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| - I was pleasantly surprised by Urban Vine after having such a negative experience at MOD in Scottsdale. Everything that was overly modern, over done, over complicated, and ingredients used for shock value at MOD was simple, homey, and focused on fresh and seasonal ingredients at Urban Vine. Significant improvement.
We came in a bit late, but they were open. There wasn't anyone at the hostess stand and we waited for a bit to be seated. When someone did show up, they were a bit rude.... asking if we had a reservation (but in a way that sounded like.... you better have one), when the restaurant was mostly empty. We were seated on the patio and it was a bit cold. They use individual heaters for each table, but they don't produce a lot of heat. They also had a few fires going, which was a nice touch and made it smell amazing on the patio.
The menu looked great, with many tasty looking items to choose from, including many specials that all sounded like they used seasonal produce. We ended up ordering the tomato soup with the cheese flatbread, the beer cheese dip, and a steak special which was flank steak (I think) with a fresh mushroom polenta and micro greens. The best item we had was the steak, by far. It was well cooked and tasted amazing in the sauce they put on top and mixed with the polenta... yum. The mushrooms were perfect and tender. Overall it was great. The cheese dip with Noble bread was also delicious but cold when it came out.... I know it was cold outside, but that stuff must have been sitting for awhile. The flavor was good, the bread is (of course) high quality, and the beer/pepper flavors really came through. The soup was probably the least successful dish of the night.... it also came out kind of cold and was served with a marshmallow on top... sort of weird. The soup's flavor was ok, but nothing special. The salad that came with it was delicious, however, perfectly dressed. The pita was good (but you can't mess up cheese on bread). I probably wouldn't get this again. We finished with a Bailey's pot de creme with a salted caramel topping. The pot de creme was tasty, but a bit grainy. The salted caramel was delicious, but I think a chocolate or salted chocolate topping may have been a better match to the Bailey's flavor. All of this food only cost about 40$ and we were stuffed.
I would say I would come back; however, after seeing all of the negativity brought to this site by the owner I don't think I will. I don't need to give my money to someone who can't take a little criticism and make himself and his business better. Unfortunately for him, food critics don't keep restaurants afloat (see renegade by mod for example), real people do.
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