an appetizer, and/or covers bacon in chocolate on their dessert menu.
Beckett's Table does all three, so people are obviously going to lose their shit over it.
Let me break it down for you. Beckett's is fine. The meal will be pleasing, but it's overpriced for the execution:
The wait time for one drink will make it really hard to get a buzz on. If money is going to be spent on dinner, then that money wants to get drunk. Okay, not drunk, lightly buzzed ... still be able to drive. (Bad Teacher anyone? Cameron Diaz? Nope? Just me?)
The Osso Buco is an Osso-bummer. No marrow in the bone, just a hollowed out disappointment.
The Prime Flat Iron steak is served with literally 3 leaves from a brussels sprout and about just as many small potato halves. You really need to love meat to get this, because it's all you're getting. Also, don't expect it to be medium rare. Two people ordered it this way at my table and neither one got it medium rare.
That's about as A-Ok as you can get, right? Hipster Hype, you can't fool me with your charming farmhouse inspired interior.
Even my beloved Deviled Eggs were over-hyped. The only thing I felt was deserving of 5 stars was the service. The waiter was fantastic. Spot on.
You know, it may be complicated to give me a real life orgasm, but it ain't that hard to give me a food-gasm. Now that's just a fact.
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