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| - Dinner last night suggests that Palo Verde is not ready for service. As said before, the renovations left the room stark and noisy, so that hasn't been fixed yet. Removing the banquettes, a bare floor and dome ceiling make the noise level on par with many Old Town Scottsdale restaurants, not something expected at The Boulders.
At the first evening seating there was no corn chowder starter available, so that suggests that it wasn't even prepared for service. The second choice of prawns (two pieces) were nicely sweet, but the truffle tamale was lacking any indication that truffle was anywhere in it's creation. The lamb loin, all agreed, had a nice rub and sear, but had way too much chew. Desert's street corn gelato was nice, as was the fried cheese tweel, but the cake beneath it all was unfortunately dry. The seared ahi on radish amuse was beautiful, but bland, however the chocolate "wine flight" truffles were very nice.
While the kitchen was not having a great night, the service was attentive and engaging. Our waitress made what might have been a disappointing experience a bit nicer. I appreciated that she did not sell the desert menu short, as may servers do, unfortunately the dry cake did not live up to the very nice description given.
It could be that the room and kitchen needs more time to work on the menu offerings, which is somewhat limited (Really, chicken is considered "Air?") upon it's recent reopening. I would give it time.
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