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| - First visit here. For two, we had the pintxos: oysters escabeche (very tasty); montaditos: beef tartare (interesting with the vegetable escabeche), foie gras (tasty), oxtail (savory / comforting and wanted more); croquetas: pig feet and cheeks (tasty, the pickled greens were interesting); plates: pulpo (the cilantro jus was curiously good, octopus tender), bacalao (salt cod - well prepared but maybe overwhelmed by the capers), and the lamb en moreno (the winner out of the small plates - the sumac yogurt fit remarkably well with the lamb). Shared a platter of the costillas de la matanza (killer ribs... pomegranate sherry caramel & coriander glaze) - which were perfectly fall off the bone tender & delicious.
Atmosphere was very laid back & comfortable, wait staff was attentive, service was well timed. With what we ordered we left satisfyingly full & not stuffed (the right ammount of food).
Having been to Cure several times, I had possibly unreasonable expectations that every dish would blow me away and leave me drooling for more - and as such this seemed hit or miss.
Full house, the kitchen was orderly and did not appear to be backed up or in a rush. Compliments to them.
Overall - the oysters, foie gras, oxtail, lamb meatballs, and the ribs were excellent.
My only complaint has nothing to do with the food. The flat sink in the restroom is ridiculously not utilitarian for something that's going to be used 150 times per night by buzzed patrons. But don't let that stop you from visiting, just go easy on the faucet at first :)
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