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| - An exercise in mediocrity. I'm sure the place is kept in business by the reasonable wine list, overpriced food, and visible patio.
The combination platter (hummus, babaganoush, tabouleh, and Israeli salad), was extremely fresh and very tasty. Also, it was served before we had any cutlery or napkins, and with only two small pitas; which were good, mind you, but not really enough. I can't speak enough about how much I enjoyed the Israeli salad...however, these are some of the easiest dishes in the world to prepare. It would be offensive if they WEREN'T done well. To be fair, the rest of the menu turned me off, so I ordered a chicken caesar salad. For $14. Which was a side serving of lettuce with a whole chicken breast. Cost to the restaurant was likely $1. Tops. Again, the dressing was well done, and the lettuce was nice and fresh, but I felt pretty horridly ripped off. My date had a so-so burger with disappointing fries (done in a healthier oil, though), which was also $14. It's simply not worth how much they charge.
Perhaps it was because I was cookbook shopping that day and spent a good twenty minutes pouring over Charlie Trotter's fantastic first release, but I was appalled at some of the combinations on the specials menu. Scallops with chevre? Really? That's the kind of pairing advertised by cheese companies attempting to sell their product at fancy supermarkets (which in retrospect may well have been where they got the idea from). Looking at some of the other dishes gave me very low confidence in the knowledge of the kitchen staff, leading to my boring, safe choice.
The wine list was interesting and definitely not to complain about, serving a tasty carmenere and a surprisingly good shiraz. Every bottle was priced at $38, which would make for some decent high-class patio people watching. That is, if the patio furniture wasn't Walmart overstock from five years ago.
Our server was impossibly friendly, and I mean that as both a compliment and an insult. She was trying very hard to be nice, and I could tell she actually was; however, it wasn't hard to see she was putting it on more than a bit. She was also fabulously inattentive, though I suppose having an entire patio and dining room to yourself is a bit much to ask of a server.
In the end, the total bill was $74, for three glasses of wine plus two entrees and an app. If you've got a little cash to burn, by all means, you could do worse. Regardless of financial situation, you could do much, much better.
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