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| - At 66y/o I may have well been the oldest person in Tender on Saturday night, besting my wife by 2 years. What was young and fresh? the food and staff! Fresh ideas on lamb chops, pickled vegetables, wings, and our Tender staple a great burger. This evening we decided to have several of the appetizers and split the burger between the two of us. The lamb chops were blackened with just enough kick and wonderfully seasoned. They were served with a quinoa. This is the first time I have ever been willing to take a second, yet third and forth forkful of quinoa. It's taste was unique with a great texture. When I was growing up in Pittsburgh, the best pickled vegetables were at Weinstein's for tomatoes and pickles, and the carrots at Del's. Tenders plate was out of this world with each vegetable having been pickled with different seasonings. The micro-shaved carrots were the best, just delicious; the chards of celery, florets of cauliflower, red/yellow thinly sliced peppers almost as good as the carrots. But besting even the carrots were the green tomatoes. I had to keep a piece of the green tomato aside, so it could be my dessert, the last taste of the evening after all else had pleasantly disappeared. The wings were both sweet, savory, and just sticky enough to be very finger-licking good! We shared the Tender burger, which we will sometimes stop in just to have on the run. As always, it was delicious bacon, pickled fennel and light greens! Lastly, you can't go to Tender without at least one alcohol beverage: mine was the Scorched Earth with mezcal, Cappelletti amaro, sweet vermouth, stirred. It was smokey and sweet at the same time!!
I wouldn't mind if you don't go to Tender, there are enough there whenever you arrive, so a few less contending for a great meal would be ok. But really, go, I want Tender to be around for a long time! I intend to live for a while longer and don't mind being the oldest gent enjoying its offerings.
I see that one of the extended questions for a review has to do with attire. Folks are in shorts to sport coats/dresses. You also get to see the latest in young fashion, hairstyles, and shoes.
LR
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