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| - Awesome music and good service. Two stars.... because regardless of ambiance and service, the food HAS to deliver. Otherwise, I might as well stay home and simply dim the lights and throw on a CD of mashups. At least that way, I can wear sweats.
We had finished seeing Le Reve and were feeling ready to get our noms on. We wandered upon a very empty First Food & Bar. As the boy says, "That should have been our first clue."
We sat in the bar area and ordered our drinks while perusing the very enticing-sounding menu. He got a Stella and I got the Tiger's Blood (really, just based on the humor principle). Obviously, anything named Tiger's Blood is going to be a bit crazy to order... way too sweet to drink while eating. That really was just my mistake, as our server Stacy asked me if I cared for it after seeing me barely drinking it. The fact that she was willing, throughout the whole meal in fact, to try to make the experience pleasurable is enough to merit two stars. However...
We ordered the fish and chips, the lobster chowder and the chicken sandwich. Fish and chips were super-greasy, and not even in the "OMG I'm so drunk, this is amazing" type of way.... more in the "OMG I am going to be so sick from both ends later" type of way. The chicken sandwich probably would have been tasty had the bread not been COMPLETELY blackened and tasting like charcoal. Seriously gross, since the taste rubbed off on the chicken, making it useless to even remove the bread to enjoy the insides. The lobster chowder was probably the best thing... marginally so, as it was so oily that I was trying to maneuver the spoon around the slicks on top of the soup.
Again, Stacy (SUCH a sweetie) asked us if we wanted anything else instead. We dumbly opted to try to salvage what was left in front of us... but seriously, guys? The kitchen is OPEN for all to see you destroy what could have potentially been an awesome late-night meal. The concept is good, but without execution, it's all just a dream. Not a return for me, or a recommendation...
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