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| - I am a big fan of Bradley Ogden going back to his Lark Creek Inn in Larkspur, CA. I loved his restaurant at Caesar's, until they started tinkering with the menu in its latter years. I had high hopes for his latest entry, especially since its in my neighborhood, and I'd love to see Tivoli Village get some traction.
Having said that, I confess to being mildly disappointed when my wife and I stopped in for an early dinner a few weeks ago. Don't get me wrong...it wasn't bad, it was just far from great.
We got there at 5:30 and Happy Hour was "in play" so we ordered from both the HH menu and the ala carte menu. For starters we had the fried polenta cubes (nothing special...bland, little seasoning, do not recommend at all) and the grilled cheese bites. This turned out to be an unremarkable grilled cheese sandwich cut into eight pieces and plopped on a plate. We had the skirt steak and fish&chips for main courses. The skirt steak was well seasoned, but a little tougher than I was expecting. As there was no steak knife accompanying this dish, I was left to tearing apart the steak with a fork and un-serrated utility knife.
On the other hand, the fish and chips were outrageously delicious, and worth a return trip solely on the merits of this dish.
Happy Hour pricing is very friendly with $3 beers and &4-$5 apps. The ala carte menu is not quite as value driven, especially the beverage side with beers ranging from $6-$10 ($6 for a PBR...really, a PBR!?!). Anyway, like I said, we'll be back for the fish&chips but will likely show up during Happy Hour.
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