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| - Visited Rare Earth last night, a Monday at about 7pm. We were greeted by an amazing hostess who was on the ball saw us approaching and had the door open for us as we walked up. The restaurant was packed, we sat at the last table available. While I loved the busy ambiance, I wasn't too big a fan of the layout. There were a couple of couches off in a corner and then just a bunch of very spread out tables all over. If you're going for the coffee/winebar crowd, I think it needs to feel a little cozier inside. At 35 we were the youngest people in there by at least 10 years though, so maybe that's part of it.
Mondays are half off bottle of wine night, which is a great deal when combined with a groupon. We had the Grenache which wasn't the best, and the Couscous which was amazing. Really well prepared, whole pistachios, dried apricot, yum! For dinner we split the 4 cheese pizza which was also very good. Our service was not great but acceptable.
Overall, we liked it. If we lived closer we'd probably go now and then but I wouldn't say it's a must try or anything. I do think the decor was really nice and if they just decided to be a cozy winebar and switched up the seating a little, it would be a lot better and would be somewhere I'd go more often. It was a great great value.
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