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| - We came here for our anniversary a couple of weeks ago. The restaurant is very quaint and is tucked away from the obnoxious Old Town scene which is nice.
The food was absolutely wonderful. And the wine list was very good. Our waiter knew the menu and the wines very well. He did try to upsell us but since it was our anniversary, we were okay with that. We enjoyed the foie gras which is wonderful with the pickled grapes. The escargot were well-cooked and not swimming in garlic which many other places do to cover up the less-than-fresh, over-cooked concoction they're serving you.
I enjoyed the duck breast sous-vide as my entree and it was excellent. The meat was so juicy and tender but somehow, the skin still had crisp. I asked if it was seared and then put in the sous-vide and then seared again. I'm pretty sure that's how they do it. My husband had the steak frites. The steak was cooked exactly as he asked. The frites were ok, not as good as Zinc Bistro but still very good.
We ended with the souffle which again was simply wonderful. We enjoyed a bottle of cab franc with our meal.
Why it's not 5 stars? Our server, while very knowledgeable, once he'd gotten all his upselling done and realized we were done ordering, pretty much turned cool toward us. My husband also told them when he made the reservation that it was our anniversary and at other restaurants, we've had a glass of champagne or even a special dessert (Acacia formerly of the Four Seasons comes to mind) and asked that we get a special table. Our table was just an average table (though, the place is very small) and no one knew it was our anniversary. I mentioned it to our server and he just half-heartedly said "Oh, happy anniversary, would you like to order the souffle now so I can put it in at the right time?"
I will come back here because the food is wonderful and I want to sit out on their lovely patio.
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