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I received a gift card for Flat Iron for my birthday (even though I'm a vegetarian)...
Other than a few of the appetizers and a couple small salads the menu didn't have a single vegetarian item. However, to my delight, the website boasted a dinner menu "featuring nightly seafood, vegetarian, and steak specials"... This was NOT the case. The only special was seafood. Now I'm stuck with a salad, BUGGER OFF.
So, considering the name of the restaurant denotes that it serves a wide selection of beer I asked our server what they had a tap that was or similar to a hefeweizen. Not only did he seem perplexed by my question, but open scouring the drink menu there wasn't a single thing. UGH. I settled for a pale Belgium.
The only other thing I was looking forward to was the appetizers. I had two items I picked out online that I was lusting over on the way there. To my dismay, there were out of the Pretzels with White Cheddar Fondue. COME ON. So we ordered the Goat Cheese Bake (as planned) and the Tap-house Fries (impromptu). Happily, they were both really, really yum-o.
The waiter was accommodating and let me build my own salad since I didn't like the only 2 veggie-friendly salad menu listings. The salad was good, but some of the greens weren't very fresh (off putting). On the other hand, my omnivorous boyfriend ordered the Double R Ranch Rib-eye and was basically on CLOUD 9.
We had the raspberry cheesecake for dessert, which had a great texture and flavor.
In regards to atmosphere, the interior of Flat Iron is really charming. Hardwood floors, industrial fixtures and accents. With a quirky, unconventional layout. The hostesses and server were very nice.
I probably won't make the trek back out here until they add more consistent veg friendly menu items.
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