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| - Oh Touch. How I want so much to LOVE you. I like you, I really do. But you must do something about this identity crisis of yours.
First of all, the atmosphere. You have white linen table cloths and tealight candles in a charming old building with exposed brick. Then you pull out your chair to sit down and it looks like it was left in a room with a starving, leather eating Rottweiler. Are you trying to be classy or shabby chic? Either way, chairs with the stuffing exposed isn't chic, it's just shabby. And to be clear, I am not nitpicking a single chair. There are multiple.
But then I order my food and it's simply delectable. Very yummy, lovingly prepared and even presented in a gourmet fancy schmancy way. As it should...prices are on the moderately high end here. And that's where my conflict comes in...either go all-out divey and reduce the price point, or tidy up the overtly rough edges and go with the classy theme. Either way, I'm cool. Just don't change the food. It's why you keep me coming back.
Happy hour here is where I am happiest to look past my frustrations. They have different food specials that are pretty good and fairly priced. Taco Thursday (not Tuesday!) is probably my favorite, with a fun and tasty selection. Brunch is also wonderful here (chorizo gravy on corn bread!) but it's also a very busy time. People come for the brunch and stay for a Sunday Funday of build your own bloody marys.
Everytime I'm at Touch I find myself imagining what they could do to fix the weirdness without them having to spend a lot of dough. First suggestion is to not have a hostess except maybe during peak hours. At brunch it makes sense. But walking into an empty restaurant with a hostess that asks if you have a reservation always makes me chuckle. Especially when I say no and she says "Ok. We can still get you in." Really? Can you? I don't know. Can you squeeze the two of us in here with that one other customer at the bar?
I also talk a big game here. The truth of the matter is I will go back. As I said, I really, really like it. So maybe they don't need to change anything. I don't have to LOVE them. We can be friends with benefits. Just because Touch isn't the marrying kind, doesn't mean we can't hook up once in awhile, does it?
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