This place ranks among the top restaurants in my book! Rather its for happy hour or for a special occasion, this place gets my recommendation all the way!
The first visit here was during happy hour. Dante's happy hour has a good selection of food and specialty drinks. I had the toban yaki pork belly, miso mussels, and tasting portion of their ricotta cavatelli (tomato braised lamb) pasta and the French 75 martini. For just $5 each, they were generously portioned and packed with flavor. The pork belly was very tender and was seasoned with just the right amount of soy sauce and salt. The mussels were fresh and the sauce was light with great aroma. The ricotta pasta was also very good with bits of lamb meat. The French 75 (aka Tom Collins) was also pretty good.
I returned here last week to celebrate my gf's birthday. We planned on doing the 5 course tasting menu but we decided to do a la carte since Chef Dante was not at the restaurant. Anyhow, we started with the lobster spring roll as the appetizer. $17 for spring rolls sound steep, but man was it worth it! You get 4 large pieces of spring roll thats stuffed with lobster meat, and all this was topped with more lobster pieces! The spring roll pieces were placed on thin asparagus and truffled mushroom sauce. The rolls were crispy on the outside and the filling was delicious! You can taste the freshness of the lobster meat as well as the truffle sauce. I would order this as my main!
For our main course, I ordered the walleye and she ordered the scallops. The walleye was amazing. Great sear on the skin and cooked nicely throughout. The walleye was fresh and had great flavor. I'm usually a salmon guy, but this was nice for a change. The walleye was served with roasted zucchini, eggplant (bits) and tomato and with light ramp pesto sauce. The scallops were seared with truffle oil and served with a white bean puree. The scallops were large and fresh. No fishy taste or rubbery texture at all. It was perfect. My gf said it was the best scallops she's ever had!
We can't wait to go back!