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| - I really like the purpose and local community focus of this restaurant and its neighborhood fine dining focus. I also really like that they are community contributors, providing services for local non-profits and their customers.
I have been to Todd's several times (about 1 month ago was my most recent visit.)
I found the food in general to be well prepared, with generous servings. However, I found the food to also be mildly seasoned, which did not provide the depth of flavor I hope for when dining in a finer restaurant.
For example, the short rib entree I had was a very large portion, and very well cooked and tender. However, it had a somewhat bland flavor in my opinion. This had also been my experience in the past with an ahi entree. The caesar salad I had was also relatively mild and unremarkable - I typically like a caesar salad at a better restaurant with whole or large fresh piece of romaine, a good portion of anchovy, and fresh large croutons, with the salad well dressed. This salad was little cut-up pieces of romaine, and just was not prepared in any remarkable way - seemed like a prepared in advance and chilled item that was bland and uninteresting.
The only outlier in my meals has been the 'Steak On-Fire' entree, which was cooked well, and had a well seasoned and spicy sauce. I could have lived without the chili cheese fries on the side - messy, overproportioned, and texture was kind of soft/undistinguished based on a variety of ingredients with a similar texture.
Booths are also pretty uncomfortable - these need to be upgraded (too vertical, not enough cushion - just not a very natural seating position for dining).
Again - I think Todd's is an important restaurant in this neighborhood, especially in that shopping area which is currently seeing difficult times - I just think they need to season their food better and be a little more consistent in the design, preparation and elements of this food. I would really like to ultimately see this as a 4-5 star review.
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