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| - Not worth the trouble. Food was mediocre and pricey for what it was. Menu seemed limited. Scallops were good but portion was tapas-sized at $28. (I don't understand restaurants who skimp on the side portions.) "Cleveland Fried Chicken," though talked up by the server, had leaden, underseasoned coating. The onion mash side was good, though very small serving, the green beans were tossed with about equal parts bacon, which was cooked only to the point of being rubbery. The Kobe burger was indistinguishable from ordinary ground beef, and the "pommes frites" it came were underseasoned, pale shoestring fries. The marinara pizza with lamb meatballs was a generous portion, but nothing remarkable. We had to wait about 10 min for them to get our table ready when we arrived for our reservation. There is no real place to wait; you can sit at the bar if there's room or stand behind it. We checked our coats during that time but had to get them back when seated because it was so cold. (They had trouble finding them as they had used numbers more than once.) So noisy that we could barely hear server and he had to ask us to repeat orders. (There was a noisy group, but corrugated metal and brick walls really magnify the sound). The service was ok (water was topped frequently), but not very attentive; we were given one serving of bread and not offered another, despite more of a wait than one would expect given the number of diners. Server asked if we'd been there before but although we said no gave no real explanation of "progressive american tapas." There seemed to be few if any specials, though server may have not bothered due to noise level. Several entrees recommended by Yelpers are no longer on the menu -- Hanger steak, kurabata pork loin, gnocchi. We didn't bother with dessert as we were cold, tired of the noise and disappointed with our mains. Won't return.
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