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| - Carpe Diem is a special place. The interior looks like it's been there forever, maybe as some old, upscale law firm or church, but it's also updated and modern, and you spend the meal trying to figure out how to update your house to look exactly like this. The prices signify that this will be a celebratory meal, but it also isn't too expensive that you couldn't just be celebrating a darn good Wednesday. And the level and quality of service is impecable.
Our waitress asked if we had somewhere we needed to be after dinner and if there was a certain time we needed to be out of there by - perhaps my date's tuxedo tipped her off? Regardless, she kept us on schedule and (we realized when she brought it) had even tagged the check with our goal departure time. As we left the restaurant, I looked at the clock and realized we were 5 minutes ahead of the time she wrote down; now that's service.
With the stage set now for a great evening, the food doesn't disappoint. My boyfriend and I each ordered the goat cheese salad, which had a surprisingly sweet and spicy kick from the jalapeno apricot dressing. For our entrees, he got the duck, which was slightly pink, succulently juicy, and perfectly topping a mouthwatering sweet potato polenta. Are you drooling yet? I ordered the buttermilk fried chicken, and I almost proposed to it, it was that good. There's no "if you love something, set it free" mentality here; I scraped up the last little tidbits with a smile on my face. By the time dessert came, I could barely finish my chocolate caramel bread pudding, but I tried my best; although I was nearly married to the fried chicken, I'd consider taking the bread pudding as a lover.
Carpe the experience, and enjoy!
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