My 300th review! Schweeeet.
Me, my husband and two other dining companions stumbled into Grace on a Friday evening, where they'd been able to grace-fully take us on super-short notice (Sidecar, our intended dining destination, had some sort of emergency which closed down the kitchen -- boo hoo!). The restaurant was full, and the first thing I noticed was the noise. It really bounces around in there when the house is full, so it's a little hard to have conversation. The decor, however, is cute -- modern shabby chic. It reminded me a lot of Dinette, one of my favorite restaurants in Seattle.
Anyway! On to the nomz. I started with the bufala mozzarella and charred radicchio salad, which I really enjoyed despite usually being down on radicchio. Charring it brings out a nice sweetness to it. Delish. For my main, I had the braised beef cheeks, which was a giganormo portion. Huge, but delicious: super tender, with melty and unctuous fattiness. YUM. For my taste, it could have used a more substantial starch than the little hash it came with; something to soak up the juices would have been lovely. Still, it was awesome.
Service was good, though due to the noise it was hard to hear the relatively soft-spoken server.
I definitely wouldn't mind coming back.