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| - Sharkey's has caught my eye in the neighborhood for quite some time now. I finally got the chance to check it out for a quick bite of lunch with a co-worker of mine.
Upon arrival, it is noticeably dead inside. The hostess is in the back corning snacking on a sandwich or something, and approaches us mid-chew. Haha. Mid-chew.
The deco inside is kinda funky. With it's jaguar print carpets, cushiony (yes, cushiony) leather booths, brown arm chairs, and black tables. I bet it'd be a cool place to check out in the evening, y'know, rockin' that sexy coug vibe. But in this case it would be more like "sexy jaug vibe". You get the picture.
Anywho, it is a lovely afternoon so we sit in the back patio. It's pretty sleek, I guess. The tables are red, the patio fence is black... IT MATCHES THE SIGN. Woah.
I order a Strongbow ($6.5), and it is refreshing as per usual.
Me and Co-work. split the Warm Goat Cheese Salad ($9.5). It takes about 10 minutes for the salad to arrive, but when it does, I am slightly alarmed by the panko crusted goat cheese on top. Frankly, it looks a little weird to me, but this is only because I was expecting it to be crumbled. After breaking into the odd little ball-o-cheese, all my worries fade in to ooey-gooey, goat-cheese goodness.
Below my good pal' Goat Cheese, lies a bed of spinach in a citrus balsamic vinaigrette. It's a little bit too acidic for my taste buds, but I can deal. Slices of green apple are garnished around Mr. Goat-Cheesio, along with candied walnuts and roasted artichoke. There's a decent salad-to-topping ratio, and before you know it, the salad is gone like the wind.
The service was nothing spectacular, the menu was meh. I'd recommend the Warm Goat Cheese salad fo' sho', but in all honesty, this place seems like a real "Line and Stinker".
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