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| - Thin Man is good. The owners are super cool and display unusually customer friendly demeanor for the NE.
We had the famous chicken liver mousse "Thin Man" and "The Smash".
My other half liked The Smash, but I'm not a fan of sprouts (too many forced sprouts feedings as a child?) so I can't give an impartial review on that.
On the other hand, the Thin Man had awesome flavors from the chicken liver and the bacon. I mean talk about salty umami goodness. However, and this is a big and unfortunate however, because I love this place, and I love the owners, and Pittsburgh needs more places like this, but however, the bread to meat/filling ratio was way too high.
It was decent baguette (albeit American style, with dense, fine crumb, decently crispy crust), but it was just too much bread. The poor chicken liver and bacon, despite the salt and fat just couldn't keep up. I just kept wishing for a bite that delivered that satisfying satiation only animal fats can deliver but it never came.
That was disappointing, not only culinarily but also from a "eat local, support local" perspective.
I will go back and try their others and even eat another Thin Man. But I cannot lie, it's not 4 stars for me. Despite their awesome menu, mission and customer service.
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