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| - I'm gonna give this the full 5.
To start it's a great room. You might think the communal table idea could get outta hand, but it's handled well. They seat groups at either end of the table and then infill as the night goes on. But it really doesn't feel like you're "stuck" with other diners. And then the whole restaurant takes on this nicely busy look with heads and conversation all around you.
Decor is a concept piece... fire extinguishers made into bar lights, the Castor light fixtures over the table. Minimal, but not cold. Dark and warm.
It helps that the crowd and the staff are an attractive bunch, but there was no sense of this being a scene. Ages and looks were mixed.
We were a party of four... we had the short-ribs ragu, the steak frites, the polenta, and the burger. I inhaled the ragu. I won't try and dissect it. As good as a Terroni pasta dish. I sampled the steak and the polenta dishes. Steak frites was flawless.
But it was the polenta that got me. I'm going back for that. As it was, my sister-in-law had the polenta and I was stealing off her plate the whole time. Mmmmm. Polenta.
Service was brisk and constant---except--I think our desert order got botched. A few inquisitive glances at our server and he came over to confirm they were taking too long, something had gone wrong, and they would be off the bill. Actually it gave us more time just to sip wine & coffee.
Flourless chocolate cake and strawberry ice cream. Not too big. Not too sweet. Beautiful texture and tastes. Once again, close to flawless.
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