After a less than pleasant dinner experience at another Beacon Hill restaurant last Friday night, a friend and I decided to venture elsewhere for dessert and drinks. Neither of us had been to No. 9 Park before and it's been on both of our wish lists for quite some time. So we decided to give their bar a try (we also figured we were somewhat under-dressed for the main restaurant).
Once at the bar, we found both bartenders to be supremely helpful. While we were reviewing the menus, the bartender poured us tastes of a champagne and a wine he thought we might like based on what we had said (to each other). At first, I thought it was a bit presumptuous, but I quickly overcame that once I tasted what he'd provided and realized that he was right on the money. He then explained that the champagne he poured wasn't normally offered by the glass (typically the smallest size is a half-bottle priced at $65!), but it's one of the wines used to accompany the tasting menu in the restaurant so if there is any left after main restaurant service ends, they offer it by the glass ($14) to any patron interested. Lucky us!
We also ordered the milk chocolate ganeux (sp?) to share. It was so incredibly creamy and rich and delicious!
All in all, it was the perfect way to salvage what would have been an otherwise disappointing food night. I can't wait to go back!
Pros: service, food
Cons: price
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