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| - I went to Armitage on a Saturday night and it was definitely a Scene. I have a feeling its much more relaxed on a weeknight but it was quite loud and packed on Saturday. It was an interesting mixture of young Scottsdale (my husband chose to not spike his hair that night but he was wearing a striped shirt so he still fit in...) and older Scottsdale (cougarlicious!) complete in fur coats. (People! Its 60 degrees outside! We don't need fur coats! I had a friend in Boston tell me the other that she would "kill for 60 degrees right now") Our drink menu bifold was being used to stabilize one of the legs of our table which I found to be really really odd.
The wine flights are reasonably priced, however, the bottles are quite expensive. Possibly the most expensive I've seen at any of the wine bars/cafes in the Valley so far. (Average bottle price is $45+) The Pinot Grigio selection consists of three choices, the first was sweeter than I prefer my wine, the second had too much of an Oak taste for me (Tommasi "Le Rosse"), the last was fantastic. (Walch "Prendo") My husband went with the Pinot Noir flight and really liked the Dutton- Goldfield.
The food was pretty good. I had the Armitage panini which was fantastic, my sister enjoyed her three cheese panini and my husband chose the beer brat panini which he thought was just ok. We started with an order of bruschetta which paled in comparison to Postino. Your choice of four only gets you one serving of each slice, unlike at Postino where you get two of each. (Albeit its more expensive at Postino by $5 but its definitely worth it.) The mozzarella, salami and tomato relish was good, the prosciutto, chevre and roasted tomatoes was fantastic and loaded with prosciutto, the brie and apples and mozzarella and tomatoes were unremarkable.
The atmosphere is nice and cozy and on a cold night would be a lovely destination. (Although like I said on a Saturday its loud) I would like to try it on a weeknight when it may be a little more mellow.
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