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| - Went back last night and, as usual, had a wonderful meal. I do, however, have a few nits to pick, thus the 4 stars versus 5.
We had one selection from "First" (see menu, it's online) which was the Ahi Tuna Cone (delicious!), two from "Segue," the longstem artichoke fritto, toasted garlic breadcrumbs, pepperoncino gremolata, lemon aioli, and an incredible white bean soup. The artichoke was very tasty, but, note to the kitchen, one of the marks of a great restaurant is to serve fried food (especially flash fried) that is NOT greasy. This was greasy, which, frankly, shocked me. Almost said something to our server (Michael, who was just great), but decided not to.
We tried their special stone crab claws--well, one, actually, and that was grossly over-priced for the amount of meat inside. I'm talking incredibly little. They only have them a few times a year, and if ours was a typical example, we could have easily split a half-dozen, but at $10 a piece, that was not going to happen. Look, I've spent almost $500 for dinner so it's not about the money, but it IS about getting something you at least perceive is worth it. That lonely little crab claw was not remotely worth it in our opinion.
My wife and i each ordered the braised short-ribs special, and it was incredible great. No question, the kitchen knows what they're doing in a big way.
We shared the molten lava chocolate cake and that, too, we excellent.
As I said above, our server Michael was fantastic. Attentive but not smothering, extremely personable, good sense of humor, just overall a professional from beginning to end.
So, DT140 is STILL easily in my top 3 upper-end restaurants in the area, I just thought there were a few little misses. But at this price point you don't get five stars unless everything is perfect. Will we be back? Of course we will.
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