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| - Review in a gist: Nicely done, but needs some improvement.
The atmosphere is great, very laid back but still chic. Seating is kind of odd to me, but I'm used to the table-packed bistros of Seattle, but it definitely works.
I don't know if this applies to the men's bathroom, but the women's bathroom is TINY. Seriously, if someone is washing their hands, you could take them out with a single push on the door (which, hey, way to make it look like an accident!). Though, my little green-friendly heart LOVES that they use hand towels and not paper towels. And that they source foods locally. Rock on.
The waiter was a true delight. How he managed to entertain me as well as provide the service he did was just great. He was even polite enough to laugh at my dorky jokes, which I really appreciate.
To the noms!
I had the bacon-wrapped dates, the mixed greens salad, and the ribeye with goat cheese farro. My friend had the chicken croquettes, the butternut squash bisque, and a panini (the panini I didn't taste because she is not a good sharer). For dessert, I got the "coffee and doughnuts" and she got the chocolate cake (basically, molten lava cake?).
The bacon-wrapped dates were sublime, as expected. The sweetness of the dates, the tang of the cheese, the crunch of the almonds, and the saltiness of the bacon. Hell-freaking-yeah!
The chicken croquettes were good, but not spectacular (the red pepper sauce was divine though), and the butternut squash bisque was delicious but lacked something, couldn't put my finger on it.
Oddly enough, what really shined that evening was the mixed greens salad. The perfect combination of sweet, spicy, and tangy. The spiced pecans REALLY made the salad and the lucky penny feta was superb. Julienne pears were a great touch. I think next time I go, I'm just going to order a double of this salad and the bacon wrapped dates.
The Ribeye was solid. I love my steaks "black and blue" (crispy on the outside, cold in the middle). They really tried, it's a hard preference to pull off successfully (even more so when you have a party of 16+), but it wasn't quite right. Regardless, the steak was delicious and well-seasoned. The downfall of this was actually the succotash. WHERE WERE MY LIMA BEANS?! And why did the green beans taste frozen? Actually, why did ALL of it taste frozen?! YUCK! Had they left this off, I would have been far happier with just the root vegetables (which thankfully did not include carrots. I. Hate. Carrots.) It was thoroughly off-putting.
The goat cheese farro was solid, but not spectacular. It needed something fresh and green. Dill would have been fantastic or a touch of fresh thyme.
The desserts were a catastrophe. The "coffee and doughnuts" were supposed to be beignets with espresso ice cream. It would have been brilliant if the 'beignets' were actually beignets. They were these round globs of yeast dough that hadn't quite cooked through and were heavier than lead weights. Someone please please please fix this. It nearly broke my beignet-loving heart. The chocolate cake with whipped cream and strawberries....jesus. There is obviously no pastry chef back there. The cake was eggy to a level that I took one bite and was rather repulsed. I did not go back for a second bite.
Overall, it was a great dinner until the end. If they can fix the succotash problem and hire a pastry chef (or get some solid recipes lined up), I would highly recommend it.
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