Let me start by saying the service was great. Barbara is an attentive and caring server who works hard to please the customer. That being said...
My boyfriend and I came to Salut after recommendations from a mutual friend. In addition Yelp stated their happy hour was till 7pm. We arrived at 6:30 and ordered two glasses of Cab. It was good and looking over the menu I was excited. The food seemed promising and reasonably priced. When I asked if the bruschetta was on happy hour Barbara informed us that they changed their happy hour till 6:30. Everything was full price. We were fine with that.
I ordered the piquillo bruschetta. My boyfriend the Pepperonata sandwich. The bruschetta had a pepper spread, green bell peppers, onion, bacon and smoked Gouda. When it came out I was already disappointed. When I order bruschetta I expect the bread to be crunchy (I know what is bruschetta...I'm Italian). The bread wasn't even close to toasted. The "pepper" spread tasted like it was BBQ sauce out of a bottle mixed with ketchup and some pepper for a kick. The bell peppers, onion, and Gouda were diced. The bacon was diced as well and cold. It's as if the chef cut bread slapped BBQ sauce on it cut the veggies and let the bacon thaw out before placing it on the top. I'm not confident the bacon was anymore then thawed out. Cooked? Not sure. The piquillo bruschetta can beat described as a Red Baron frozen pizza, left outside of the freezer, thawed and served.
My boyfriends sandwich wasn't much better. He ate maybe a quarter of it and gave up. We both focused on the fries (the only saving grace to the meal).
While their wine and beer selection is appealing, their food is disappointing. I could make it at home for even cheaper then 9 bucks.
Barbara needs to get picked up by a place like Postino. Her work ethic and eagerness to please the customer is better served in a place that puts effort into their food. This Postino wannabe has a pretty appealing menu with a disappointing end result. Salut!!!!
UPDATE
I got food poisoning. This was the last meal I ate. I'm about 95% sure it is what caused me to get sick.