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| - When one finds someone/something that inspires loyalty, it is a beautiful thing! Peggy and I dined at the new location of FnB this evening, and our loyalty to the duo of Pavle Milic and Charlene Badman was once again royally rewarded. Spicy broccoli with tangerine aioli and pistachio, and Peg had the hand-pulled mozzarella and leeks gribiche to start the evening. Actually, seeing Pavle and Charlene began the evening, so things were never in question. I had the roast chicken, which would seem to be a very uninspired dish in most venues. The addition of spaetzle, spigarelllo and pan jus didn't allow that to happen. Peg had the corvina (read: white seabass) with a pomegranate-persimmon, get-your-freekah-on, and Meyer lemon chermoula. Passing the always wonderful butterscotch pudding (gotten probably 80% of the time) we opted for a kumquat lemon verbina creme brulee. Aside from the technical wizardry that Charlene produces, the new place (nee Baratin) had a very comfortable vibe. The rooms and decor are inviting, and it is hard to believe that not a beat was skipped. We told both Pavle and Charlene that we would be happily content with 50% of them on opening night.....we got 100%....as always! Dr. B
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