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| - Hubby and I popped in here the other night without reservations and with light appetites, and ended up happy, full, and pleasantly surprised.
Hubby had already eaten dinner, his way of waiting while I got my nails done, so I was at a loss for what to choose for dinner. I have a light appetite and it's not easy to find good adult food in children's meal portions. I decided that I wanted deviled eggs and did a Yelp search, and found this previously unknown spot that has deviled eggs. Once I read the appetizer menu to Hubby, wheels were turning and we were on our way.
We were seated promptly, without reservations, a mistake that I'll try to avoid in the future. While they managed to fit in a lot of seating in a small space, I'm going to assume that reservations will keep us from sitting next to the front door and getting chilled every time someone exited/entered. This place got packed quickly, which meant a lot of shivers and food shielding in last night's chilly breeze.
Hubby wanted to try a few items, and the prices are positively cheap (except the Coke, but I'll get back to that), so we ordered 3 appetizers.
First, the deviled eggs... very creamy and quite excellent, needed only a light touch of salt.
Second, escargot. Mistakenly served without toast, server blip (also for later), but tasty once we had that. A bit on the chewy side, but still good. Without that deficiency, would have been great. Probably won't order again.
Thirdly, beef tartare. Served with too little toast (blip time again, also corrected) but very good. Different from others we have had in that it was strong with the taste of pickles and the beef taste was overpowered. It was yummy, but would be more accurately named pickle & beef spread. We still ate every bit of it.
Lastly, our split entree of Pasta Carbonara.. excellent! Incredibly creamy and well-balanced, a refreshing change from the usual canned alfredo+egg sauce that others claim to be carbonara. (You'd never guess my depth of hatred for the standard Alfredo sauce and its imitators. A proliferation of bad taste doesn't equal good taste). Anyway, back to this dish... we were both stuffed by this point, and yet we were ready to lick our plates. Yummy!
Now, about the Coke price. Yes, I realize this is a wine restaurant. Probably an excellent wine restaurant, based on the quantities of wine we saw the other customers downing. However, punishing non drinkers with a $3 charge for a can of Coke is ridiculous. Charging that for a fountain drink would have been even worse, thank you for not adding that indignity. Yes, I know that these high fees for a cheap product has become the industry standard, but that's not going to make me like it. Pet peeve, sorry.
As for the "blip", our waitress apparently had an asthma attack and was laying down in the back while she waited for her boyfriend to rush her forgotten inhaler to her. We understand and forgive, and we're very impressed with how much everyone else scrambled to cover an entirely packed restaurant.
Speaking of the staff, absolutely everyone was gracious and charming. Everyone I could see was happy and smiling, they charmed a packed restaurant into satisfied patience. I even saw a cranky toddler charmed into smiling.
Based on that night's dinner, we will be returning and it will be soon. Next time, though, I'll make reservations and an extra sweater, just in case.
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