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| - As a post-Valentine's Day date for me and my favorite valentine, we chose this Brooklyn location (first time for both of us). I tried making reservations over the phone, assuming it would be a busy weekend for romance. I was told they don't take reservations, but they do have a "call ahead" system that will let them know we're coming. I have no idea how that helped them or us, as we still ended up waiting half an hour (in a very (!) crowded lobby area) to be seated.
How can that be safe or sanitary with servers and restaurant staff weaving in and out of standing-room-only patrons?
Leah, our server, made it all better. After our wait, we were sat in her section. What a delight! Not only was she super nice, but she did her job well. We came two hours before closing and it was packed; and yet, Leah was smiling and pleasant and made us feel right at home the entire time. We knew what we wanted to order right away, so she got us started on our glasses of wine (prosecco and blackberry sangria - yum!), warmed bread and garlic oil (double yum!), and the to-die-for bowl (get the large!) of Cozze in Bianco.
We completed our meal with an order of the Chicken Bryan and Sirloin Marsala. With as busy as the restaurant was, I had a few fleeting images of the show, "Hell's Kitchen." You know, when the cooks fall apart in the kitchen because of the demanding crowds, the food suffers, and Gordon Ramsay's head starts spinning? Thankfully, that was not the case for us - with our perfectly prepared chicken breast and steak medium-rare. Everything was spot on! Leah kept our bread basket filled and treated us like friends.
Once we made it through the crazy lobby situation, the rest of our experience was worth repeating.
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