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| - I had been excited to try out this place for quite a while as I am a big fan of Michael Symon. The restaurant itself is beautiful with an open kitchen. They have a very cool drink list that they let you look through on an IPad, that is a first for me, but a unique way to peruse the cocktails and drinks. We both enjoyed our cocktails, strong and tasty.
For appetizers we had the beef cheek pierogi, I enjoyed it. They split it into 2 plates for us since we were sharing, 2/15$ a little pricey but glad i tried it. The star was the horseradish cream sauce it came with. For entrees i choose the Steak Frites, Hanger Steak. It was cooked perfect and came with a nice rich sauce. The Lola fries are great, i have had them before at BSpot, they are coated with Rosemary and Parmesan. My date had the Lamb shank, it was huge, rich and delicious. Too much for one sitting, we took the rest home. We were too full for dessert but they gave us passion fruit truffles with the check which were tasty and a great finish.
The service was impeccable the entire night, our server Tiffany was very helpful, offered to take our picture, and told us about their chef table that we inquired about. She told us you can sit at the chef table in front of the open kitchen and get a tasting menu at 14$ per course, minimum 3 courses. Sounds cool, may try it next time. She also did a great job explaining the dishes and how they are prepared. The only downside of the whole night was the temperature of the dining room, it was very hot, I had to remove my sport-jacket but was still sweating. On top of that the chair is a leathery/vinyl cushion which made me extra sweaty and stuck to the seat. A great night minus the swamp ass by the end of the meal. Not enough to deter me though, I will be back again for another great night of fine dining.
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