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Came here as a group for a birthday party and loved it. Sad to hear the place seemingly went downhill from then.
We contacted the restaurant in advance and they gave us three-course and five-course prix fixe menu options ($49 and $69 respectively). Each menu had roughly three options per course (two options for dessert).
We went with the three-course and I had the following:
First Course:
Charred Octopus, Crispy Pork Belly, Tomatillo, New Potato, Spicy Collards, Black Vinaigrette
Second Course:
Beef short rib (didn't take good notes here...)
Third Course:
Dark Chocolate Cremeaux, White Nectarine, Milk Sorbet, Pistachio
Everything was AMAZING. Also tried the "celery stalker" and "blackberry sour" cocktails which were super tasty.
Also tried the cornbread with pork butter, the grits and the ricotta dumplings, which were also delicious. They were also awesomely accommodating for vegetarians by offering a vegetarian version of every menu item (e.g., mushroom consomme with the grits instead of the ham hock version and a separate sweet potato butter in place of the pork butter).
Uber friendly service all evening - the only minor hiccup was plates were served to the wrong people a couple of times.
The resto automatically charges an 18% gratuity for groups of 6 or more, which we didn't notice, but then the server very kindly pointed out that we had overpaid.
Kinda sad to hear the restaurant has closed. Hopefully whatever replaces it will be just as good.
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