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| - I liked the place walking in and left wishing I went to a different restaurant.
The ambiance and use of lights were nice, the local beers were good, and the sustainable, organic menu was appreciated.
We tried the Cracklins (pork rinds) first. Though heavy handed on the salt, I really enjoyed the flavors they used for the seasoning. Goes great with a pint of beer.
We opted to have our appetizer before our meal, but we didn't expect to wait an hour for our food to come. I tried to be patient about it until I started to notice patrons who arrived later than us receiving their food and watching our waitress keep her interactions with our table short.
Our food arrived. I ordered the pappardelle (noodles with pork shoulder, cabbage, etc) and he ordered the house burger with fries.
I did not enjoy my dish at all, I had a hard time eating it. Pappardelle is made to handle heavy sauces since they're thick noodles and I typically enjoy pork shoulder, but there wasn't much sauce, there wasn't much flavor and the noodles were dry because of lack of sauce, and the pork shoulder pieces were dry and overdone. I couldn't finish my meal and preferred not to take it home.
He enjoyed his dish more, described it as tasting almost pizza like because of the toppings inside but overall thought there was not enough seasoning for the meal. There were tons of fries, which were just ok.
It's one thing to have to wait a long time for your food, but it's another to wait a long time for a dish that wasn't worth eating. It's even worse when staff notice and avoid your table.
As a first time visitor to Canada and as the first restaurant I tried, this was a bad experience I wish I avoided. If anything, the local beer is good.
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