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| - A salad, by definition being a simple combination of predetermined items one has on-hand, is usually difficult to mess up. Leave it to Bar Louie to accomplish such an unlikely feat.
I ordered the Blackberry, Orange, & Brie salad: mixed greens, brie, oranges, blackberries, pecans, bacon, basil, and bacon vinaigrette. The menu gives the option to add salmon and I took them up on this offer. For those keeping track, that's nine items. My salad arrived without one-third of them. No salmon. I asked and the server returned, salmon in hand. Also, no bacon. I asked, and was presented with a cup of cold, whole slices of bacon. I've never met a piece of bacon I didn't like. So, I spread the bacon lovelies out and grabbed my knife to cut them. But this bacon, I discovered, was caked with cold congealed bacon grease - gross. I sent the salad back. I just couldn't bring myself to chomp on chilled bacon fat. For the first time in the history of this diehard devotee of the pork candy, I found a bad piece of bacon. Or at least the kind of chef who can manage to destroy two seemingly foolproof food items: bacon and salad.
To add insult to injury the service time was abysmal. I came from work with a group of about ten. We called the day before to make a reservation for noon after being assured the restaurant would be able to serve us in an hour. We arrived just before noon and ordered by 12:10. Our food arrived in five stages, one brought by an apologetic manager, and the last not arriving until after 1.
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