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| - Service was very good, ambience was nice, but food, sadly, was B+ -- they really should have done better for this price range.
It's a shame, we had been to Actinolite under its old bistro formula and the food was significantly better and less expensive. The new format is a tasting menu, obviously designed to up the bill (you walk out paying at least $150 for 2 instead of $90), and to take advantage of the latest foodie trends. Don't get me wrong -- I like foodie trends, but here, it's all form over substance. Despite having interesting-sounding ingredients, nothing was a stand-out dish. For example, dessert (mushroom something with chocolate fudge) sounded interesting, but didn't pan out.
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