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| - Visited this restaurant as a surprise reservation for our first Valentine's Day with my boyfriend, Ryan. We waited until 4 days before to book, so it is no surprise that the first available table was at 9:00 pm. Not a problem for us. Upon our arrival, the restaurant was booming with business and quite noisy, but that is to be expected. We were seated around the corner from the kitchen where a lot of employee traffic takes place and was even louder. This only bothered me slightly because the three tables next to us were empty when we arrived and remained so throughout our visit. Our server, however, was pleasant and prompt, although I don't recall her name (blonde, young, pretty).
Ryan requested the ancho chili seared ahi tuna w/ quinoa salad, avocado and tiny tomatoes for his first course, but they ran out. This was a bummer considering we had only six options to choose from. Instead, he ordered pan roasted key west shrimp w/ green chili grits, schreiner's linguica sausage, cured tomato and corn jus, which he enjoyed. I had boneless short ribs with kabocha squash, risotto, parmesan cheese and red wine jus...delicious!
Second course, Ryan ordered garlic and herb crusted rack of lamb w/ heirloom potatoes, small green beans, fennel, cured tomato and roasted pepper tapenade. I had herbed breast of natural chicken with preserved fruit, pearl pasta, small green beans and balsamic vinegar jus. Both meals were perfectly portioned and tasted excellent.
Dessert was included as part of the three course fixed menu. Ryan had grilled apple fritters w/
salted caramel and meyer lemon curd. Although they tasted good, these fritters strongly resembled cinnamon doughnut holes and couldn't have differed much. I had white chocolate cheesecake w/ blackberries, dark chocolate and berry sauces. This dessert wasn't impressive either as far as taste, but I love cheesecake and it looked beautiful.
I would litter any restaurant w/ five stars as long as I'm out with Ryan because he has me on cloud nine! This review was meant to be informative, we had a beautiful meal and I would really like to return.
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