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| - I really enjoyed this little restaurant. I have never ventured into Chagrin Falls (I've been around it, but never to the actual place) and really enjoyed the town. The restaurant is off to the side of the main road/square, and it overlooks the falls as a result. The location is really great. We got reservations and got a seat by the window overlooking the falls. Basically, overlooking someone's wedding photos, which was kind of fun to watch.
The interior is really well done - very warm with exposed brick and a lot of red accents. I really enjoyed the decor. We were brought here because of the goat cheese crusted filet (my husband and I are known for our maybe-insane love of anything goat cheese, and if it has goat cheese, we are more than likely to eat it no matter what) and really didn't know much about the menu or anything prior to coming. I hadn't even looked up Yelp reviews. My father-in-law works nearby, and this is apparently a place they frequent for work dinners.
We ordered cocktails to start (I got the Jekyll and my husband the Hyde) and were happy with our selections. The huckleberry foam on top was quite good - albeit a bit weird mixed with the alcohol which surprised me - and the drink was well mixed and tasty. No complaints there. They were really on top of refilling waters - I never went thirsty.
We started with the truffle chips - which were delicious and probably my favorite thing I ate. Everything went well together (although we had to get the pecans on the side because of allergies) and we finished off the entire plate. Definitely would recommend it (and I saw a good amount of other tables devouring them too). We also shared the soup of the day - a broccoli and smoked cheddar soup - which was so amazingly delicious. It seemed the few big pieces of broccoli in the soup were steamed outside of the soup and then put in, so they weren't soggy, but a little crisp - which I really liked. The cheese in the soup was superb and gave it a great smokey flavor. Delicious.
My husband and I ordered two different dishes in order to "share" - he got the goat cheese crusted filet with potato au gratin and I got the boneless short ribs with blue cheese and mushroom risotto cake. The steak was good - it wasn't the best steak I have ever had - but the addition of goat cheese, cranberries, and balsamic glaze gave it a lot and I cannot deny that it made me love it. It was delicious. The potatoes au gratin were pretty good - cheese and very well cooked - but they same a bit salty and were hard to eat a lot of. But I really enjoyed them and would definitely order it again. The short ribs weren't as good - the sauce wasn't really tasty - it didn't really add anything to the dish like I had hoped - and the ribs were not the best I have had. Perhaps I like my short ribs on the bone. The mushroom risotto cake was good - but my husband kept comparing it to a McDonald's hashbrown, and while I originally rejected that, I came to realize it might be a little true. Still, it was good.
The service was great while we were here - they were really attentive about the nut allergy (more so that I was as I managed to eat a nut and then share ice cream with the husband after) and were always quick. Service was perfect.
I would definitely go back and recommend it. It was an adorable place with a lot of pluses.
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