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| - (Lyrics - Sam Smith - Latch)
You lift my heart up
When my appetite is down
You, you enchant me, with your beautiful restaurant
If there cocktails, I will try to knock them down
I'm Matching with Yelp
Now I know what I have found
I came here thinking of the website match.com and by no means does the word match made me think of the literal fire stick!? Talk about great branding!
I came here on a Saturday afternoon before the wine festival. The restaurant is beautifully laid out and the artwork was popping! It was pretty quiet day from what I gathered but we carried on! We started with some drinks; my partner ordered the bloody mary while I'm shot for some whiskey. The bartender was very helpful to pick out one for my taste buds. Needless to say, I wasn't disappointed!
For the food we both decided to share the Lace Pancakes and Plato Paisa; grilled steak, plantains, crispy chicharoon sausage, avocado, black beans, crema, and fried egg. Overall, the dish was plated beautifully! You definitely had to mix the plate of ingredients together to make the flavors pop out! I'm weird so I eat my ingredients all at once; one at a time, and that's my problem! We ordered the steak rare and it came pretty much well done. The egg was cooked over easy as requested. My favorite bite of the dish was probably the sausage since it had some heat and pop; while the avocado and black bean provided some welcoming texture. The plantains were perfectly cooked and added a dessert like ending to my entree. The Lace Pancakes had roasted apples, maple syrup, cardamom whipped cream, and smoked almond crumble. My thoughts, it was just an apple crisp crepe and tasted like one too. Don't get me wrong I rather enjoyed it.
In the end, the place is wonderful and well located! The service was not lacking any where! I guess I had higher expectations for this place and I was somewhat disappointed. I thought the food was okay, but nothing spectacular and though the names of the dishes were extravagant; the taste didn't follow suit. Needless to say, I would still come back because the atmosphere seemed awesome and the service was tops! - Enjoy!
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