Gus and I decided to check this place out because of the high rating herre. We both thought it earned a high rating. Very tasty.
We began with mushroom fries and crab wontons. The preparation for these didn't obliterate the quality of the ingredients--they had a nice level of spicing. Simple, light, not overbearing in any way. You could really get crab out of the crab wonton, for example, and you could taste the smokiness of the portabello mushrooms.
For entrees, I had a Hawaiian fish on pumpkin risotto with broccoli rabe. The broccoli rabe wasn't anything to write home about, but I liked the fish and loved the risotto. (But I'm a sucker for pumpkin risotto.) If you have a really discerning fussiness about fish you might have wanted a little lighter buttering/oiling, but I thought it tasted good.
Gus had the pork and beans, which is really a misnomer since it is very fine pork tenderloin. He was happy with it and shared a bit. Yum.
For dessert we had the little donut holes with cinnamon dipping sauce. We couldn't finish them, but they were pretty yummy. Pretty heavy, though, but still probably among the lightest things on the dessert menu. They recommend the sampler, but I'm too skeptical of the PB&J dessert. I like strawberry preserves a lot, but I don't think they belong in desserts. I could be wrong on this, but I wasn't feeling adventurous last night.
Gus gives them 3-4 stars on wine selection, btw.
And we note that they didn't do the fashionable (and kinda rude) thing of taking one person's plate away while the other is still working. Good show.
Cons:
Way too many quotation marks on the menu
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