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| - Two girlfriends and I had reservations at Corkbuzz during restaurant week. I will go back because I'm dying to try the braised short ribs and I very much enjoyed the food and wine. The beginning of our experience was not great in that my friend had made reservations a couple weeks prior for a party of six, then changed to a party of 3. She called at 4 pm on the day of our 6 pm reservations just to confirm. On the way to the restaurant, she received an email that our reservation had been cancelled. The staff was very nice and accommodating, and we enjoyed the wine recommendations and charcuterie while we waited at the bar, but this is the reason for 4 instead of 5 stars. Big faux pas to inadvertently cancel a reservation, imho.
The food was very good. Do not visit without trying their house made ricotta and apple chutney with a nice full-bodied red. Heaven in the mouth. The truffled salami was awesome as was the very unique crisp yet creamy smoked Gouda. Their house made Dijon was also outstanding, if we're being detailed.
Apps: we had the Smoked trout dip, Brussels sprouts and Wagyu Beef carpaccio. All were good. The smoked trout dip came with house made chips and though good, was my least favorite as I felt it was similar to other dishes elsewhere. Just not that special. The Wagyu beef carpaccio was quite good as was the presentation with a poached egg in the center. My favorite was the Brussels sprouts - grilled with fennel, marcona almonds and tossed with cheese curds it was delicious!
I had the pork tenderloin, cooked medium and it was absolutely cooked to perfection and the apple slaw was a perfect compliment. One of my friends had cornmeal-crusted catfish which I do not believe it is on the regular menu but it was also delicious. My other friend had the shrimp orecchiette and it was quite good - very hearty 'comfort food' type dish. We also got the ham-hock tater tots (great!) and roasted spaghetti squash (not my fav). All was very good and we really were too stuffed for dessert. But...
We tried the ricotta doughnuts, chocolate chip cookie sandwich with hazelnut ice cream and apple cobbler with cinnamon ice cream. The ricotta donuts were sugared donut holes with a ricotta cream. Good but like the cookie, not over the top delicious. I was hoping for more of the regular house-made ricotta, yum. My favorite was the apple cobbler - sugar biscuit crumble, very tasty.
All in all Corkbuzz was a nice little wine and venue. A little pricey but what you expect in the area. The space is tight and acoustics maybe need to be softened, but overall I'd recommend for the food, service and wine list. Enjoyed.
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