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| - I'm actually pretty easy to please....on my birthday I wanted a restaurant with a great view, a solid martini, a well-prepared piece of meat or fish, and a reason to wear my fabulous new birthday dress. So BJ suits up and away we go.
Whisked up and seated precisely at the time of our reservation, I was sipping that solid martini and enjoying the view from a corner table within moments. We started with and enjoyed immensely an appetizer of sauteed jumbo lump crab, ahhhh, delicious! Treated to a surprise amuse bouche, also delicious! I ordered a steamed 2lb Maine lobster and BJ went for the grilled Angus Rib Eye with parmesan and sweet potato gratin. BTW, the sommelier had personality-plus, even though we do not enjoy wine and thus declined his services.
So, along comes BJ's steak and not-the-lobster-I-ordered. What was on my plate looked delicious, but it was my birthday, damnit and I wanted my lobster! As soon as I pleasantly mentioned this to our server, it became quite clear that he was a summa cum laude graduate of SnootyWaiterTradeSchool. Now I can out-snooty the best of THAT particular group, so my lobster arrived, to their credit, right away. Too bad it was overcooked. BJ's steak, on the other hand was melt in the mouth delicious. Seriously.
So, on to the dessert we had pre-ordered, a s'more-type-thing with warm chocolate fondant, toasted marshmallow, graham cracker and smoked vanilla ice cream. Let's go with.....the tiny-cookie plate that the chef sent over was much, much better. SnootyWaiterTradeSchoolGrad dropped the ball big time on coffee and perhaps an after dinner cocktail for the birthday girl, so we lingered a bit anyway, enjoying the view.
All in all, a very, very good meal, an amazing view and a five-star review becomes a 4-star review because of the waiter. What a shame.
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