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| - I went to Carly's twice in one day yesterday. You say "fatass," I say "devoted to understanding the multi-faceted nature of the dining establishment." We're speaking the same language.
The first time was for a somewhat awkward and stilted department lunch...the second time, it was all about hitting up happy hour. Both experiences were excellent.
Lunch - I had the prosciutto sandwich. Absolutely delicious. The sweetness of the fig spread, the saltiness of the prosciutto, the delectable crunch of the bread...I was planning on being a lady and consuming only a delicate half, but was overcome and unable to resist the lure of the remaining portion. As other reviewers have mentioned, you receive only the barest smidgen of orzo. It's good, but, you know...blink, and you might miss that you were even eating it.
The service was slower than I would have imagined for how empty it was at the time we went, but our server was friendly and kind. No hassle about splitting our bill 6 different ways, which is always nice to avoid. Also...one of our dining companions was an adult affected by autism. He had brought his own lunch to eat into the restaurant, which obviously isn't appropriate, but the waitress handled it very gracefully and patiently answered all of his questions with a smile and no trace of an eyeroll. For me, that was what cinched a second visit.
Happy hour - We ordered the hummus duo, (olive tapenade, a generous portion of hummus, an equally generous collection of pita wedges, and chips) , the brie appetizer (a wedge of brie, a sweet onion...something? chutney?, walnuts, cranberries, apple slices, and delicious bread), and the Carly Q. All were excellent...daydreaming about that brie appetizer right now. No cocktails this time.
Service was, again, on the slower side, but nobody was a pretentious asshole or anything. In fact, nary a pretentious asshole was to be found. Maybe you only see them when you're obsessively looking for them so you can insert a scathing one-two punch into your Yelp review they will never read or give a shit about.
Just sayin'.
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