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| - "Meh" is really an accurate description of this place. I'm a big fan of bacon, so I figured why not check it out. A few friends had mentioned that they liked it too.
Upon arriving at Bakn, I was impressed with the venue. It had a nice vibe to it, and I loved the artwork on the walls. I saw on the chalk board that they had a $5 pork belly slider special. We asked for that as a starter. Our server said that she didn't think that was an option because of some tap takeover that was going on. I told her that it's right on the chalk board, and she said that she'd have to check and get back to us. They did have sliders, but they were pulled pork. Fine. If only there were some way to update chalk boards, they could have avoided this trouble...
First, the arrival of the sliders: We were greeted with two sliders. Normally, I'd expect 3 to an order, but they never specified, nor did I ask how many there were. They were OK, but the pulled pork I make in my slow cooker is much better! The meat wasn't smoked, so that means that the sauce and bun have got to shine. The sauce had a cheap nondescript grocery-store BBQ flavor, and the bun was just a standard white bread bun. Yawn.
The flatbread: We went with the fig and blue cheese, and added bacon. Overpowering all other flavors was the sugary sweet fig jam of a sauce. If my eyes were closed, I don't think I could have told you that the cheese was blue cheese. There was also arugula and bacon on top, but I couldn't taste either over top of all the sugar.
The salad: Field greens with crispy pork belly. I don't know if they just grabbed the wrong pork belly or if they don't understand what crispy means. But this belly was the opposite of crispy. Consistency-wise, think tepid Wonder bread soaked in water. The croutons weren't crispy either. They were stale, hard, and a bit chewy.
Who knows... maybe breakfast is the way to go with this place. I won't find out, though. $40 for our split light dinner of consistently sub-par food isn't a thing that would draw me out to Carnegie again.
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