Amazing food, crap cocktails, great atmosphere.
Normally, the phrase 'crap cocktails' is a death sentence in my Yelp reviews. The food was so good I don't even care. I'll just order a beer next time.
We sat at the bar facing the kitchen. I love an open kitchen. Forces you to work clean and be tight as a kitchen unit.
Service was exactly as good as it should have been for a restaurant of this caliber.
The beef tartare was a revelation. I've had my fair share of tartare but this has become my favorite by an order of magnitude. Perfect texture, perfect amount of egg.
The boyfriend had a gi-normous piece of salmon with delightful snap peas. I had the hangar steak with garlic asparagus. Both were perfect in every way.
When I took my first bite of steak it appeared to be a little over seasoned! QUE HORRIBLE! Once I added the mango salsa/relish to the next bite I understood!
How exciting! The seasoning was balanced perfectly. Just right.
The building is so non-descript I couldn't believe that it housed what has promptly stolen my heart and warmed me up to Pittsburgh.
Places like this in SF usually require a three month reservation window, is in a neighborhood with no MUNI service and has mediocre service at best. So excited to go back.