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| - Went here with a girlfriend for dinner. Being from out of town, I had called ahead of time to see about making reservations for a Saturday night at 7:30. I was told they only made reservations for large parties but that I should have no problem getting in at that time. So when I was told upon arriving that it would be an hour wait, I was a little disappointed. The hostess was very unapologetic about it and in fact, seemed like she was having a bad night. We tried to wait around the bar area but we really felt like we were in the way. Also felt like we were the oldest people in the place- we are in our early 50's. This is definitely a younger crowd place. It was so noisy- one girl was so loud, you literally could not hear anyone else. One of the hostesses came to get us and told us our table was ready. As she began to seat us, at a table for 6- with 6 menus- I realized she might be confused. Sure enough, she apologized and told us this was not our table. We had to stand around some more. When the party of 6 did not show up, the pulled the table apart and seated us again. When my friend tried to thank the hostess, she said rudely, "I need your beeper"- which I had already given to the other hostess.
But the food saved the day! We tried the shrimp bruschetta- it was the best dish of the night. Aldo had the trio of hummus, red pepper spread and delicious pimento cheese with warm pita bread. The crab and avocado salad was good but needed a little more seasoning. We also had the gnocchi with winter vegetables and the black bean burger. The gnocchi were cut a little too large for my liking and didn't care for the black bean burger. It was heavy and dry. Not sure I would go back for just a party of two. the food was great but the hostess should be ashamed of herself. You are in customer service, girl. Shame on you.
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