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| - I'll be honest - I haven't always had the best luck at Sardine. I've been there twice for dinner and both times, things were off. A salad was missing an item listed prominently on the menu, a creme brûlée inexplicably had salt on top (I'm talking a LOT of salt - as if they'd grabbed the salt instead of the sugar when caramelizing). So when a friend suggested having brunch there, it was with misgivings that I said yes.
Maybe Sardine is just better in the daytime, maybe the beautiful natural light in the restaurant blinded me, maybe the Bloody Mary adjusted my attitude, but I enjoyed this visit very much. I had the mussels and frites, with a side of bacon. Yeah, okay - that's happy food to begin with. But this was delicious. The fries were thin and nicely browned, the mussels were cooked perfectly and the bacon was nice and crispy.
I thought the vaunted Bloody Mary (or "vodka salad," as my friend called it) was just so-so. Points for horseradish and beer back, though.
I'm still not sure I'd do dinner again at Sardine, but they've definitely won me over on the brunch side of things!
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