Went with a girlfriend, hoping for a food adventure. What we got was all right, but a bit disappointing for the price.\n\nWe sat at the bar and had virtually no interaction with the kitchen staff whatsoever until the dessert course, when the chef came out and discovered neither of us were eager for anything chocolate. He directed someone to abort mission. Later, I wished I had received the chocolate -- my carrot cake was bland and dry.\n\nThe rest of my courses were really good, but not terribly inventive. Salad with pears and Pecorino; fish with an Asian sauce, peas and carrots; short ribs in a wine sauce. All delightful, but nothing to write home about.\n\nMy friend, though, had a couple of solid clunkers, including monkfish liver, that, yes, was as bad as it sounds. Worse, actually. You think you like fish? You think you like liver? Avoid fish liver, unless you are one of the strange ones that actually likes that nasty taste that sometimes arises after downing a cheap Omega-3 capsule. And I had velvety sweetbreads at Gary Danko a while back that I still dream about, but the sweetbreads here were chalky and funky-tasting.\n\nHowever, the wine pairings were done well, the service was fine, and it was fun to watch the goings-on in the kitchen.
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