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| - went to crop saturday night........arrived 10 minutes earlier than our reservations, no problem, were seated right away. the initial contact for a server to acknowledge us was a bit long, but they were busy, but still......too long.
we started out with a couple of cocktails, informing our server that we were in no rush to order and that after we were done cocktailing, we'd continue on with wine and dinner.....she was very understanding, very attentive and very unintrusive throughout the night.....which i love! we like good service that is attentive yet not trying so hard to be our best friend or "work" us....i get it.
started with a mr. figgy, a fig infused maker's mark cocktail served with bruleed smoked bacon for a coctail stir-stick-AWESOME DRINK!!! had 2, in fact, they were SO good.........
we enjoyed calamari and the foie gras for our appetizers.....DELICIOUS! the foie gras was buttery-melty with a thin reduction sauce, the calamari was plentiful topped with a sauce, but crisp and deliciously undercooked!
our salads consisted of 1 soft wedge, a thick layer of bibb lettuce topped with crumbled bleu cheese, a thick piece of smoked bacon and a white balsamic vinaigrette.....the other salad was the arugula salad....BOTH equally simple, yet delightful!!!
our dinners were salmon with mashed asparagus and ahi tuna with smashed edamame. both wonderfully undercooked, moist, delicious and beautifully presented.
skipped dessert because we were so full.........enjoyed a couple of glasses of wine with dinner and had to take some of our dinner in a doggy box to go. that never happens to us!
inside the restaurant is still decorated with much of the original decor of the old bank the building used to house...penzi spices is at the far end of the mammouth dining room, which you can see through the giant paladian (sp?) window.......the dining room does have a tendency to be loud due to the super high ceilings, but not defening........
i highly recommend this great addition to the ohio city restaurant choices.......
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