Outstanding is a word I rarely use to describe a restaurant but Legume is deserving of such praise because it is just that good. I hadn't dined at the first location but my wife had and she says good things. We tried the new location one chilly and drizzly Friday evening and the place was buzzing. Good sign. Service was a bit shaky at first (we seemed to have been forgotten...but maybe it was because we were tucked away in a far corner of the room and the staff were still getting used to the space). Fortunately service improved over the course of the evening. \n\nWe had a great meal. Prior to moving to Pittsburgh we lived in France for two years, slightly outside of Paris. While the living in France experience wasn't all \"rainbows and unicorns\" joyous, the food was of course great a lot of the time. Many of the dishes we had at Legume reminded us of happy dinners we had enjoyed in France. There was clearly a Gallic influence on the kitchen and what impressed us was the expert execution. French food when done well means simple ingredients prepared perfectly or more complexity that is pulled off effortlessly. This is what Legume's kitchen did. We enjoyed the baked fetta (reminded us of baked cheese courses in France), duck confit, beef, and swordfish. Everything was delicious and perfectly balanced and executed with apparent ease. Dessert was less memorable (honestly, I don't remember...apple something maybe?!).\n\nOverall a great experience and really one of Pittsburgh's premier restaurants.\n\nOh, and Jeff G's previous review mentioned parking... The garage under the building across the street does valet. With validation I think it was maybe $2.
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