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Now that the longest sentence in the history of Yelp is finished, I will get on with my review. I went here a few weeks ago with my manfriend and his manfriend after deciding we were all collectively too lazy to cook, and crap am I glad we did! Upon entry, I was immediately pleased with the old fashioned, rustic decor. I'm talking antique wooden benches by the hostess stand, deep browns and reds throughout the restaurant including a giant copper wood burning fire pit in the center of the main dining room.
Now on to the food. I'm not terribly into game meat to be honest so I knew right from the beginning I was going steak. Ended up settling with their beef tenderloin which I paired with the best god damn mac n cheese you have ever had in your entire life! I got broccolini as well which was also delicious but I would've married that mac n cheese that night. Steak was cooked perfectly, incredibly tender and flavorful, and oh so juicy.
The boys were a little more adventurous than I. My manfriend's manfriend going with the trio of quail, elk and buffalo, which he killed every last bite by the way, and my date got the elk, which he talked about for 36 straight hours, so I have to imagine they were both pretty darn good.
On to dessert, which for some reason we felt the need to order even though none of us could move after our entrees. I got the smores. That's right, I said SMORES. If I'm going to be honest, it was a tiny bit rich for my taste, but whatever, they had smores on their menu and that made me love them that much more.
Decent wine list pretty reasonably priced in my humble opinion. Settled on a few bottles of the Row 11 Pinot to pair with our dinners that only ran us $45 a bottle if memory serves.
From start to finish, I had a caesar salad to start, the petite filet with 2 sides, smores for dessert, and my share of 2 bottles of wine and my bill was like $90 or something like that. I didn't need to eat for another 2 days mind you.
Oh, and this probably goes without saying but the service was impeccable. Our waitress was incredibly knowledgeable and sweet, never rushing us for a second even when we were the last table in the dining room savoring our desserts and finishing our last bottle of wine.
Run don't walk to Cartwright's, you'll be glad you made the trip.
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