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I went to Roost with some of my lady friends for happy hour. What a great time! It was easy to make reservations and to get a table. I was really surprised that this place wasn't packed. I loved their drinks and the food. I would suggest Roost for any happy hour. It is easy to get to downtown and super spacious. The service, was amazing!I loved it.
Appetizers:
Artisan Cheese Plate: YUUMMM. But really how can you go wrong with a cheese plate? I would hope that anyone that goes out with me would want to order any thing with cheese plate in the appetizer name. It had about four different types of cheese and some nice jam and fruit. It mixed well. Yum!
Entrees:
Ora King Salmon: mashed potatoes, haricot vert, wild mushrooms, blackberry beurre blanc. I ordered this first when I got in and it was awesome. The wild mushrooms were delicious. I liked the blackberry beurre blanc, I was weirded out by this at first, but in the end it was great. A really amazing thing. Also those mashed tatoes, yuuuummmm.
Salmon Sandwich: brioche bun, lettuce, tomato, house-made tartar. I was accidentally got this at first instead of the Ora King Salmon. I was happy that they let me keep this instead of throwing it out. I liked it. The brioche bun was a real treat. I would say that for a lunch treat this would be great. I just wanted the dinner portion because I am a hog.
REVEL:
I went to Revel for Valentine's day with my girlfriend. THEY HAD A FREE PHOTOBOOTH. Basically, because of this, I will always love them. The service was really nice and they had a great VDay menu. I did not order anything on it, but it looked really good.
Appetizers:
Scallop + Potato Gnocchi: Tomato + red pepper jam, crispy pork belly with preserved lemon caramel, squid ink braised calamari + octopus, arugula, grapefruit supreme. DANG. This was the weirdest thing I ever tried and it was totally worth it. I loved it. I thought that that squid ink was a little salty but other than that I would get this again for sure. YUMM. Super weird with a lot of flavors mixing in your mouth. Totally worth it! TRY IT OUT.
Salad:
Carrots, Beans + Brussel Sprouts: spicy tahini-yogurt, grapes, pine nuts, winter greens,
date jam, pickled beech mushroom and eggplant, garlic-parmesan crouton. OK. Now that I am looking at this with all the ingredients I just realized that we were missing a few in our salad. Our salad was missing the mushrooms and eggplants, grapes, winter greens, and the garlic-parm crouton. We just got beans, brussel sprouts and the carrots. That is weird....right? I didn't like the salad that much, but maybe it was because it was missing most of the ingredients.
Soup:
Curried Cauliflower Soup: brown butter cauliflower, earl grey raisins, coconut milk, baby cilantro, crostini. This was ok. I wasn't over the moon about it. It tasted like it needed something else. Maybe cayenne? Some spice? I don't know. Something extra was needed. It was ok but not stellar.
Extras:
Brussel Sprouts with Bacon: Just order two and be done with it. So good. So good. So good. Trust me. It was worth it.
Wine:
House Cab: $5 during happy hour. Totally worth it.
I like this place a lot. I think that both of the restaurants are stellar. I would suggest both of these places for a nice happy hour or a nice dinner.
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