I would love to give more stars; however our server was a train wreck. This was our first time eating at Beckett's Table, and we went based on both New Time's reviews as wells as friends' recommendations. My wife and I shared the chicken meatballs and chopped salad to start. The meatballs are terrific! They are moist, well seasoned and the marinara is just flat out awesome. The chopped salad is, well, boring. The romain is cut into ribbons, which makes it difficult to eat. I'm not one for over-dressing, but I would bet that the there wasn't any dressing on our salad. My wife ordered the short ribs and I had the cast iron petite chicken. The short ribs were very well cooked, moist and tender. However, the only flavor component was salt. The red wine reduction sauce was overpowering in terms of saltyness. Overall, there was no depth of flavor. The chicken on the otherhand, was very well prepared and balanced. Now for the service, Cort (sp?) was our server. The only reason we knew that there were specials is because we over heard him tell the table next to us. After we ate our appetizers, I asked our server what was in the basket on our neighbor's table and his reply was, "that's our complementary homemade biscuits and rolls, would you like some?". WTF, I guess you have to ask for the super top secret homemade breads! Overall, he was very cold and gave us the impression that he wanted us gone as soon as possible.
I think Beckett's Table has the making of a great restaurant. The restaurant has a great feel. It appears to be very friendly family. There are definitely other menu items I would like to try. My only hope is that the other servers are more personable than Cort. What's funny is as my wife and I were walking out, no fewer than three employees thanked us for coming in and said good night, more than our server could muster!