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| - I really wish Yelp had half stars. I go 3.5* for NoCa.
I would have given this place 4.5* the first time I went, which oddly enough, was during restaurant week when you'd think it would be the worst in terms of food and service. But, I went back the other weekend, and it knocked itself down to 3.5*. Let's hope that when I get back there (and I will give it another chance), it's not down to 3*.
I went on a Sunday Simple Supper night, which for those of you not in the know, is something they do on Sundays where there is a set menu of appetizer, entree and dessert with a couple of options on the entree. I have no problem with that- as long as they have an option that doesn't fly, swim, or walk, OK by me.
Dinner started off with a croque monsieur with a salad, and they were able to make mine a croque grilled cheese and keep the meaty bits out of my salad. OK- nothing to knock my socks off. The others with me felt the same about their meaty versions. Then, the wait commenced. We waited, and waited, and waited for the entree. To the point where it was that elephant in the room that nobody talked about, that I had brought people here talking about how good it was, and here we were sitting for like 45 minutes in between courses.
When it came, we were all nice and hungry, so everyone ate theirs, but nobody was effusing about the deliciousness. In fact, nobody mentioned it at all. Mine was also ice cold when in came. The dessert was also nothing special- some sort of coffee flavored ice cream with some shortcakes which sounded better on paper than they tasted in my mouth- and I love ice cream.
Finally, when I saw our companions of the night again a couple of weeks later, I asked them what they thought of NoCa. The response was "eh...it was good..." with a shrug of the shoulders. I'm in total agreement.
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