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| - Love the concept, but the implementation still needs more work. My man made dinner resevations for my birthday here, attempting to combine my love of farm-to-table restaurants and the Charlotte museum distract. STRIKE 1 - When asked, the hostess refused to surprise me with a birthday dessert claiming that it was against restaurant policy. He didn't want any singing, clapping or any obvious display, just a dessert with maybe a candle. She didn't even offer an alternative solution. Anyways, when we arrived (looking smashing by the way), the hostess sat us behind a huge center piece island of a thing which blocked the view of the city. There were plenty of empty tables by the window but instead she sat us at a cramped 2 seater behind this huge thing. That was STRIKE 2. The food was ok. I had the gnocci's and scallops and he had the pork chops. The gnoccis lacked flavor I thought and the pork chops, rather tough. What we will both remeber is the pork belly tapas -- it was a small portion, but excellent.
Now for STRIKE 3. For drinks I ordered the Cool Chihouly which is described as a "Strong coffee. Cruzan coconut rum. Godiva white chocolate liquer. Dash of house chocaolate ganache." I tasted no coffee, no rum, no Godiva liquer . . . just tasted the dash of chocolate and ice. No problem I thought. I'll simply tell the server I did not care for it and will ask for something else. It's my birthday afterall and I would like a drink. I order the Night at the Museum gin and tonic, but to my surprise, the server hands the drink to my boyfriend and says, "Well maybe he will like it and finish it for you," and then leaves. Weird. Ok, my man is not one to pass on a speciality drink so he takes a sip and doesn't like it for the same reason I don't. When the server returns, he makes it clear he doesn't want it and asks instead for a Jack and Coke.
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