"I wanted to give Charcut more than 3 stars for my visit... but the more I pushed \"expectations\" and \"reputation\" out of the equation, I couldn't have upped the rating and still have been honest with myself (this was my first visit, BTW). \n\nFor all the praise heaped on Charcut, I think I must have hit it on an off day. The restaurant was only batting .500 on this Friday. \n\nWe had stopped in for a \"business lunch,\" and ordered the two \"lunch all at once\" options. They were a BBQ beef sandwich, and a thinly sliced, roasted pork, respectively.\n\nThe beef was deemed \"excellent\" by my lunch mate. \n\nMy pork? Well, not so much. \n\nI think part of the issue was it WAS a later lunch, with our food being ordered around 12:45 - 1:00. \n\nWith the lunch rush tailing off, and perhaps \"remnants\" being used up, a good percentage of my pork was just fatty ends. \n\nSome people chew fat down because \"that's where the flavour is\" (to quote someone I know). But not me. \n\nTo be honest, when I trimmed away the fat, as I always do, those excluded pieces took up about half the plate I started with. Not much left to eat, really. And what was there, I found particularly and unusually salty. \n\nAs well, our waiter seemed to also be checking out after the lunch rush -- he brought one drink late, and forgot the other drink order altogether -- until he brought the bill (at which point he remembered, and then apologized for his mistake). \n\nSo, as I said: batting .500. One meal was outstanding, one not. 3 stars: middle of the pack. No more."^^ . "3"^^ . "2"^^ . "0"^^ . "0"^^ . . . . "2012-09-24T00:00:00"^^ .