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| - OK so let me set the scene... I was a solo diner. I have wanted to go forever to this restaurant and it was my birthday weekend. Friends are coming to celebrate it July 4th weekend, so this left me on my own and I said 'I am doing this!'. I was thrilled that via Open Table Steak easily accepted a reservation for 1 (which is not the case everywhere).
As others have said the hostess, seating situation, is a bit of train wreck. As a solo diner they asked if I would be comfortable sitting at the bar, I asked if it was crowed and they said 'Yes packed.' So I said nope not interested. They told me to check back in 30 minutes then. I do exactly that and was seated pretty quickly. For me, eating alone, it was a great seat... at the base of the stairs, so lots of people watching I loved it!!! Started with a dirty martini with the sickest olives ever... blue cheese, bacon and onion YUMMMMMM! Onto the spring mix salad which was very tasty and light and also my servers suggestion. As a solo dinner I didn't want to order too much food ya know. Onto main course... Rib Cap (my favorite cut of meat), Mac and Cheese and Brussels Sprouts. Rib cap was delish, although I like Scarpetta's better. Mac and Cheese was amazing but I have a weakness for pasta with spring peas. Brussels sprouts were really good, but the pieces of bacon were huge! Left little room for a lot of sprouts, to the point where when i had eaten all the sprouts there was still half a container of bacon ( I didn't eat the bacon, to me it is there for flavor during the saute process). Dessert was the sticky pudding that everyone raves about on here and it worth the rave, as is the french press coffee. All in all the food was a Vegas steak house... The service was excellent and the finishing touches and details were lovely. Thank you Matthew (my attentive server) for a great night at a lovely restaurant.
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