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| - Have you met the newest addition to The Fox Family? Little Cleo's Seafood Legend is in the yard. This place will put a smile on your face.
The first thing I do at any restaurant is to look over the beer garden, well now look at this. Humboldt Brown "Hemp Ale" 12 oz $6. You just have to wonder what the brew masters were shoveling into the tanks, over there, in Humboldt, California.
But I give in, to a glass of Austria's Gruner Veltliner because of its fantastic pairing ability and refreshing, medium-bodied, peppery white wine. $10
My seafood bar neighbor was having the oysters and they looked really good. The market price is up on the blackboard alerts. As I was studying the menu, http://www.foxrc.com/frcwp/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Little_Cloe_Full_Menu.pdf I ordered the cold shrimp and that came with an excellent horseradish cocktail sauce. $13. At home in the summer, I love to eat super cold, nearly frozen shrimp and it is getting warm enough now, that I will be eating more cold foods for meals.
I also ordered the cold quinoa salad (pron. ki:nwa), baby beets, avocado, pine nuts, honey Greek yogurt. I was in the mood for the zesty, colorful beets nestled with smooth avocado and quinoa, all laying on a bed of creamy yogurt. This plate was excellent. $10.
I saw a group of staff with their leadership tasting a grilled Loup de Mer with artichokes & lemon $31. I was able to watch the chef work his stove and saute this delicacy. I couldn't hear what they were discussing but I believe they were talking about preparing and presentation of the European sweet seabass.
In closing I want to remark about the ambience. The music was 40's with musicians like Glen Miller or Bing Crosby. The architecture was more of a relaxed indoor, French style bistro with some swank. The staff all hip, some with tats, many with blue head rags. They were kind and all looked good.
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