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| - Went for dinner last Sunday. Ambiance is nice. Not fancy but not casual, just somewhere in between. I like the décor and Chef Marc was out chatting it up with the patrons. The host was super friendly. Our server was nice and had a lot to remember (at least 5 specials which all sounded good.).
The bread to start was fine. But this killed it for me: at a spot like this, please served fresh butter. Not the margarine in the plastic mold where you peel back the plastic and dig your butter knife in. Honestly, even the BF was surprised at this. I will say the wine our was on the heavy side (bonus!).
We started with a Caesar salad. It was fine but not what I expected from Chef Marc having been to Parma and Mezzo Bistro in the past. Dressing lacked a discernible anchovy taste to the point where I can't even say for sure there were anchovy's in the dressing. To me, a Caesar dressing without anchovy is not a Caeser.
I ordered the clam linguini. It was just okay. The dish could have used more salt and sauce. The pasta was kind of clumping together so I think sauce would have helped.
The BF ordered one of the specials, steak with hot peppers. There's a chicken dish on the menu with this preparation but the steak was one of the specials. It was DELICIOUS. The pasta was perfect, steak was good, but the sauce, oh the sauce, it was freaking fantastic! We asked for more bread so we could sop off the sauce. (The second offering of bread was about quarter the size of the first.)
Overall, it was an okay meal. We will definitely go back because having been to Chef Marc's previous restaurants, I know there is potential here. Next time though, I'll order one of the specials.
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