I have tried Café Monte for the 4th and final time.
I keep wanting to like this place. Nice décor and while the menu isn't large, there are many things on it that sound great. This time I ordered the mussels and the duck confit. Both were very disappointing. The mussels came out in an unappealing cream sauce that I can very easily trump at home. The duck confit was just so so and did not have much flavor. How duck fried in duck fat isn't an explosion of flavor is beyond me. I find the frozen duck confit from Reids to be much better. I do have to give them credit for their starter bread, however. It was fantastic and may be the bread that I've had in Charlotte.
Sorry Monte, but that's the last time that I will see a credit card charge with your name on it.