I asked a girl friend to meet me there for brunch. The space is bright and hip, and casual at the same time. The menu choices were very interesting and we had a hard time choosing. We finally decided on a smoked salmon and Pancake, and a lobster hash.
Sigh... Oh Gilead, how I wish I liked your food. The pancake was completely tasteless, the smoked salmon, which was actually a smoked dry-ish fillet, didn't really help. It was like dry on dry and both were bland. The lobster hash was okay, with miniscule bits of lobster that made me feel bad for taking more than two pieces, in case my friend didn't get any. The service was utilitarian... it did the job, but with a sliver of hipster pretentiousness. The experience made me actually apologize to my friend for picking the place and I said she'll definitely get to pick a place next time.
I've been back to Gilead since to pick up a pastry here or there and it's fine. I wouldn't mind trying a back door burger at some point, and hopefully, it'll be good enough to redeem the JK name for me.