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| - I stopped here for lunch because I saw a pasta dish on Yelp that looked yummy. Unfortunately, that was the dinner menu so a return is needed. This restaurant is so swanky. Lol.....it was quite busy with "coolness".
The owner who looks like Seal, was hanging out near the door and I kept wishing he'd grab a mic and start singing,
"I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.
Ooh,
The more I get of you,
The stranger it feels, yeahhhhhhh"......
Unfortunately he didn't, but he seemed to be extremely engaged in the FOH operations, a lost trait amongst many owners. Everyone that walked in the door seem to know him and was greeted by a hip insiders-only handshake, a hug, or directed to a VIP table. I was intrigued because these are the type of restaurants you see on Lifetime television where the owner is a real hot shot suddenly being stalked by a infatuated customer or overlooked employee and weird things start to happen. Haha......
I ordered the BLT with sweet potato fries. The jalapeƱo bacon had just the right amount of heat and although there was some sort of remoulade-like mayo it was perfect and not overpowering. If you've read some of my previous reviews you know how I feel about food arriving IMMEDIATELY after ordering and it being lukewarm. After the order was put in 3 minutes later my food was brought to the table. The BLT looked amazing, but the fries looked like Ursula's "poor unfortunate souls" from The Little Mermaid. They were shriveled, withered, and. ..... (GULP)..... cold. I knew they were probably the last of the precooked batch. I tried to suck it up, but I couldn't because each fry was so disappointing. I let the server know and he brought a fresh new batch. When I bit into it, steam came out and I smiled like a little kid. They were amazing, and I had no guilt eating them. Although I cut my sandwich in half and anticipated getting a TO GO container, I devoured the other half effortlessly. With each bite, I watched the "cool crowd" shake hands, make business deals, and laugh heartily at each others witty humor. It was surely a frequent flyer guest list. A place where these people felt taken care of, a place "where everybody knows your name" and the service is customized. Yes, swanky.
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