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| - We ate here for the first time for my birthday dinner a couple of weeks ago. The decor and ambience are delightful -- a sort of industrial modern thing, and their small-plate, tapas-style menu made it really easy for my partner and I to sample a lot of different tasty food without breaking the bank. The wait staff and kitchen were also wonderful about accommodating our food allergies (mine to gluten and my partner's to dairy.)
For starters, we got the roasted beet salad, which was fabulous; everything was cooked perfectly, and the crunch of the spiced sunflower seeds along with the ricotta was quite tasty. We also got the balsamic-glazed Brussels sprouts with candied pepitas, which were equally good.
We then moved on to the scallops, which were cooked well, and accented with greens and black truffle; and pork belly with pickled mustard seeds and asparagus (probably my favorite dish of the evening, since we couldn't enjoy the mac & cheese!) the pickle on the seeds balanced the fattiness of the pork belly perfectly; the asparagus was decent, but nothing to write home about.
The wine list is extensive, and cocktails creative. Definitely recommended if you're looking for a nice, slightly upscale place to try out, or have guests in town you want to dine out with.
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