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| - I came here yesterday (obviously) for the first time. I did not check out the menu ahead of time so my expectations were slightly different than reality. Based on the name, I was expecting a late night restaurant (which it is) that serves upscale (which it does), bar food (which it does NOT). Well, let me clarify. There are bar food-y items on the menu (chicken wings, flatbread, fries, poutine, etc.), but it's not a bar food restaurant, if that makes sense.
If I'm going to eat at 1AM after a night out, I'm probably drunk and want nachos, rather than a pan seared trout.
Now this isn't necessarily a complaint (I mean, I'm giving it 5 stars still!).
Moving on, we walked in and were greeted and seated right away. Our server was great, very friendly and enthusiastic and already knowledgeable about the menu.
We started with a bottle of sauv blanc and the short ribs. The short ribs were not what we were expecting, but should have. The suggested wine pairing is a Korean Viognier and its parinaded in a soy marinade and comes with fresh kimchi on the side. Should we have expected Korean style short ribs? Probably. Did we? No. They were good, but per that cut, a bit tough and fatty. The kimchi was more like a coleslaw than kimchi. And for $14 for two thin slices of short rib, seemed very overpriced. My sandwich had beef cutlet, a fried egg and french fries with it for the same price.
I had the milanesa sandwich and my friend had the chopped salad with chicken. We both thoroughly enjoyed out entrees.
Overall the food was really good, great atmosphere and service as well.
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