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| - I am a bit torn on this review.
Dined here on Tuesday to kick-off some 4th of July Eve festivities, others in the group picked the joint off Yelp and I was along for the ride. I went in with no expectations and I can't decide if I was pleasantly surprised or not.
The decor sets a nice tone for the restaurant, I liked the look of the curved monster booths and the wood beams/walls. They promptly seated our party of 5 turned into 7 into 9 and did good job keeping everything flowing evenly through the extended dinner/drinks setup.
While I'm not quite sure how the name fits into what they've got goin on, except its a local nod (and I've been wondering about it since), I did notice they had an extensive beer list that could rival a Yard House for variety. Beer not being my thing, I was happy with my other options as well, and the sever was on point with refills all night. In fact, were I to come here again it would be for a more leisurely HH type of activity in the bar area since I liked the location and feel of the place.
As far as food went, the menu online is a bit different than what they actually had in-house but you can not go wrong with the Crispy Potatoes app/snack. It is a good sized dish to share, the truffle butter gives a unique kick, but don't expect chips or fries... these are actually diced up potatoes. Not a finger food. I was starving and pushed for appetizers even before drinks while waiting on our party, and the staff did a great job getting them out ASAP. My main dish was the Lobster Tagliatelle, clocking in at $24 big ones (America's Birthday peopleeee) it was the most expensive dish on the menu... and it delivered. It was a bit spicy in a good way and it wasn't shredded lobster or canned chunks... it was still attached to shell bits; my entire half of the table was envious. Based off the potatoes and dish alone, this would be 5 stars.
However... besides those items nothing really grabbed me on the menu. I don't see other things I'm that excited to try, and judging by my dinner companions not so enthusiastic reactions... I had the best dish already. That doesn't really inspire me to go try out more things, and $24 a pop is a bit pricey to keep ordering one thing, no matter how good.
They also had a timing problem on the main dishes, which was really surprising since everything else had been so smooth. My steaming pasta came out first with one other dish... and then sat in front of me for almost 5 minutes congealing while I waited for all the other dishes to come out for the table. It still ended up tasting great and didn't get to that luke warm state, but that was potential for disaster right there that stuck with me. That being said, they are a new restaurant so it's natural to have kinks to work out, and judging by the fact that the menu in-house was different from online; they might still be experimenting there as well. This could just as easily turn into a 5 star place as it could go down to 3. Props being a new local business... that and the benefit of the doubt gets it to 4 stars for now. If I end up back here I'll update which way it went.
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