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| - Stopped by for dinner on a Friday night, and was glad I had made a reservation. It was very busy, and we were advised to wait at the bar until our table was ready. The wait was only about 10 minutes. I ordered a Boulevardier, which was promptly prepared by a very enthusiastic bartender who corrected my French.
The ambiance was loud and dark, and I did not care for the music (mostly rap). The decor had a victorian-gothic theme, which didn't fit with the music at all. Overall the atmosphere was too "bro" for my liking.
We were soon shown our table which was on the second floor by a balcony that allowed us to look down at the bar, which was pretty neat. But the seats were very low compared to the table, making us feel very short, and it was hard to have a conversation over the music and noise. Our server was very polite and helpful, and the services was pretty quick considering how busy it was. To start, we ordered a charcuterie plate and some fresh sourdough bread with lardo (whipped pork fat) and gravy. The best thing was the bread and lardo, which was like butter but better and had salt, herbs, and spices in it. The charcuterie plate was mostly good, though greasy, but perhaps not worth the $20 it went for. As for main dishes, I ordered the rabbit coq-au-vin, and my husband got the hangar steak. Both of these were tasty for the first few bites, until we realized how salty they were. I could not finish my dish even though I was hungry, because of the amount of salt used. Best part of the main dishes: the broccoli that came with my husband's steak. I was surprised to find what looked like rabbit hearts in my coq-au-vin, which I could have done without.
Overall, I was disappointed by the food, happy with the service, and put off by the ambiance. I really wanted to enjoy this place, but unfortunately it fell short of my expectations.
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