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| - You walk in, bar to your right, seating to your left, separated by a cool divider that is more lattice than wall. Up side--fun, sophisticated visual. Down side--does nothing to reduce ambient noise or air flow, particularly from that door you just walked in. On a cold wintery night, room temp was very cool--maybe mid 60s? That was not so fun. The seating area is lined with a pew-like bench, facing small tables and chairs. They should take a hint from Gib's and pad it. Chairs are wooden coffee-shop style uncomfortable. So, atmosphere--looks great, but not a place I'd want to linger. Maybe that's the point, as I'm sure someone's waiting for a table.
Food is made up of small plates, "meant to be shared." My favorite type of eating! Server recommended 4 to 6 plates, but for two middle-aged people, four was easily enough. Some of the plates seemed slightly overpriced, particularly a white bean dip with bread. Note that plates will rotate, which is both smart (keeps locals interested) and unfortunate (predictability and favorites may be missing). Luckily this week, my vegetarian friend had most of the menu to choose from. Menus were short on explanation, which meant more questions for the server.
We choose pieorgi, a mushroom dish with ragout, a kale salad and smashed potatoes. The potatoes were fabulous, served with a garlic aoili. Pieorgi were fine, not excessively heavy, although I doctored them a bit with the leftover garlic aioli as the accompanying dots of sour cream were quite tiny. The mushroom dish seemed kind of like a meatless marinara sauce. I liked the kale Caesar salad, but as I have had a sublime one made by a friend and would have suggested letting the kale sit in the dressing a tad longer. Didn't care for the very soft-boiled egg on top, coated in Parmesan shavings. Four dishes, three drinks ran $60, which seemed fair to slightly overpriced.
Drinks were nice, although my Moscow mule was full of cracked ice, summer lemonade style and as a result, seemed weak.
Service was attentive and awesome, generally bringing one plate out at a time, presumably as it was ready. It allowed us to mix and match bites. Our server was attentive without being overpresent and was truly 5 star, from helpful hints to checking back about second cocktails.
Overall, I'd say don't believe the hype. It's decent but lacks the touches that truly make it justified for the price.
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