. "2013-03-24T00:00:00"^^ . . "0"^^ . . "5"^^ . "0"^^ . "We had been \"stalking\" the restaurant for several weeks waiting for them to open as I live down the street. We finally had a chance to eat there last night. Excellent!\n\nMy boyfriend and I are light eaters so their menu format works perfectly. The server was very knowledgeable about the menu too which I appreciate as I can't eat gluten. Any dishes he had doubts about he confirmed with the kitchen. They were friendly and accommodating without making me feel like a pain. I love locally owned and ran restaurants where the food is made with a love of food and they know everything that goes into it because they make it all! \n\nWe started with the Lemongrass Ribs with saut\u00E9ed greens and white beans. The ribs had a nice subtle smokey flavour and melted in my mouth while making me think of a crazy combination of southern BBQ and Thai street food. \n\nNext up was the steak and frites. The steak came perfectly medium rare, sliced and arranged on the plate with kale and sliced mushrooms in a red wine au jus. The kennebeck frites were crispy and soft plus salted and spiced perfectly. They make their \"ketchup\" in house as well and that was a lovely accompaniment to the frites. \n\nNext was the chocolate gelato with fresh strawberry. \n\nFor beverages we had the bottomless in house carbonated water and I had the watermelon basil soda. The soda was very tasty and a nice change from an alcoholic cocktail. I like that they offer this as an option. \n\nService was excellent. Friendly, humorous but not intrusive. \n\nAdmittedly, the meal was a little on the \"meaty\" side but that was our own doing. Next time I plan to try the pho!"^^ . "0"^^ .