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| - When I first heard that there was a new restaurant from one of the Top Chef contestants, I was very excited. I'm a huge fan of the show, and everything that they cook always looks amazing! So, I bought a Living Social deal and was excited to use it. Then, I both heard and read mixed reviews, and I became a little less excited. But, I'm very happy to say that I went last night and it was FANTASTIC!
First I must talk about one dish that was quite possibly the best vegetable dish I've ever put in my mouth: the mushrooms with burrata and toast small plate. Words cannot express how much my friend and I enjoyed this dish. It is a small skillet filled with mushrooms that are cooked in something heavenly, and then you pile the mushrooms, burrata, and arugula on top of this perfectly thick, soft, buttery toast. My only complaint was that there wasn't more toast! But even that wasn't so bad because I could have just eaten those mushrooms for days. This was about as flavorful of a dish as I've ever had.
The other fantastic small dish that we had was the chicken and waffle. I was hesitant at first because the batter was made with Frank's Red Hot Sauce in it, and I am not a fan of hot sauce. Much to my joy, the dish tasted nothing like hot sauce but just had a fantastic depth of flavor. I am from the south, and I am not sorry to admit that this was my first chicken and waffle! I hope they're all like this! Also, it did not say on the menu, but I believe the chicken was stuffed with maybe ham or proscuitto and some sort of cheese. It was delicious.
Our last small plate was the scallop with bacon and caramel. This was the one that we were most excited about, but it turned out to be somewhat disappointing. After the other two, we were expecting to be amazed again, and we were not. It was good, but, I will probably not order it again, whereas I will be returning as soon as I can for the other two dishes.
To top it all off, they give you these fantastic cheese biscuits when you arrive. They are vey moist and flavorful and a great way to start the meal.
I only have two things to complain about, one of which was my fault. I ordered the $12 La Primavera cocktail, and it was awful. It is made with berry vodka, St. Germain, and Campari. I love St. Germain and vodka, so I ordered this, not knowing what Campari is. Well, it's a bitters, and, man, was this drink bitter! I hate sending things back, but I had to send this back. I can't imagine that anyone would like that, but, I guess if you're a fan of bitters, you might. Our server was nice enough to take it off my tab, but that was about his only redeeming quality. He wasn't a jerk or anything, but he wasn't particularly friendly either. Also, we hardly ever saw him. The restaurant was not anywhere near packed on a Wednesday night, but, for whatever reason, we saw everyone else who worked there a whole lot more often than our server. The table next to him even had to ask another server to hunt him down at one point. Having said that, though, it certainly wasn't bad enough that I wouldn't return.
Overall, both my friend and I were extremely pleased with our experience. We left raving about the food and were just full enough but not disgustingly full after 3 small plates and cheese biscuits. I will be going back soon, and I only hope that their other dishes are as good as these!
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