I was in the Durham area this weekend and mosied into The Federal solely based on the Yelp attention this joint has received. The reviews were dead on ? delicious, beautiful food disguised within a dark, vintage dive bar. In retrospect, neither I nor my lunch mate had any complaints about our lunch ? everything was perfect. As directed, we started lunch with an order of ?Fed fries? ? cut potatoes tossed in an oil/garlic/parsley mixture ? good balance, the herbs were not overpowering and we easily polished off the entire basket.
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