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| - Wow. I really wanted to give this restaurant five stars. I did. Really. But I just can't. I'll explain why at the bottom. First off, the decor is lovely. The wait staff was just the right amount of attentive, without being intrusive. The location is excellent, and the parking attendents were spot on. When I say the location is excellent, I guess that is my bias being from the north end of town. The little shopping enclave this is located in is very upscale, and was prettily sparkling when we were there on Wednesday. I had the filet, with bearnaise sauce, while my wife had the blackened swordfish. Both were excellent. The swordfish was actually better than my steak, and my steak was excellent. The espresso was first rate, and the chocolate creation my wife had for dessert she raved about. I think it was called chocolate passion. Their wine list is quite good (we had the White Star, which of course was, well White Star). This is not an inexpensive dinner, but neither was it at the upper end either. (for 2, with the champagne, was $240 with tip).
Now, the reason for the 4 stars. First, the appetizer: shrimp cocktail. 3 incredibly large shrimp in perfect cocktail sauce. But the shrimp were a tad chewy. Then there was my steak, which was delicious, it just wasn't cooked as I had asked. I had asked for medium, but got medium rare. I don't mind medium rare, and it was delicious, just not what I asked for. And lastly, there was no escargot on the menu. That's pretty much a staple for a top notch restaurant in my book.
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