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| - I was very excited about this restaurant opening in South Charlotte and done by local restaurant owners. It is billed as farm to table with local, fresh ingredients.
The interior of the restaurant is cozy and quite lovely with fireplaces and stone. It's located in South Park.
To be fair, we came on the first Friday they opened. Our server took forever to get us our wine and she didn't know at all what she was doing. She struggled opening the bottle, and then she poured a rather pricey red way over volume in the first pour. She had to be prompted to stop pouring - to the point that we did not get 4 glasses out of the bottle because she poured so much in the first glass. In terms of wine, they ran out of the first bottle we ordered so we switched our choice only to be told they were out of it. They were also out of the next bottle we picked. So, the owner came with a recommendation. When I asked if it was a similar price point as my previous selection, I was told "of course, we aren't THAT restaurant". However, when he checked the wine, it was not the correct price point. He did the right thing by us and discounted it a bit.
We ordered oysters as an appetizer and they were amazing. Especially the gulf coast ones. However, I asked for tabasco for them and was told they didn't have any. Later, the waitress brought green tabasco but that's absolutely not the same.
I ordered the arugula and walnut salad and it was perfectly prepared and tasty.
The entrees were a problem. They were out of my first fish selection so I selected a fish on the menu but requested that they prepare it with an alternate to the fingerling potatoes. I asked for more beets, a sweet potato instead - basically anything other than the potatoes. The waitress told me they couldn't do that. That made no sense to me since the menu had a listing of local farms they are patrons of. Anyway, I decided on the shrimp and grits. That was a really bad decision as the shrimp was overcooked, the grits were overcooked to a point of sticking together in a giant clump and the sauce was bland. I ate the shrimp (I was starving) and left the rest. The owner asked me what I thought of the food and I politely told him it was "ok". That once again, he needed to have tabasco or some seasoning available (this was a white wine based sauce and didn't have sausage). He didn't seem interested in my feedback. On the positive note, my husband had the grouper and thought it was outstanding.
The owner returned with a piece of cheesecake that is his mother's recipe which my husband gobbled down quickly. However, he did not apologize for the experience, thank me for feedback or invite me to return. I might consider returning but there are better choices in South Park.
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