Raw food served on a platter of raw professionalism.
Black Hoof is a small joint with dim lights, running on an upscale vibe. The restaurant is divided into two separate buildings. The building to your left, called Black Hoof, serves you a la carte, while the building to your right, Hoof Raw Bar, caters you with quicker foods a la bar style.
We were escorted to our seat and handed a drink menu. The food menu is written on a chalk board and looked like it was written by E.T trying to learn human food. Ever hear of Nutella with liver? How about some roasted bone marrow? This is obviously a place you visit to test your taste buds and your curiosity.
They serve you shared dishes. We decided on the Tongue Briole, Heart tartare, Pork carnita tacos and the daily veg. The heart tartare tasted very diifferent, but was very well presented and flavorful. The tongue was akin to pulled pork sandwiched in sweet bread. The tacos were mini tacos garnished with various normal things. The salad came with raw tuna which was all very fresh and tasty. Each dish was brought to us by a very friendly and professional waiter that never looked rushed and was prompt with recommendations on how to eat the food.
This place gets bonus points for giving us free glasses of wine (our choice) and waiving the salad. We found a small peice of plastic inside one of our small tacos which led the manager to send us sincere apologies.
Would I go back? Maybe on a full stomach. The food was very flavorful and very well presented. But raw heart, is raw heart.