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| - Came here on a Friday night. It was during a Pens play off game so you could actually find a seat. Beautiful venue. Friendly hostess and bartender. No standing policy is strict. So if you don't see a seat at the bar or lounge area or have a reservation, you'll have to come back another time. But this makes it nice for a place to actually have a conversation with someone. You don't have to yell to talk to the person next to you.
I ordered the Cold Snap. If you like ginger snaps....this is wonderful. Loved it. Ordered the Tom & Rose second round and it was tasty. Enjoyed the rosemary flavor. My friend ordered a Mint Julep seeing as its Kentucky Derby time. If nothing tickles your fancy on the menu, you can just ask the bartender to make you something special and surprise you....just give him/her your base alcohol that you enjoy and whether you like sweet, sour, herby, or spicy and they will come up with a magical drink. The drinks are expensive, but worth it.
My friend and I shared the meatloaf and hushpuppies. The hushpuppies were good, but you definitely needed a dipping sauce since it is dry by nature. Unfortunately, I hate ketchup (yes, I know I'm weird) and that was what it came with. But one of the servers was happy to get me some aioli to accompany the pups. The meatloaf was very good, as well as the little potato pillows that came with it. We asked the size of the meatloaf and got 2 different answers. The first answer was the most accurate; it was SMALL. Splitting the meat loaf was like 3 bites each. And for $12, you expect a little more. I understand the concept of small plates, but for that size, it should be around $8 or $9. So the only reason that I'm giving this place 4 stars instead of 5 is the price of the food to the portion size ratio. Six bites of meatloaf and some potatoes pillows does not add up to $12 even though it was good. We were told that the meat they used in the meatloaf was antelope. This could be the reason for the higher price.....but it tasted like beef just the same. So the total bill for the night for two people....for 6 drinks and 3 small plates came to over $100. I will come back here, but I'm going to have to make it more of a special occasion thing in order to not hurt the pocket book too badly.
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