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| - Decided to come here. Got a reservation same day. Arrived on time, sat around 6:15 because the staff was having a prep meeting.
Decor was comfortable. Leather and wood, candles on tables, dim interior, walls filled with interesting knick-knacks, strings of lights. Romantic, classic restaurant vibe. We sat in the second room, in a row of two tops opposite an extensive wooden bar counter. There was also an attractive covered patio with heat lamps. Noise level was a pleasant bustle, intriguing rather than irritating.
Friendly and helpful wait staff - from welcome to service to departure. No individually written menus - everything is on chalkboards. As many others have noted, this means that we leaned heavily on conversation with the attentive staff and they helped select our menu to a large degree. Recitation of the entire menu in French or English, selection recommendations and the advice "if something caught your attention while you were listening, get it!" This because the menu changes frequently. If I had to say something less than positive it would mention the pacing of service - everyone had such extensive interaction with the wait staff and it felt like we needed to wait our turn occasionally.
Shared everything. If there is too much variety and not enough decisiveness, getting several starters and one entree seems like a great idea.
Starters: foie gras tart with fresh apple and textually complementary crust, garnished with shaved celery root waves and a dollop of bone marrow & foie gras parfait. The second dish was a stew of beans, root veg, and tripe served encircling roasted bone marrow. Satisfying to the extreme. Really wished for a bit of bread to sop up the gravy-like remains.
Entrees: perpetually available spaghetti with thick bacon bits and lobster - left delicious grease all over our lips, easy to shell, and as decadent as advertised. Was skeptical but there is a reason why this dish is always on the menu. Our second dish was smoked rabbit prepared several ways, alongside fresh bacon, homemade sauerkraut, and house mustard. Tasty but frankly I am wondering how much better the rare roast beef, veal liver, the sharable 32oz steak or the steakhouse sausage entrees might have been. (Pictures of most of the menu attached).
Dessert: enormous apple pie we almost skipped. Ordered after the couple next to us got it as well. Puff pastry, apple halves, caramel sauce and a heaping twist of fresh vanilla ice cream. Amazing if you are in the mood. Other options included layer cake, squash baked good with ice cream (w/ sparkler if you've just gotten married), and vanilla ice cream twisted with apple sorbet.
Dinner was great - go here if you like food.
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