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| - Players is an interesting place. Not much to look at from the outside, the restaurant is very nice, both in the dining room and on the outside patio. We ate on the patio and, generally, had a good meal. The waitstaff is well-trained and friendly. I started with a special of the day, an appetizer of well-made tortilla chips, topped with lobster and various sauteed vegetables, topped with creme fraishe. Very good. Others at the table also enjoyed their starters. For the main course, I had the scallops special, which consisted of 4 large scallops on top of a fairly plain risotto and some vegetables around it all. It was a nice presentation and, again, generally, the food was tasty. However, the scallops all were gritty, with a bite of sand in each taste. I probably should have complained, but I generally just eat what I am given, assuming that it isn't terrible. This wasn't terrible, but, you would expect a place like this to make sure their scallops aren't gritty. Not too much to ask. At any rate, I would still give Players a 3-star rating, which could have been higher except for this one important, issue.
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