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| - Best kept secret in Gilbert! I stumbled across this place via Yelp one night and thought I would give it a try since it's right by my house, couldn't be worse than the Mexican food joint that was there before (no offense), and, worse case scenario, could busy myself on the iPhone (as us singles usually do while dining alone). However, little did I know that I would walk into my soon-to-be favorite local restaurant. The bar area is great, especially for single diners. In fact, there are so many single diners (compared to the usual scene), that I not only felt comfortable dining alone, but after 15 minutes, I was dining with and getting to know everyone else at the bar. The only time I pulled out my iPhone was to share photos with other patrons, talking about similar trips we had taken. Not only are the bar and wait staff excellent, but so is everyone else dining there; what a local restaurant should be. One night the bartender was the co-owner and another, Nick. Both were great and made me feel welcome. Their passion and belief in the restaurant and food was incredible and made me want to go back, just to say "hi."
Awesome vibe aside, let's talk about the food. On both occasions, I've had the filet. Grilled to absolute perfection. It had a nice "crust" on the outside while medium rare on the inside. Wish I could do that at home! I don't know anywhere you can go to get that quality of steak for such a reasonable price. The clam chowder is amazing (and yes, served with crackers now). The downside is I love my go-to order so much now, that I don't want to try anything else.
I recently had family in town and they asked where we should go for a nice dinner nearby, this was the first on my list, surpassing the downtown Gilbert trend thing going on right now (which is also great, but not if you want to eat right away without a huge wait and actually talk to other people). This place is such a gem that after 15 minutes of sitting in this restaurant, my guests agreed this was a great spot. However, after eating the prime rib, they insisted they come here with every trip to Gilbert.
In sum, not only is the food great, but so are the people that work and dine at this place. It's now a staple.
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