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| - One word: Underwhelmed. My fellow Pittsburghers, stopped being impressed by a cool ambiance and let's get back to what really matters.
With that, I'll say the ambiance is cool. It's connected to Hotel Monaco and from the little portion of that hotel that I got to see, it looks unique, artsy, and fun. The Commoner has played along well with this. It was a bit loud, like most new Pittsburgh restaurants.
The service was okay, wasn't exactly service with a smile. He did a terrible job explaining and selling meals that we questioned what they entailed.
For the food... um, why did we pay that much for such mediocre American food? Oh, because it's a new restaurant downtown that has an interesting ambiance. The bread tasted stale, defiantly not fresh. The crab shells and cheese was so bland, lacking flavor. Now there were nice big chunks of crab, but where was the cheesey flavor goodness? Not there. Lastly, I had the scottish salmon. It was okay, a bit undercooked for my liking (not that they asked how I'd like it prepared) and due to a theater showtime, just ate it and moved on.
Needless to say, with all the excellent restaurants in Pittsburgh we won't be back. Maybe for drinks, because the bar looked like it could be a much better experience.
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