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| - Recently popped in for a spur-of-the-moment dinner, mostly because it's right around the corner, and happy to have the Greene House as a neighbor!
Love the ambience, and open feel of the restaurant, especially with the open wall to the outside. The great weather this week obviously helped, not sure how comfy that can be in the summer, but we enjoyed the fresh air. And might I mention the people watching - if you like a lot of stretched-tight skin in various places.
Also, I always seem to like a nice restaurant with the open kitchen that seems to be part of the restaurant. All it needs is a screaming Gordon and I'd feel like I'm in Hell's Kitchen. And I mean that in a good way. I love to see the flames of the various dishes being cooked.
Drinks were good, had a perfectly made dirty martini, albeit a little on the small side. For an appetizer, we ordered the warm brie. It came with perfectly toasted bread, sour cherries and garlic. Mixing all 3 onto the bread seemed like the perfect threesome. (Hey, minds out of the gutter please, I'm talking about the brie)
Entrees - I had the chicken and prosciutto ravioli which were delicious, however I would have liked more prosciutto taste and less chicken. Almost had no prosciutto-y flavor. Still loved it, but I do love me some thin italian meat. (geez, will you stop with the snickering?)
The other dishes ordered at our table were the Seared Ahi Tuna which comes on a bed of stir-fry veggies that I was told was mouth watering, and the roast beef sandwich with fontina cheese. I asked my wife how it was, and all I got was a wide eyed nod as if she didn't want to even open her mouth to waste one taste.
And my little one devoured the mac-n-cheese, penne type pasta drenched in melted cheese, topped with parmesan. (also available with grilled andouille sausage).
And kudos to the GH for the meal size. I love a meal where you finish full, but not stuffed. Everything was the perfect size. Service was great with plenty of attention without being annoying. We didn't leave room for dessert, but the warm cinnamon and sugar donut with vanilla custard sounded very tempting. I just wanted to be able to walk out of the restaurant under my own power...
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