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| - Perhaps it was the lunch hour or it was because I was ensconced away in a cozy little booth on the perimeter of the restaurant or that my server was a guy but I didn't really get a feel for the "Hooters"-esque servers at Moxie's. Yep, my guy was fully clad with not a scintillating view in sight, a tad on the scatterbrained-side (perhaps that's the Hooters server in him... yes, I've been to Hooters and yes, I've dealt with some of their more "scatterbrained" servers.). In fact, most of the servers I saw yesterday were male. Not really anything to write home about.
On to the menu. Prices are slightly inflated here for what it is, especially for some of their regular entrees, but off the lunch menu? Pretty reasonable. Moxie's seems to have a salad lovers following and my friend had the Lime Mayan Chicken Salad and really seemed to enjoy it. It looked pretty substantial but I'm not really a salad-for-an-entire-meal kind of girl.
As soon as I saw the Lobster and Brie Grilled Sandwich ($15), I started salivating. Lobster? And cheese? In a grilled cheese? Oh yes please! It's worth mentioning that the sandwich also came with a small spring salad on the side. Spring greens, cranberries, feta and a light dressing. Good complement to the grilled cheese. And oh what a grilled cheese it was.
I am a lover of grilled cheese sandwiches. This one was pretty darned good. The bread was marbled to a golden brown perfection. You know that little bit of crunch when you first bite in with the soft layer of bread just below the surface? That was there. Then came the cheeses... Brie, cheddar... warm, melted, ooey goodness. And enveloped in the cheese was a good portion of lobster meat and the occasional hint of grilled onions. I'll wipe the drool off my face now as I sit here recalling the savoury goodness of yesterday's lunch.
I've given this Moxie's a 4 stars... simply on the merit of this grilled cheese (and the service was decent). I can't speak for anything else on the menu but what I can say is that I will be returning for the grilled cheese. In the near future. Maybe even today.
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